Artistic Interests
My interests involve improvisation with body and voice, site-specific performance, cross-cultural communication, body language and dance as a way to discover unknown versions of self.
I seek to develop insight into empathy, presentation, representation, and the effects of environment on body and visa-versa. Performances and workshops I’ve attended in Ireland, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands in 2018-2019 have opened me to the possibilities of site-specific and technologically-infused performance. I continue to feed my movement curiosities while simmering on my main explorations: the study of the relationship between movement improvisation and text/voice.
My projects involve work with musicians, writers, poets, and curators with most recent performances including collaborative performances with contemporary Irish and American poets.
Recent Projects
Currently in France, teaching weekly virtual private lessons on Zoom.
Filmmaker for The Townhall Theatre of Galway's "Bringing it all back home" project, film release set for Jan. 2022.
"All the Way In" vocal improvisation intensive training with Rhiannon in Hawaii Feb 2020 + 2021 and in Italy, June 2022
2019 was awarded a bursary from #CreativeEurope to attend the dance intensive ROAR! in Berlin, Germany
Hosted monthly Open Dance Days at Dance Limerick and weekly Swing Dance classes
Lead Dance Burst Summer Camps at Dance Limerick from 1-5 July 2019
Performance at the
'Between Language and Limb' with Patricia Glynn of
May 7, Nun's IslandTheatre
Rehearsal Director for St. Michael's Primary School Artists in Schools Project and performance, Creative Ireland, with a filmed documentary and Tipperary Dance Platform
'Single-Use'
Over the past four years I have been developing my piece, 'Single-Use' in both workshop, residency, and performance settings. As an activist for environmental sustainability and social equality, my goal is to continue researching this piece as a way to explore the body’s relationship to material as body, partner, and other. With plastic bags as a prop, this ‘dance’ portrays the essence of the single-use mentality in today’s modern society. How does a fast-pace disposable way of living affect our relationships with the environment and with other living beings?
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Check out these videos:
Trailer for Limerick Fringe
Previous Work
2020 Bloomington Trashion Screendance Choreography and Performance by Celina
2019 Solo from Between Language and Limb Galway Theatre Festival
2018 See Showreel
Choreography by Rachel Sheil
2016 The Future Past, Art Exhibit Performance, Indiana
2015 Found Poem written by Antonia Matthews, Indiana
2014 Paris me manque, Choreography by Celina performed by Crossroads Dance Indy
Celina Jaffe
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