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‘Yard Duets’ performed at Castleisland Day Care centre.
AN interactive dance performance, specially designed for residents in care settings, visited care homes around the county during last week.
‘Yard Duets’ is a Dance Limerick/DL.BRIDGE project, funded by Creative Ireland and Limerick City and County Council in 2021.
As part of Kerry County Council’s dancer in residency co-funded by the Arts Council and Creative Ireland, Catherine Young brought the show to care homes in Kerry last week.
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Yard Duets visited Our Lady of Fatima, Tralee; Castleisland Day Care, Coill na Darach, Killarney; Our Lady of Lourdes, Kilcummin; Ard Chúram, Listowel; Aperee Living, Tralee; Kenmare Nursing Home; Taobh Linn, Kenmare; Áras Mhuire, Listowel and Aperee Ocean View, Camp.
Yard Duets was devised and performed by dance duos Kristyn Fontanella and Laura Lundy, and Rachel Sheil and Sarah Fennell.
Each performance came with bags of energy and plenty of pzazz and was a colourful affair of joyful dances and characterful routines set to a medley of classic music.
“It’s really important that everyone have an opportunity to experience live performance by dance artists,” says Catherine Young. “This show brings great joy and fun with it.”
“We were delighted to have Yard Duets with us under the dancer in residence programme – this was a great opportunity for older people to access free dance performance in a relaxed and fun-filled way,” says Kate Kennelly, Arts Officer with Kerry County Council.
To find out more about events and opportunities with the residencies contact the Arts Office at arts@kerrycoco.ie or visit https://arts.kerrycoco.ie/
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