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THE VEILED ONES
Dublin Fringe Festival &
Baboró International Arts Festival for Children
A TRACKS co-commission from Dublin Created and Directed by Jessica Kennedy and Megan
Kennedy
Fringe Festival, Cork Midsummer Festival
Choreography created in collaboration with the cast
and Baboró International Arts Festival for
Children. Performers: Kévin Coquelard, Finola Cronin, Miguel do
Vale, Rocio Dominguez, Joya Hobson, Priya Hobson
Musicians: Bryan O'Connell, Lioba Petrie
'The Veiled Ones' is funded by The Arts Council of
Ireland | An Chomhairle Ealaion Arts Grant Fund and
Scenography: Valerie Reid
Dublin City Council and supported by Dance Ireland
Composer: Die Hexen
and has been co-commissioned for Galway 2020 Lighting Design: Sarah Jane Shiels
European Capital of Culture by the TRACKS Network, Dramaturgy: Jo Timmins
a co-commissioning network of festivals comprising Costume Design: Deirdre Dwyer
of Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, Cork Additional Composition: Bryan O’Connell, Lioba Petrie
Midsummer Festival and Dublin Fringe Festival.
Costume design for Veils section by visual artist Fiona
Finnegan, adapted from an earlier development period
Produced by Gwen Van Spÿk
Line Producer: Michelle Cahill
Assistant Producers: Sophie Coote and Grace Mason
Production Manager: Anthony Hanley
Stage Manager: Fiona Keller
Assistant Stage Manager: Shannon Cowan & Barry
O’Donovan
Chief LX:Ado Moylan
Sound Engineer: Alexis Nealon
LX Operator: Barry O’Donovan
Stage Crew: Martin Reid, Damien Woods
Props made by Eimer Murphy and Adam O' Connell of
the Abbey Prop Department and Kirsty Ryan, Sligo IT
Design Intern for the 2020 production of Hansel &
Gretel (Designer - Jamie Vartan)
Publicity: Stephanie Dickenson
Photography: Fionn McCann
JUNK ENSEMBLE
Junk Ensemble was founded in Dublin in 2004 by Jessica Kennedy is an award-winning choreographer
twin sisters Megan and Jessica Kennedy. The and dance artist based in Dublin. She is co-founder and
company is committed to engaging diverse Co-Artistic Director of Junk Ensemble, a multi-award
audiences through the creation and presentation of winning & leading Irish dance-theatre company. Jessica
brave, imaginative and accessible work that sheds trained in the United States, Dublin and London,
light on important human issues relevant to society completing a Bachelors Degree in Dance Performance &
today. Current Project Arts Centre Associate Artists English Literature at Middlesex University London and a
& previous Dance Artists-in-Residence at Firkin Photography Diploma at Dun Laoghaire College of Art &
Crane and The Tate, Junk Ensemble is a multi-award Design.
winning company that has built a reputation as one
of Ireland’s leading voices in dance. Junk Ensemble She has performed extensively with dance and theatre
frequently collaborates with artists from other companies throughout Europe and the UK including
disciplines to produce a rich mix of visual and Blast Theory (UK), Retina Dance Company (UK), Tanz
performance styles that challenge the traditional Lange (Germany), Firefly Productions (Belgium) In
audience/performer relationship. This approach has Ireland she collaborates regularly with Brokentalkers and
led to productions being created in non-traditional has performed in productions with The Abbey Theatre,
or found spaces as well as more conventional theatre The Ark and The Pavilion Theatre. She was awarded Best
spaces. The company often work directly with Female Performer for Dublin Fringe Festival 2006. Jessica
communities in the creation and performance of co-created the internationally acclaimed short film
their work. Their work has toured to New York, Motion Sickness (2012), which has screened across thirty
Europe, and throughout the U.K. and Ireland. festivals worldwide, and has choreographed for and
performed in numerous films (Oonagh Kearney; Alice
Previous works include Previous works include The Maher) and opera (Nixon in China/Wide Open Opera).
Misunderstanding of Myrrha (Mermaid Arts Centre Jessica has lectured at various universities and also
2020/Dublin DanceFestival 2021), A Different Wolf performs in the band Everything Shook. She has worked
(Cork Opera House/Cork Midsummer Festival 2019), regularly in Scotland as a movement director for
The Bystander (Dublin Theatre Festival 2018), productions with The Tron (Glasgow) and Theatre Gu
Dolores (Dublin Dance Festival 2018), Man at the Leor and recently returned from working a production of
Door (Number 54) / Cork Midsummer Festival 2018), A Selfish Giant at the Beijing Children’s Art Theatre in
Soldier Still (National Tour 2018/Belfast China.
