Necromancer
Uillinn Dance Season 2025

Necromancer I Interdisciplinary Performance composed by Ian Wilson with choreography by Justine Cooper

Friday 31 October I 8pm I €15 I BOOKING ONLINE I

Jim O’Driscoll Gallery I 45 mins I Age guide 10+I

“Necromancer” is a bold new interdisciplinary performance work, by six leading artists in music and movement. Blending composed and improvised music with physical performance, the piece responds to a series of haunting photographs taken during the Troubles in Northern Ireland by Japanese photojournalist Akihiko Okamura.

About Artist/ Company

Irish composer Ian Wilson has written over 250 works in many different genres which have been performed and broadcast on six continents. He is a member of Aosdána, Ireland’s national association of creative artists. The wonderful musicians in the “Necromancer” project have all worked with Ian in the past and are among the leading exponents of their instruments in Ireland and Europe. Choreographer Justine Cooper is a hugely respected practitioner both in Ireland and abroad.

Ian Wilson is one of Ireland’s most distinctive contemporary composers, whose emotionally resonant and structurally daring works explore life, loss, the limits of listening, and a borderless approach to musical language.

Justine Cooper is a Dublin-based choreographer whose multidisciplinary practice draws on movement, sound and visual art to create atmospherically charged performance works with powerful emotional and political resonance.

Dario Calderone is an acclaimed Italian double bassist known for his compelling solo performances, technical command, and visionary interpretations of the most demanding contemporary repertoire.

Lina Andonovska is a fearless Australian flautist whose genre-crossing virtuosity and deep commitment to new music have made her a leading voice on stages from the Sydney Opera House to experimental spaces across Europe.

Cathal Roche is a boundary-pushing Irish saxophonist and composer whose work fuses improvisation, electronics and text with an instinctive sensitivity to space and narrative.

Alex Petcu is a dynamic Irish percussionist whose expressive precision and adventurous programming have made him a key figure in Ireland’s contemporary music scene and a sought-after collaborator for new and experimental work.

Credits

Concept & music by Ian Wilson
Choreography by Justine Cooper
Musicians: Dario Calderone (double bass); Lina Andonovska (contrabass flute); Cathal Roche (contra-alto clarinet); Alex Petcu (percussion)

Acknowledgments 

Funded by an Arts Council of Ireland Music Project award