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Monday 23rd, April, 2012

30 Cecil Street (2009)  Dan Canham

Choreographer Dan Canham explains ‘30 Cecil Street is a short dance film, shot in the dilapidated premises of the old Theatre Royal in the Limerick Athenaeum building. With a history that stretches back over 150 years, the Royal has been closed to the public for the last 13 years, since it was last used as a venue for live music and performance. Engaging with the atmosphere and past of this near-derelict building and using a soundtrack made up of found sounds and interviews carried out with people associated with the Athenaeum, 30 Cecil Street explores the state of a building that was once a hub of cultural activity within Limerick and now lies empty and closed to the public.’ A performance of fragments of memories, of wild nights and long-disappeared communities. This film was screened at NOISEmoves 2012.