Festival/Dublin Fringe 2017), Walking Pale (GPO
Witness History Commission/Dublin Dance Festival Megan Kennedy trained at Alvin Ailey Dance Center in
2016), It Folds a joint production with Brokentalkers New York City and received a B.A. Honours from Queen
(Edinburgh Festival 2016/Mayfest Bristol Margaret University in Edinburgh. Megan is Co-Artistic
2016/Dublin Fringe, Abbey Theatre 2015), Dusk Director of multi-award winning Junk Ensemble, who are
Ahead (NYC La MaMa Moves Festival 2015/National previous resident artists at the Tate. Choreography for
Tour 2015/Dublin Theatre Festival 2013/Kilkenny live performance includes Mother of Pearl (Emily
Arts Festival 2013), The Falling Song (8-venue UK & Aoibheann), Gym Swim Party (O’Reilly Theatre Dublin),
National Tour 2014/Belfast Festival 2012/Dublin Villette (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Town is Dead (The
Dance Festival 2012), Bird with Boy (UK Tour Abbey Theatre), Tasting Blue (Live Collision, Project Arts
2016/Dublin Theatre Festival 2012/Dublin Fringe Centre Gallery), Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades Opera
Festival 2011), Sometimes We Break (Tate (Edinburgh Festival Theatre), Bram Stoker Festival (IRL),
Commission 2012), Five Ways to Drown (National Marble & Bread (Dance Limerick), eX Choral Ensemble
Tour 2012/Dublin Dance Festival 2010), Pygmalian (IRL). Performance and choreography for film includes
Revisited (Áix-en-Provence Festival Commission Fallow Table (Junk Ensemble), Wildfire (Samson
2010), Drinking Dust (2008), and The Rain Party Films/dir: Cathy Brady), 6SKIN (dir: Alice Maher & Aideen
(2007). Barry), Five Letters to the Stranger Who Will Dissect My
Brain (Tyrella Films/dir: Oonagh Kearney), The Wake
(Invisible Thread Productions/dir: Oonagh Kearney),
Óiche Nollaig na mBan (RTÉ Television/dir: Oonagh
Kearney), Wonder House (Dublin Film Festival/dir:
Oonagh Kearney), Blind Runner (Junk Ensemble/Dance
Ireland), Her Mother’s Daughters (Winner Best Actress
Capalbio Festival Italy/Dance on Camera Festival
NYC/RTÉ Dance on the Box/dir: Oonagh Kearney).
Megan has performed with Retina Dance Company (UK),
Brokentalkers (The Blue Boy, On This One Night) (IRL),
CoisCéim Dance Theatre (Faun, As You Are) (IRL), The
Abbey Theatre (Romeo & Juliet) (IRL), Loosysmokes
Aerial Company (IRL), Tanz Lange (Germany), Blast
Theory (UK), Storytelling Unplugged (Romania), Bedrock
Productions (Pale Angel) (IRL) and productions for The
Ark and The Pavilion (IRL). She was Limerick Dance
Junkensemble.com Artist-in-Residence in 2015 and is a Fellow of Salzburg
@Junkensemble Global Seminar.
PERFORMERS
Kévin Coquelard began dance and Finola Cronin trained in dance in Rocio Dominguez has worked
theatre in France. In 2008, he Dublin and London. She performed nationally and internationally with
entered the Conservatoire de Paris for over 15 years in Germany with companies and choreographers such
where he danced in choreographies Company Vivienne Newport as Loosysmokes, Junk Ensemble,
by Hofesh Schecter and Itzik Galili. (Frankfurt), and Tanztheater Luke Murphy, BrokenCrow Theatre
Kévin made his Irish debut with John Wuppertal (dir. Pina Bausch). She has Company, Aliina Lindroos and
Scott in 2013, performing widely performed with Raimund Hoghe Joclécio Azevedo. She has also
including in New York, Paris and (Montpellier Dance, France), and performed works by John Scott,
Dublin. Since, he also performed for most recently with Liz Roche Catherine Young and Daniel Squire
Philip Connaughton, Catherine Company (Dublin) and John Gerrard for Step-Up 2018. Rocio has been
Young, Maria Nilsson Waller, Liz (Austria and Galway 2020). She is granted the Hatch Award 2021, Arts
Roche, Jenny Roche, Emma Martin Emeritus Assistant Professor in Council Bursary Award 2021, Arts
and Theatre Lovett. His first solo, “Le Drama Studies at UCD. She is Council Professional Development
somnanbule” won the Public’s Final delighted to work for the first time Award 2020, a Scholarship for
Choice Award and the 2nd Prize of with Junk Ensemble on their Ensimismados Dance Festival Costa
Dance in the 22nd Solo Tanz Festival production of The Veiled Ones. Rica 2019, and the Tipperary Dance
in Stuttgart in March 2018. Platform Fellowship 2018. As a
choreographer, she has co-createdthe short pieces War, performed at
The Faculty of Architecture of Porto, children’s chorus of Irish Women in Garfinkle)
and Mental Make Up, at the Teatro Harmony’s hit song Together At Lioba took over the co-management
do Campo Alegre, Porto, 2018. Most Christmas the video of which and curation of the popular
recent work includes Remembering appeared on The Late Late Show. Kaleidoscope Night concert series in
Self by Rebecca Lee, commissioned She loves organising quizzes and January 2014. She is now the artistic
by Dance Limerick and shown in talent shows, baking, cooking and director and digitising the 12th
What Next festival 2021. art. season. Lioba teaches privately and
holds teaching positions in the
Miguel do Vale Miguel gained his Bryan O’Connell is a Rathdown Music Centre (Co. Dublin)
Acting degree at ESMAE, in his drummer/percussionist, improviser and at Clongowes Wood College
hometown Oporto (Portugal) and his and composer of rhythmic acoustic (Co. Kildare). Lioba is also co-
Dance degree at CODARTS in and electronic music. director, curator and founder of
Rotterdam. In The Netherlands he Bryan composed music for The Here Spike Dublin Alternative Cello
worked with the dance companies Trio by Liz Roche Company. Also Festival (established 2016).
