In Ireland, boys have long been a minority in dance. Company B is Ireland's only contemporary dance company for young males, which objective is to create a unique space for self expression through dance and movement. In this short documentary, members reveal what it's like for them to dance, how it feels and why they love it.

Directed, Edited & Produced by Tess Motherway
Camera: Jonathan Barton

Company B

This piece was devised in solidarity with the 'Repeal the Eighth' campaign in Ireland that is fighting for Ireland's abortion law to be brought to referendum. Abortion is illegal in Ireland, where the Eighth Amendment of the constitution equates the right to life of a pregnant woman with that of an embryo or foetus. In doing so, it criminalises abortion in all cases except where to continue a pregnancy would result in death. Medical practitioners can lose their licence, or face jail time, if they offer advice to women in need of abortions. Every day 12 women are forced to travel to the UK to have abortions and aftercare in Ireland is minimal for those who have to travel.

'´Eire' - the Irish word for Ireland - symbolises that my body is not my own but, indeed, belongs to Ireland. Spread the word. Keep the conversation going. Repeal the Eighth.

Filmed on location in Genolier, Switzerland while on residency at The Trélex Residency.

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all_i_am

An unsettling soundscape confronts moving imagery of a carefree moment, warping our experience of what we see. Another space is created where time is extended, exaggerated. Amplified. Comprised of the only archive footage of the artist as a child, and heavily influenced by her interest in analogue photography, this 'self-portrait' challenges the act of looking on the past with nostalgia.

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