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Rathangan Public Library, Canal Court, Rathangan, Co.Kildare
Tel: 045 528078 Email: rathanganlib@kildarecoco.ie
Rathangan Library opened in July 2003 and is situated within a small shopping complex. The gallery is modern and spacious and all at ground floor level.
Floor: Mid – Blue lino type flooring
Walls: Painted white
Lighting: Spotlights onto picture rail walls
Picture Rail: 7ft 4in drop to floor
PowerPoints: Yes
Fixtures: Radiators on two walls
Celbridge Branch Library, St.Patrick’s Park, Celbridge, Co.Kildare
Tel: 01 6272207 Email: celbridgelib@kildarecoco.ie
The gallery in Celbridge library is situated on the first floor of the building. It is a large bright space within this modern building. At present there is no lift and it is not wheelchair accessible.
Floor: Pink / mauve carpet
Walls: Painted white
Lighting: Spotlights in situ
Picture Rail: 7ft drop to floor
Fixtures:
Screens: Each screen measures 4ft wide
Radiators: x 4 - 11inches high
Athy Community Library, Town Hall, Emily Square, Athy, Co.Kildare
Tel: 059 8631144 Fax: 059 8631809 Email: athylib@kildarecoco.ie
Athy Community Library is located within the restored 19th century Town Hall. The Library and gallery are situated on the first floor of the building. Period details such as double height walls and large feature window enhance the space. The gallery and library are fully wheelchair accessible, by ramp to the building, and by lift to the first floor.
Floor: Grey / Green carpet
Walls: Painted white
Ceiling: Painted white
Lighting: General lighting, no spotlights
PowerPoints: In walls
Fixtures: No radiators, but two large heaters
Naas Community Library, Canal Harbour, Naas, Co.Kildare
Tel: 045 879111 Fax: 045 881766 Email: naaslib@kildarecoco.ie
Naas Community Library has a gallery and a boardroom available for community groups.
The boardroom is available for non-profit local groups and is fully accessible by lift.
The gallery in Naas Library is situated on the first floor of the building. It is an open plan mezzanine type space with safety rail, overlooking the ground floor library. The building is wheelchair accessible, and the gallery is accessible by lift.
Floor: Dark blue carpet
Walls: Painted white
Ceiling: Pine coloured tongue and groove
Lighting: Spotlighting in situ
Powerpoints: Sockets in the floor, and on three of the walls
Fixtures: Radiators in front of three walls
Dimensions:
Wall 1: (to your right as you come up the stairs): 18ft. long, with a recess
Wall 2: 24ft. 6ins. long with power point and radiator
Wall 3: 41ft. 6ins. long with two power points and two radiators
Wall 4: 18ft. 5ins. Long with a radiator
Wall 5: Hanging space of 8ft wide then a door to storeroom another space measuring 4ft.6ins.
Wall 6: Door with access to lift.
Leixlip Library, Captain’s Hill, Leixlip, County Kildare
Tel: 01 6060050 Fax: 01 6245970 Email: leixliplib@kildarecoco.ie
Leixlip Library spans almost 10, 000 square feet and is a purpose built library. It was designed to ensure multi-use and flexible use of space.
In this way the multi-purpose area can fulfill a number of purposes, such as a gallery/exhibition area, meeting/lecture area or as part of the children’s area.
It can be used as part of the library or as a separate venue, which can be used outside of library opening hours.
Facilities include flexible seating arrangements, track lighting and a multi-purpose kitchen area.
The area is fully wheelchair accessible.
Floor: Gray
Walls: White - mirror plated
Ceiling: White
Lighting: Part track lighting, part swan neck
Power points: 4 on walls
Fixtures: 1 radiator on wall
Terrible Tales: A collection of Four Short Films on DVD by Young People in County Kildare.
Excerpts of each of the Four Films are below. Full version available on DVD from Kildare County Libraries.
Terrible Tales
Short Film 01 - Trick or Treat
Terrible Tales
Short Film 02 - In Search of a Head
Terrible Tales
Short Film 03 - Fairy Path
Terrible Tales
Short Film 04 - The Haunted Dog of Naas
Take 2 Film Appreciation Club: Two Hours to Look at Classic Film. 2006 and 2007.
An Introduction to Screen Writing: A Four Day orkshop with Michael Kinirons. Maynooth Library, 2006.
