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Looking for something a little different for the Cork Jazz Festival this year? Why not see a dance performance?
Ksenia Parkhatskaya (RUS), world famous Charleston & Swing dancer extraordinaire will be presenting her first one-woman show, Radio Hermitage. She will be joined by a live Quartet of Cork’s leading Jazz Musicians, David Duffy Quartet.
Ksenia is best know for her sensational Charleston dance style and has garnered over 20 million view online. She has performed and taught all over Europe and as far as LA and Seoul. Winner of European Swing Dance Festival in Barcelona and London in Solo styles divisions.
Radio Hermitage is a 1h 15 min theatre piece that intertwines dance, theatre and song in a unique new setting, telling the personal story of a Russian girl who embodies the many faces of Jazz since she first heard it on the radio on April 18th, 2005 in St Petersburg. The show reveals the timeless power and raw energy of vernacular jazz dance forms and music from Afro and Charleston to Swing and Bebop, taking you on a journey through the decades of Jazz.
€30 for Radio Hermitage and Cotton Club events combined
Hosted by Firkin Crane & Cork Jazz Dance Exchange in partnership with the Cork Jazz festival
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Venue Information - Firkin Crane
Firkin Crane, the home of dance in Cork, is a place where dance artists, dance audiences and dance enthusiasts can make, see and join in dance of all kinds. Firkin Crane is unique as a resource for dance in Ireland in that it has a stage dedicated to the year-round presentation of dance. In addition it has smaller performance spaces, an exhibition space and four dance studios, all housed in a distinctive heritage building. These resources are important because of what they support people to do: to experiment with, to create and to enjoy dance in its many forms.