by Alice Heyward and Oisín Ó Manacháin

— Keening for buried, wretched, and imagined worlds

Brigid is a dance and sound performance inspired by the pre-Christian goddess Brigid, linked to the origins of the Bean Sí (Banshee) myth and her caoineadh (keening). Radiant goddess of fire and wellsprings, Brigid kindles creativity, heals the wounded, and guards the thresholds between life and death.

Brigid unfolds through immersion and suspension. Interlaced with sonic and visual patterns, Alice Heyward and Oisín Monaghan / Oisín Ó Manacháin’s choreography reckons with the entanglement of grief and fear, stirring otherworldly encounters by incorporating and inventing Sean Nós (old-style) rituals.

Choreography: Alice Heyward and Oisín Monaghan/Ó Manacháin
Performers: Alice Heyward, Oisín Monaghan/Ó Manacháin and Oonagh Slater
Sound Composition and Performance: Gregor Kompar
Set Design: Alice Heyward & Gregor Kompar
Costumes: Chloe Hagger
Lighting: House of Vnholy

This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, and its development was supported by HELLERAU, Gippsland Performing Arts Centre, Blue Ball Room, and Kultursommer Wien.