Felix got an interview with the amazing Irish traditional musician Danny O’Mahony about the great show Bellow, directed by Gary Keegan from Brokentalkers. Danny & Gary talks music, arts and life in this great conversation with Felix, whom for the first time did an interview in english (!). Felix pulls the performance all the way to the top of this years arctic arts festival. Well done!
Picture from brokentalkers.ie depicts dancer Emily Kilkenny Roddy and Danny O’Mahony.
Reporter Felix with Danny & Gary
Bellow tells the extraordinary real-life story of one of Ireland’s foremost accordionists, Danny O’Mahony, a man who has dedicated his life to the preservation of traditional Irish music and to the mastery of his craft.
Bellow takes the audience on a raw, intimate, deeply personal journey of self-reflection, passion, and the pursuit of artistic purpose. Bellow weaves together past and present as Danny revisits pivotal moments in his life, his first taste of music as a child, the mentors who shaped him and the unrelenting pursuit of mastery that left room for little else.
Alongside Danny’s sublime live playing, Bellow features an original electronic composition by Valgeir Sigurdsson, new writing and contemporary dance, heightening the tension between past and present.
Bellow is a unique and astonishingly beautiful theatre performance exploring what it means to be an artist.