THANK YOU IRELAND
Thank you Ireland is a 40 min outdoor performance about the relationship betwen Irish folk dancing and the Palestinian struggle. It is a naive love letter from one Palestinian exile to the people of Ireland, thinking about the function of dance during war time, as a way to survive and heal collectively. This dance solo is an interpretation of folk dances from Palestine and Ireland, dances that are made to be performed outside on the pavement or by a river, on simple tunes. The music is The Whistler at the Wake.
Performed for the first time in Svartdalen, Norway, in June 2025, as part of How to be a visitor? by Tommy Noonan, Jassem Hindi, Frank Mugisha, during the American Dance Festival, streamed live in Kampala, Uganda and Durham, U.S.A.
Produced by Culture Mill based on a proposal by Tommy Noonan
