The Auditorium Theatre presents
Trinity Irish Dance Company
Sunday, March 3rd | 3:00 PM
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Under the leadership of Mark Howard, founding artistic director/choreographer – and recent inductee into the 2023 Irish American Hall of Fame – Chicago's own internationally-renowned Trinity Irish Dance Company showcases two world premieres at the Auditorium Theatre stage this St. Patrick's Day!
"Sophisticated and commanding" (Los Angeles Times), the Trinity Irish Dance Company (TIDC) is the birthplace of progressive Irish dance, an innovative movement genre that "ushered in a new era for Irish step dance" (Chicago Tribune). Kicking off the St. Patrick's Day Season with their unique vision to fuse vibrant Irish traditions with ever-evolving American innovation, their mixed rep program will include two world premiere works!
Taking the Mick, choreographed by Mark Howard and Associate Artistic Director, Chelsea Hoy, takes the versatility of these artists to a new level through multi-genre vignettes of rapid fire footwork, theatrics, and twisted traditions. Drawing upon the American Vaudeville era and its place in Irish step dance history, Taking the Mick blends commentary and innovation through movement that is at once whimsical and fierce.
P.O.V. is a new work by elusive, renowned choreographer Harrison McEldowney, who has come out of retirement specifically for Trinity Irish Dance Company with a concept that brings a new "point of view" to audiences who always ask, "what is it like to be a Trinity Irish dancer?" A Collaboration between two Chicago dance communities stalwarts, P.O.V. provides the audience a unique "lens" into TIDC's fast-paced movement genre. Each performance is unique to its audience and venue–you have to be there to believe what you are seeing!