
Monsters in your School
Calling x4 D15 Primary School Class Groups
Dance in Your School
14 & 21 March 2025
A Little Event For The Youngest Citizens of Blanchardstown
Thursday 30 May 2019
09:50am - 3:15pm
A host of wonderful artists and art forms awaits you to see, hear and experience new adventures during our Toddler Takeover Adventure 2019! Draíocht’s Toddler Takeover, now in its 5th Year, celebrates the limitless imagination of the very young child and the magic that happens when it is combined with the world of artists and the arts. With a combination of book-in and free drop-in events, and the very special addition of a Sensory Toddler Day, children are invited to explore sounds and movement and think about really important questions:
WILL THE SAD MERMAID GET TO THE PARTY? CAN I SHAKE TO MAKE MUSIC? CAN A TENT DANCE?
Draíocht transforms into a big space for adventure through story, visual arts, music, circus and dance for the very young. Scribble and draw in our Gallery Spaces, dance, move and take part in a party under the sea, dancers will dance and musicians will play, scribble, build, invent. Children are invited to bring their insatiable curiosity and their adults to explore, discover new art forms, create, play, dance, draw, sing and nurture creative potential, while having fun too.
Roam Free & Dancers Dance
Time: 9:50AM-3.15PM
Cost: Free Event / REGISTER @ BOX OFFICE ON ARRIVAL FOR YOUR FREE TICKET
AGE: 18 months – 4 yrs
Location: Roaming all over Draíocht / Draíocht Galleries / Lobby / Draíocht’s workshop Room!
Activities are designed for ages 18 months - 4 years but younger and older siblings are welcome in the roam free areas too. Enjoy the open spaces for self-directed creative play and art making… Is that a dancer dancing? Why not dance too? Roam FREE includes a small area created for children under 18 months to explore.
Additional notes: Enjoy spontaneous Dancers dance with an accompanying musician play in the Roam free spaces @ approx. 11:30am, 12:10pm and 12:50pm (these are approximate times only).
Event Information: Your Roam Free Ticket covers FREE admission across a combination of open spaces for self-directed play and inventiveness, along with short spontaneous interactive Dance performances that will happen in these spaces. With your Roam Free you can come and go as you please! You can also draw, investigate and discover the world of imagination we have created for you! With this ticket your child will have lots of fun - but if you want something more, you can purchase tickets for the additional Book In workshops or attend a theatre show (see timetable).
Dance Theatre Show: A-do-Le-TA!
A dance theatre piece by Little Lion Dance Theatre
Performance 1: 10.30AM-11.15AM
Performance 2: 2.30PM- 3:15PM
Cost: €5 per child, with a free accompanying adult
AGE: 2.5 years to 5 Years
Location: Draíocht Studio Space
A-do-le-TA! is a dance theatre piece that joyously explores friendship and play. Come with Joy and Sky into a world where everything is possible - a tent can be a crab, an umbrella can be a cloud and the moon can sing! Through play, two friends overcome differences and together imagine, create and expand their reality and yours.
Workshop: Play Around With Sound
Music and music making with Musician Eamon Sweeney
Workshop 1: 09.50AM-10.20AM (2 years to 4 years)
Workshop 2: 11.30AM-12.00PM (12 Months to 2.5 years)
Workshop 3: 01.10PM-01.40PM (2 years to 4 years)
Cost: €5 per child, with a free accompanying adult
AGE: 16 months to 4 Years
Location: Draíocht Main Stage
Bop, pop and rock your way through this fun and explorative music workshop. Explore and create your own brand of music as only a child can! See and hear a live Musician play and sing and become one yourself with a range of musical instruments to bang, chime and shake.
Workshop: The King of the Sea's Party
Interactive Drama workshop including storytelling and movement led by theatre practitioner Joanna Parkes
Workshop 1: 10.30AM-11.15AM
Workshop 2: 12.15PM- 1.00PM
Workshop 3: 01.45PM- 02.30PM
Cost: €5 per child, with a free accompanying adult
AGE: 2 years to 4 Years
Location: Draíocht Main Stage
It’s party time under the sea. All the fish and sea creatures are very excited and are busy practicing their dance moves for the annual event. Everyone is looking forward to the party apart from one sad mermaid who feels she can’t dance and doesn’t want to join in. Come and play with your child and show the mermaid there are many ways to dance. This workshop was originally commissioned by and performed at The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children.
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