Sat 4th & Sun 5th Nov 2006 10.30am- 4.30pm
Sat 11th & Sun 12th Nov 2006 10.30-4.30pm
The Film Development Programme, to date, has focused on making stories and scripts - for children, through the ArtsFest in Libraries, Film Making Workshops for children, with Michael Fortune, and for adults, through the Introduction to Screen writing series with Michael Kinirons and the Take 2 Film Appreciation Club, with Gary Hoctor.
The Kildare Screen writers Guild was established as a result of the 2005 Screenwriting workshops.
Moving forward, Kildare County Council aims to showcase innovative and experimental film making practice in Co Kildare.
The Arts Photo Gallery contains a collection of photos from various Arts Service Events in the County.
Information on the Dance Summer School will be updated shortly.
To see the images from the Dance Summer School 2005 click here.
Click on the title of the Dance photo gallery you are interested in.
The Kildare Dance Summer School was established in 2003 as a bi-annual event at NUI Maynooth. The Summer School programme is based on Laban fundamentals i.e. The Body, Space, Effort, Relationship. It was initially devised in order to provide Laban Guild Community Dance Leader Course participants with the opportunity to attend a Summer School in Ireland. (Attendance at an approved Summer School is required as part of this course). However it has attracted a much broader range of people and is open to those with no previous experience of dance or Laban's work.
Photo Gallery of Dance Summer School 2007
Photo Gallery of Dance Summer School 2005
SUMMER SCHOOL CONTENT
Kildare Dance Summer School offers a 'pick and mix' programme to allow participants to be immersed in an exciting range of approaches to dance. Previous programmes have included the following workshops:
• Intuitive Dance
• Dance into Drama
• Laban Studies
• Morning Dance Shakeup
• Motivating Young People
• Toolbox for Choreography
• Dance in Education
• Music for Dance
• Movement Choir
Participation in the Kildare Dance Summer School gives you a chance to:
• Develop your dance skills through technique classes and choreographic workshops.
• Continue your professional development and see how you can apply your dance
skills to working in different sections of the community - including youth groups,
education, those with special needs.
• Dance for the fun of it! Just enjoy sessions in creative dance and the unique
experience of a Movement Choir.
The next Kildare Dance Summer School will take place Summer 2009.
KILDARE DANCE SUMMER SCHOOL MAILING LIST
If you would like to receive updates and information on the next Summer School, please contact Nicola Dunne, Email: nmdunne@kildarecoco.ie
Kildare Dance Summer School 2007 Brochure
To download a pdf version of the brochure for the 2007 Summer School, click on the link below:
Download Kildare Dance Summer School 2007 Brochure Back
Toolbox of Dance was a three-day Dance with Disability workshop led by Colm Gallagher, (Education Director, AMICI Dance), which took place in Monasterevin, Co Kildare in September 2006. The creative process used by AMICI is open and allowed any individual to experience, share and develop his or her own style, direction and movement vocabulary. A widely experienced dance facilitator, Colm provided a safe environment for this to happen.
Participants on Toolbox of Dance workshop included those with physical, sensory or learning disability, people with mental health problems and people who don’t. Support staff for service users, or anyone with a openness to the unexpected and an attention to the unusual also participated.
It is envisaged that this workshop will act as a springboard for further work in the field of Dance with Disability – training, performance and networking.
This initiative was presented by Kildare County Council, in association with SCJM Moore Abbey Services.
Photo Gallery of Toolbox of Dance Workshop 2006
AMICI DANCE THEATRE COMPANY
AMICI is a unique dance theatre company integrating able bodied and disabled artists and performers. This extraordinary mix of people makes the company unique. Founded in 1980, its productions and workshops challenge conventional attitudes about disability and the arts. AMICI is the resident community arts company at The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Presently Amici has a sister company in Sri Lanka called Butterflies and also work extensively in Japan.
COLM GALLAGHER WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
Colm Gallagher worked as a carer in Stewarts Hospital Palmerstown Dublin. To develop his work in the arts and disability work, he moved to England and met Wolfgang Stange, Artistic Director of AMICI Dance Theatre Company in 1988… thus begins a life changing moment.