for young audiences MEEKERS and made music and / or performed in Lioba has vast experience
Project Sally. As well as with Ryan Bird With Boy (Junk Ensemble, 2011, composing and performing music
Djojokarso, Liat Waysbort, Andrea 2016 W/Tom Lane), Bastard Amber for theatre, with recent projects
Boll and Ido Batash, among others. (LRC, Abbey Theatre, 2015), Hear Me including Nick Lee’s “Luca and the
Nowadays he's based in Belgium Sing Your Song (Liv O'Donoghue, sunshine” as part of Dublin Fringe
where he worked with different Ireland, Italy, Austria, 2015), With Festival and also “The Messenger”
choreographers such as Randi De Raised Arms (Liv O'Donoghue, with London based Limbik Theatre
Vlieghe, Ugo Dehaes, Sarah Bostoen, Dublin 2014), Interloper (LRC, Company. A member of 3epkano for
the companies Kabinet K and Ireland), DOGS (Emma Martin Dance over 10 years, Lioba has written,
Fabuleus, and the theater directors 2010, Dublin W/Tom Lane), Listowel composed and recorded film scores
Karen Henkel, Suze Milius and Syndrome (Emma Martin Dance for old silent movies and modern
Mathias Varenne. Miguel performs 2012, W/Tom Lane) Recent music: film. As part of this ensemble Lioba
regularly Fußball wie noch nie 2015 (Ernst performed at major arts festivals all
with the Swiss Compagnie Tabea Reijseger, Sean Macerlaine, David over Ireland as well as BAM Film
Martin (Pink For Girls Blue For Boys, Stalling, Matthew Nolan), Festival, the Lincoln Centre in New
Forever, Nothing Left). In Ireland he Adventures Of Prince Achmed, 2012 York and the National Gallery in
danced with Junk Ensemble (Dusk (Erik Friedlander & others), Moon Washington D.C. and has worked
Ahead) and in different shows of Liz 2010 (Buzz Aldrin Allstars) with musicians such as Iarla
Roche Company. Bryan played / collaborated with O’Lionaird. Lioba continues her work
Beautiful Unit, Si Schroeder, Abigail with film in a solo capacity and with
Priya Hobson has previously Smith, David Stalling and Anthony new ensemble Unshaped Form. In
appeared in Bluebeard’s Castle, Kelly, Matthew Nolan, Gavin Prior, September 2015, Lioba enjoyed an
Carmen and La Bohème with the Sean Macerlaine, Steve Shannon, artist’s residency at the Centre
Irish National Opera. Priya has also Philip Jeck, Damo Suzuki and is Culturel Irlandais, (Paris) where she
performed on television and was an researching the work of Jaki was commissioned to compose and
entrant in TG4’s Junior Eurovision Liebezeit. then perform a new score to Chris
Ireland contest. Along with her Marker’s film “La Jetee” (1967). Most
identical twin sister Joya she is a Lioba Petrie studied in Dublin’s recently Lioba composed an
student with Independent Theatre Conservatory of Music and Drama, alternative film score to Emer
Company (ITW) Drumcondra where graduating in 2000 with a diploma in Reynold’s award winning space
she enjoys lessons in creative drama, instrumental teaching and then documentary “The Farthest”, which
dance and singing. She plays the graduating from NUI Maynooth with was premiered at Spike Cello Fest
double bass and Spanish guitar, a BAMus in 2001. Lioba is passionate 2018. Lioba regularly performs and
loves baking, making slime and about chamber music and is a records with the prestigious RTE
writing stories. member and manager of the Astral Concert Orchestra as well as The City
String Quartet and Stringology. As of Dublin Chamber Orchestra.
