Round 12: Season 1 Finale
Hosted by: Naoise McGuinness
September 29th 2024
Etaoin Melville
Etaoin Melville is a visual artist working and living in Cork. Using colour and form as abstract emotional expression she seeks to interrogate the complexity of female experience. In collaboration with circus performance, musical composition, stop frame animation and videography the work manifests as live performance, film and exhibition art.
The research looks into the old and the new of domestic life; the conflict between instinctual experience and societal expectation: often using humour to create art in a state of improvisation, spontaneity and lightness.
Her work over the past three years explores the changing roles of mother and daughter, whilst reflecting the theme of lineage to gain perspective on these shifting identities. This body of work has manifested in collaboration with Linda Cullen, fusing visual art with vertical dance for a performance. Followed by two solo exhibitions of work along the same theme, 2024.
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Tobi Omoteso
Tobi Omoteso is an internationally acclaimed Nigerian/Irish B-boy (Breakin’ /
Breakdancer) and Hip-Hop Freestyle dancer, training at Broadway Dance Centre, West Bronx, New York and Breakbeat Dance Studios, Waterford, Ireland. Tobi has been dancing for over 20 years and supports the foundations of this dynamic and Influential dance form with his B-boy crew –RECESSION SQUAD NINJAS.
Tobi is the co-founder and director of TOP 8 STREET DANCE BATTLE that brings together the best of Irish and International Street dancers and Hip-hop artist to existing and new audiences – now heading into its 9th year, the event was part of Dublin Dance Festival for 3 consecutive years.
As a dance facilitator Tobi has designed and delivered youth programmes teaching in schools, youth groups and established dance organizations such as Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, Dance Ireland and Dance Limerick , he has brought hIrish World Academy of Music and Danceis knowledge of Hip-Hop and breakin’ culture into a wide variety of youth and academic contexts.
As a choreographer and performer, Tobi’s work has been presented across Ireland, including at Dublin Dance Festival (Dublin), Thisispopbaby “WAKE’ (Dublin Fringe), WHAT NEXT dance festival (Limerick), Cork Midsummer Festival (Cork), Glor Dance Platform (Co. Clare), Sproi Festival (Waterford), Irish ArtsCenter (New York), Eva Bianual International Contemporary Arts Festival, SODEA Festival, 1916 Easter Rising Commemorations in Croke Park (TG4 & Tyrone Production LAOCHRA), Dancers from the Dancer Irish and International Festival & Bloodlines, RTE’s Commissioned “I am Ireland”, WHEN I Visual (Carlow). On screen he has performed on Sky one Got to Dance, hit US TV show Penny Dreadful, Apple TV, RTE, and in numerous music videos and commercials.
Graham & David McSweeney
The McSweeney brothers are an independent filmmaking and comedy duo who have been making zero budget films together for over four years since they started their “McSweeney Films” YouTube channel back in 2020. What started as just a lockdown hobby quickly developed into a true passion for comedy and filmmaking which they’ve both been pursuing ever since.
David is an actor and stand up comedian who studied filmmaking at Cork College of FET Douglas Street Campus for two years. Graham is a writer, director and editor and has been working as a freelance editor for nearly two years.
Together they have made dozens of comedy sketches and short films, notably Plight of the Pintman (2023) and Waiting for You (2022), the latter of which was featured at last year’s IndieCork Film Festival.
As well as being the co-owners of McSweeney Films, Graham and David have both been committee members of The People’s Picturehouse since it started last August and have had much of their work featured in its monthly filmmaking showcases.
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