Currently the Education Director with AMICI, Colm has worked and taught on many projects in Germany, Ireland, Austria, Poland, USA, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria and most recently Egypt. Much in demand as a workshop leader in England, he teaches Dance Drama in South Thames College. Colm has worked with the EU as apart of the Socrates ProgrammE. He contributed to a recently published book ‘RE-Envisioning Dance’ by Jane Elin, USA.
Performances include:
The Dream of Friends by Caravanna 2000 and Amici (Gdansk); 20/20 Amici (London and Berlin) 2000; Time Step Amici (London) 2003; Water Garden & Friends AMICI (Fukuoko Japan) 2004; (Chelmsford London & Norwich 2005); Stars are out Tonight AMICI London (2005); The Offering AMICI London (2005 & 2006)
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Kildare County Council Arts Service, in association with Riverbank Arts Centre and the Laban Guild hosted a Community Dance Leaders Course, Level 2, which took place in Riverbank over a six month period, commencing January 2006.
The Laban Guild is internationally renowned for its expertise in community dance training. It has structured this excellent part-time intermediate level course in order to fulfill a need, which at present is not provided by any other training body
The part-time course aims to develop further skills and expertise in the application of this work in the community
The course content consists of five strands
Course tutors were Anna Carlisle, MBE and Cathy O’Kennedy.
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COMMUNITY DANCE IN KILDARE
In response to a call for accredited training in contemporary dance, Kildare County Council Arts Service, in partnership with the Laban Guild and Riverbank Arts Centre established the Laban Guild Community Dance Leaders Course, Level 1 in January 2002. The course attracted artists, teachers and community workers from across Ireland. Level 2 of the course took place in Kildare in Spring/ Summer 2005.
A second Level 1 course commenced in Newbridge in 2006 and course graduates received their certificates during the Laban in Practice weekend in March 2008.
Kildare County Council considers the structure, content and delivery of the Community Dance Leaders Course to be a model of good practice, which has been applied to other programmes.
Photo Gallery of Level 1 Awards Ceremony 2005
ABOUT THE COURSE
Initiated in 1981, the Laban Guild Community Dance Leaders course is now a well established course, accepted by professional bodies and eligible for funding from the Regional Sports and Regional Arts Councils. It has been employed by Education Authorities and Dance Animateurs. Courses have run in such places as Suffolk, Somerset, Nottingham, Essex, Wiltshire, Powys, Belfast, Dublin and Kildare. The pool of highly qualified and experienced tutors within the Guild ensures that each module of the course is taught by specialists in that area.
The course attracts participants from many different backgrounds and experiences including teaching, physiotherapy, social work, therapy, choreography, youth work and the arts.
Aims
To encourage them to undertake further professional development
Entry Requirements
This is not a course for beginners. All applicants must demonstrate some experience of dance or movement and experience of teaching or community work.
Course Structure
This is a 150 hour part time course extending over 15 months and includes:
Content
The course comprises three main modules:
Next Course: Dance Leaders Training Scheme Belfast 2008 The next Level 1 course will take place in Belfast in 2008-2009. For further information contact:
Noleen McGrath, the course co-ordinator: firstdanceinc@yahoo.co.uk
or Ann Ward, Laban Guild Courses officer: awardglenkeen@bigfoot.com
Kildare County Council's Dance Development programme centres on the exploration of contemporary dance and the provision of community dance training for dancers, artists and facilitators.
The extensive dance programme can be mapped as follows:
DANCE INITIATIVES:
Click on the links below for further information about our dance initiatives:
DANCE PHOTO GALLERY
Download larger version of the Platform II '07 Battle of The Bands (JPEG 134 kb)
Kildare County Council Kildare, in association with MCD and Naas Town Council, co-ordinated PLATFORM II, the OXEGEN 07 Battle of the Bands competition for emerging bands from Co Kildare.
The prize for the two winning bands was a much sought after slot on the New Band Stage at OXEGEN 2007, the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Weekend of the Year, which takes place in Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Co Kildare, Sat 7th and Sun 8th July.
According to Lucina Russell, Arts Officer for Kildare County Council, a whopping 55 applications were received for the competition from solo artists and bands across the county, which confirms a very healthy music scene in Kildare. She said ‘Musicians may be disappointed that they were not short-listed, but overall, the feedback from the bands shows that they recognise that the competition was good for the promotion of emerging bands in Kildare’.
