Last Date of Silent Moves Tour to play Mayo 26th Nov

Mayo Ignite: Silent Moves tour

'Silent Moves', a film by Aideen Barry and the artists of Western Care’s Ridgepool Training Centre and Scannán Technologies, presented by Ballina Arts Centre has been on tour in October and November.  There is one remaining date in the tour:

Mayo Movie World, Castlebar: 26th Nov. 2015, 8.00pm, Bookings through Ballina Arts Centre 096 73593.

About Silent Moves

Hosted by Ballina Arts Centre, the film was made over an eight month period, in and around Ballina. Inspired by the classic Black & White silent films of Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Harrold Lloyd, ‘Silent Moves’ was created using stop-motion animation and slapstick with a strong emphasis on movement and mime, facilitated by Irish dance artist and choreographer Emma O’Kane. The collective talents of the 30 group members with the lead artists, created a wonderful, moving and hilarious film which was launched in November 2014 by Emily Logan, Chief Commissioner, Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission, at Ballina Arts Centre in front of a huge audience.

About the Screenings

Evening screenings of the film will be accompanied by live performance of the soundtrack on piano, violin, viola and percussion by Musical Director Cathal Murphy and musicians Ger Madden, Yvette Gorham and Denise Moorcroft.

A ‘Meet the Makers’ style session will be hosted in each location, featuring some of the participating artists from the project, alongside representatives from Ballina Arts Centre and Mayo County Council Arts Office.

Each screening will be fully accessible with audio description, hearing loops etc. and Irish Sign Language interpretation will be provided for the ‘Meet the Makers’ sessions.

IGNITE Partnership

This project was made possible through an award to Ballina Arts Centre who hosted and managed the Mayo IGNITE project. IGNITE is a new platform designed to generate Ireland’s most ambitious showcasing of talent from people with disabilities, led by international and Irish artists and performers with disabilities. IGNITE is managed by a unique partnership involving the Arts Council, Arts & Disability Ireland (ADI), Cork City Council, Galway City & County Councils and Mayo County Council. www.irelandignite.ie

As part of this tour Silent Moves has also been screened in:

Galway Town Hall Theatre, Galway: 20th Oct. 2015, 2.30pm & 8pm, T: 091-569777 thtsales@galwaycity.ie

Irish Film Institute, Dublin: 4th Nov. 2015, 11.00am & 6.30pm. T: 01 679 3477 info@irishfilm.ie

Cork Film Festival, Triskel Cork: 14th Nov. 2015, 12.00pm & 6.30pm, T: 021 427 2022 www.triskelartscentre.ie