Artists R\u00f3is\u00edn Loughrey and Michael McLoughlin spent the last year researching themes of music, dance and community around the Rainbow Ballroom and the impact of the pandemic on these social dances. This project explores the experience of dancing and how we remember it; the dances we went to, the steps we learned, the rhythm, the movement and the community. Social dancing has a very important role in Glenfarne and its history over the last eighty years.<\/p>\n
The Rainbow Ballroom has been the soundtrack to dreams of friendships, romances and to a community of people supporting one another for generations. The Silent Waltz will include a short film by Manorhamilton based artist R\u00f3is\u00edn Loughrey featuring dancers Pat and Mary Moohan, as well as drawings sound piece by Clare artist Michael McLoughlin.<\/p>\n
The highlight of the show will be an interactive \u2018Silent Waltz\u2019 dance experience. Based on the idea of the silent discos often found at music festivals, the Silent Waltz invites local and visiting dancers to put on headphones and dance w partners to the music of the first dance at the Ballroom after Covid restrictions lifted.The project has culminated in a series of artworks called The Silent Waltz, which will be launched as a special event at the start of this year’s Glenfarne the ballroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22157,"template":"","class_list":["post-22156","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n