John Scott Dance
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| File:Imdt1.jpg Rough Air an IMDT Production | |
| Address | 44 East Essex Street Rear, Temple Bar Dublin Ireland |
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| Designation | Modern Dance Production Company |
| Opened | 1991 |
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| irishmoderndancetheatre.com | |
Irish Modern Dance Theatre is a Dublin based Modern Dance company. It was founded by John Scott in 1991<ref.[10]</ref> with the aim of creating, commissioning and expanding dance experience in Ireland.
Background
Irish Modern Dance Theatre (IMDT) began life in 1991 when it was founded by Dublin born choreographer John Scott. In 1992 the company launched its first production, a piece called Beneath the Storm.
Within Dublin IMDT works closely with the Project Arts Centre, premiering many works there including an upcoming production called In This Moment[1], a collboration between IMDT and New York born video artist Charles Atlas (Media Dance)[2]. IMDT receives funding from Arts Council of Ireland[3] and Culture Ireland.
Throughout the 90's IMDT had a number of shows that featured in the Dublin Theatre Festival such as Dance for Another Place in 1994, followed by Ruby Red' in 1995[4], and Dance for the Bees in 1997. In the 2000s IMDT's continue to feature in festivals all over Ireland, making appearances in the International Dance Festival of Ireland' in 2003 with Last Supper and 2006 with Close-Ups, and the Eigse Carlow Arts Festival in 2007 with Rhythmic Space, and the Kilkenny Arts Festival that same year with This Dancing Life.
International Touring
As well touring nationwide across Ireland IMDT is also extremely active in taking its work to international audiences with some notable appearances including The Ramallah Dance Festival in Palestine where the company performed its production of The White Piece[5], and Tanzhaus NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany'. IMDT has also visited Sweden, France, Brazil, and Estonia.
Films
IMDT has worked extensively with Steve Woods, a film-maker based in the National Film School [IADT], Dun Laoghaire. In conjunction with Camel Productions[6] IMDT has collaborated in the production three short dance films:
- Buaill (2006)
- Eternal (2008)
- Admit One (2010)
Buaill was set in the newly constructed Dublin City Council offices in Wood Quay, Dublin, while Eternal was filmed in Palestine using a mixture of local amateur dancers and Irish professionals. Admit One's setting was the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin's Smithfield. All of these productions were done in conjunction with the [RTE] Dance on the Box[7] programme. In November 2010 Admit One was selected to to screen in the [Cork Film Festival][8].
Recent Work
In 2010 IMDT took its production of Actions to New York's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club[9], a show that includes music by Meredith Monk. IMDT's production Fall & Recover will visit La Mama ETC in March 2011. With Fall & Recover IMDT have worked closely with The Irish Centre For Survivors Of Torture[10] and Rossa Ó Snodaigh, a member of the Irish folk band Kila, to produce a piece that examines the emotional effect that torture can have on people across the globe.
In November 2010 IMDT premiered In This Moment in the Project Arts Centre, a piece that video artist Charles Atlas worked closely on.