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Tag: Traction

20 March 2022 Traction / Uncategorized

Reflecting on ‘El Cabaret de la Gata’

A long journey needs resting points It is a surprise, in my sixties, to find myself working on opera, as

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17 March 2022 Traction / Uncategorized

‘Cabaret de la Gata’– Traction takes off

As the pandemic recedes—or perhaps becomes normalised—it is becoming hard to recall the strangeness of those lockdown months, and the

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6 March 2022 Traction

Building bridges

It’s just over two years since I met the people involved in the Traction co-creation opera projects, in Donostia, at

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10 December 2021 Traction

Without access, nothing is possible

For decades, longer even, cultural policy in Europe has been imagined as a conflict between two ideas. The first is

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5 October 2021 Traction / Uncategorized

Between Beckett and Homer: excellence in co-creation

There are moments in every good community art project when you watch, suspended between wonder and terror, as it takes

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3 September 2021 Traction

The difference between a professional and a non-professional artist – Part 1

This photograph of the artists working on Irish National Opera’s Out of the Ordinary project was taken on 20 August 2021, at

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18 July 2021 Traction

Still thinking about co-creation

In March, I posted a question on Twitter about co-creation.  What do artists mean by ‘co-creation’? I’m writing about the

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2 February 2021 Regular Marvels II / Traction

Rehearsing and performing co-created music remotely: Can you help?

The lockdowns and physical distancing measures introduced to contain the spread of Covid 19 have had a devastating impact on

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7 November 2020 opera / Regular Marvels II / Traction

Remote is the new normal

‘Inis Meáin Island is where you’ll find a more authentic escape from the modern world. With a population of 200

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15 October 2020 Traction

How the internet saved a community opera

It began with open workshops in community halls across County Durham, from ancient places sheltered in mountain valleys to younger

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