Decland

Decland will be a 60-min Tanztheater work. Onstage will be dancer/actor Breandán de Gallaí, and musicians Rolf Hind, Deirdre O’Leary, and Mark Redmond. Also making an appearance will be Doimnic Mac Giolla Bhríde, a celebrated Sean-nós singer.

At the heart of the show is the concept of An Oilithreacht (Pilgrimage).
This will form the basis of the work from corporeal and sonic perspectives

• Physical – a never-ending odyssey, protagonist moving through rapidly passing landscapes
• Soundtrack – a sean-nós ‘anthem’

‘This notion of pilgrimage is borne out my own experience of being only able to deal with the death by actually and physically moving forward … having a destination … as if the quest could conjure up a possible future for me.’ BdeGallaí

Additionally, the show raises the existential question of the nature of reality and existence and the question: How does one know that they are still alive, and not just functioning on some loop-flickering final moment level for eternity?