Joya Hobson is a saxophone well as working as a freelance
student with the Royal Irish musician, Lioba is regularly engaged
Academy of music and sings with as a contractor for large and small
her sister Priya as part of the St ensembles for concerts and
Patrick’s Cathedral Choir School. She recording sessions. Most recently
has appeared in a number of she was engaged as contractor for
productions with the Irish National the animated feature film “Oops 2”
Opera and was also part of the (Eimear Noone/Craig StuartCREATIVE TEAM
Enormous Wings (Collapsing Horse). Previous work includes designs for
Sceneography Valerie Reid
Previous work with Junk Ensemble the Everyman, BrokenCrow, Rough
Valerie Reid is a designer based in Magic, Theatre Royal, Junk
Edinburgh, working with includes A Different Wolf, Man at the
Door (Number 54), Dolores, Soldier Ensemble, Graffiti, Tinderbox, RSC
performance and visual art, as well Glasgow, Dublin Youth Theatre,
as typography, print and digital Still, It Folds, Dusk Ahead.
SJ is currently studying for a M.Sc in Ulysses Opera Theatre, Linbury
design. She is particularly interested Studio LAMDA, Cork Opera House,
in the creation of installations that Interactive Digital Media in Trinity
College, Dublin. Spraoi and Waterford Youth Arts.
tell a story, and exist within a specific www.deirdredwyer.com
space, and likes making art with
everything from people to Dramaturgy Jo Timmins
computers to found objects and torn Jo is the founder and Artistic
up paper. Director of Scottish company Lyra.
Originally trained as a director at
Composer Die Hexen Queen Margaret University,
DIE HEXEN is a multi award-winning Edinburgh, she has worked in
avant-garde composer, sound theatre, dance and design, with a
designer, vocalist, musician, focus on performing arts for children
performance and audio-visual and teenagers. Jo has created Wild
artist. Self-produced compositions Heart, We Are All Just Little Creatures
are musically and thematically (in association with Curious Seed
influenced by dramatic beginnings and Lung Ha Theatre Company) This
growing up by the NI Way Up, Helen’s Letters, Lone Wolf,
coast. Exploring themes such as life, Sampler, Pigeon, Hush and Rebecca’s
death, the afterlife, pain, vivid Midnight for Lyra and has worked
dreams, celestial mysticism, the with Junk Ensemble as dramaturg
spiritual and the supernatural. (Dolores), co-creator (Bird with Boy),
Cultivating a unique sound and designer (Sometimes we break, Tate
vision through various Art forms, DIE Britain commission) and director
HEXEN transports the audience to (The Rain Party). Jo has directed for
other worlds, emotions, and places Kopergietery (Belgium) and
that they might not have ever Catherine Wheels (Scotland) and is
considered visiting. former Director in Residence with
Imaginate and National Theatre of
Lighting Design SJ Shiels Scotland.
SJ began designing lighting in
Dublin Youth Theatre, completing a Costume Design Deirdre Dwyer
BA in Drama and Theatre Studies Deirdre Dwyer designs sets and
2006 (Trinity), and the Rough Magic costumes for theatre, opera, dance
Seeds3 programme 2006 - and film. She also adapts and directs
2008. From 2010 – 2017, she was her own work for young audiences.
co-artistic director of WillFredd She is a member of BrokenCrow Junk Ensemble would like to
Theatre. Recent lighting designs Theatre Company. She trained in thank: Ruth McGowan, Dee Patton
include One Good Turn (Abbey UCC (BA in English and Drama and and Bee Sparks, Conleth Teevan at
Theatre), Day Crossing Farm (Marie Theatre Studies), at RWCMD (MA in Dublin Fringe, Aislinn O’HEocha
Brett, Cork Midsummers Theatre Design, Cardiff and and Jen Ahern at Baboró, Lorraine
Festival), Woman in the participated, as the Designer, in Maye at Cork Midsummer, Julie
Machine (Carlow Arts Festival), Party Rough Magic SEEDS3. She was Kelleher at Mermaid Arts Centre;
Scene (THISISPOPBABY What Did I awarded the first Pat Murray Bursary Sheila Creevey, Eve Lalor and all
Miss? (The Ark), Sruth na in 2009. She is a founder member of the staff at Dance Ireland; Cian
Teanga (Branar Téatar do the Irish Society of Stage and Screen O'Brien, Orla Moloney, Kate
Pháistí), Hansel and Gretel (Irish Designers and is Theatre Artist in McSweeney, Annette Devoy, JC
National Opera, Theatre Lovett, Residence at Garter Lane Arts Collins and all at Project Arts
Abbey Theatre), A Very Old Man with Centre, Waterford. Centre; Ann and Dennis Kennedy;
Fiona FinneganFunded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Dublin City Council and Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture. Supported by Dance Ireland
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