Dance

The penultimate evening of the season features a trio of takes on the male presence. 'Joyride' is a new solo by Colin Poole that strips down theatre to its bare elements of body, speech and movement and questions the audience's notions of freedom and liberty. (Mark Morris' most recent work for San Francisco Ballet, premiered in April to a newly commissioned score by John Adams is also titled 'Joyride'.) Beth Cassani's utterly charming '13' is performed by her two teenage sons. Part double act, part sibling rivalry, the brothers practice their masculinity and consider what it means to become a man in the twenty-first century. Set against the backdrop of Ireland's iconic Croke Park Stadium, Fearghus O'Conchuir's 'Match' is a contest where one man emerges stronger and survives longer than the other. This performance contains nudity.