The short-listed bands are
Reemo (Sallins, Prosperous)
Miracle Bell (Naas)
My Ok Hotel (Naas)
The Re-Offenders (Athy)
Half Shot (Leixlip)
Bright Light Fiasco (Newbridge, Naas)
Dark Age Disco (Monasterein, Kildare)
Rohan and the Band (Leixlip)
*Kill City Defectors were initially short-listed, but had to withdraw, due to injury
The Platform II Battle of the Bands Final took place in Time : Bar +Venue, Naas, on 24th May 2007. MC for the Platform II competition was PJ Gallagher, the undisputed star of the TV Show, Naked Camera.
The Music Suite @ Leixlip Library
Commencing in September 2006, Leixlip Library played host to some of the finest musicians in the country for an innovative music development programme.
PLATFORM I was a series of monthly workshops featuring the cream of Irish singer songwriter talent including Steve and Joe Wall, (Stunning, The Walls), Mundy, Declan O’Rourke, Ollie Cole, with Marilyn Bane. This series provided a unique opportunity for those who have ever wanted to pick up a guitar or sing their own song while learning from the masters.
The intimate surroundings of the Leixlip Library and Arts facility provided the perfect backdrop to listen to, debate with and mostly be inspired by Irelands leading musicians and songwriters.
Platform I was the first stage of a long-term music development initiative that is being funded by the Kildare County Council.
Platform II, a Battle of the Bands competition, to select two Kildare bands to perform at the New Band Stage at Oxegen 2007, followed this initiative.
Platform III, a music development programme, based in the Music Suite @ Leixlip Library, which centres on song writing, mentoring and recording, for emerging bands from Co Kildare, will be launched shortly.
The following PDFs are available for download:
Platform 1 postcard (PDF, 281kb)
Platform 1 Declan O'Rourke (PDF, 319kb)
Download the below press release in MS Word Format (26 kb)
Kildare County Council
&
Riverbank Arts Centre
warmly invite you and yours to the launch
of
Ceol Galore
a recording of traditional music by local musicians
RIVERBANK ARTS CENTRE, FRIDAY 17th NOVEMBER 2006, 8pm
The Ceol Galore cd will be available for sale on the launch night
From as local as Kildare, and as close to home as Carlow, and as far a field as Grand Villers, France, the Ceol Galore traditional musicians have performed on festival stages, in Fleadhs and in sitting rooms, overlooking the tropical island at Glengariff, the mountains in Bavaria and the Curragh of Kildare.
The Ceol Galore musicians hail from the Kildare area. Like many traditional musicians, they met through seisuins in local venues.
In 2005, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, invited Ceol Galore to host a monthly traditional music series called ‘Rambling House’. The Ceol Galore bands recording project was initiated and funded by Kildare County Council to acknowledge their support of the Rambling House programme.
This initiative provided an opportunity for local musicians to strengthen and develop their practice, through interaction with and mentoring from a professional musician, Frankie Lane, and to provide a unique recording opportunity in Co Kildare. The resulting cd, entitled ‘Ceol Galore’ will be launched in Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, on Friday 17th November 2006, 8pm
Frankie Lane is an established solo musician and composer. He is the original front-man for the legendary Fleadh Cowboys. He has recorded with the Chieftains and The Dubliners on their most recent albums. In 2005, Frankie and Paul Kelly toured extensively with ex- De Danann singer Eleanor Shanley in Ireland as well as Holland and Denmark. Frankie is a renowned producer and director of some of Ireland's leading music artists and has most recently recorded albums, both playing arranging and engineering, for Áine Uí Cheallaigh (the original sean nós singer of Riverdance), Paul O' Shaughnessy (ex ALTAN), Rosena Horan, Alan Kelly, Helen Lane and Sonny Condell.
According to Frankie, the Ceol Galore project ‘was one the most challenging but rewarding projects that I have been involved in’.
The Ceol Galore musicians are
Barry Keatley (vocals, bodhran, jews harp)
Martin Conroy (vocals, guitar, mandolin)
Roddy Geoghagan (vocals, 12 string guitar, banjo)
Millie Gill (accordian)
Joanne Lanigan (tin whistle, piano accordian, organ)
Thomas Murphy (fiddle, djembe)
For further information about the Ceol Galore project contact
Kildare County Council Arts Service
Tel: 045-448318/ 448328, E mail: lrussell@kildarecoco.ie
