Are Ye Dancin?

'Are Ye Dancin', is a filmic poem, and a collaboration with poet Sara Shine.  It is a visual response to Sara's poem aired on RTE radio 1 on Sunday Miscellany
in February 2023. The poem is a love story between two women dated roughly in the 1950's and is somewhat evocative of the Gateways Club in London during
the 50's and 60's which was a safe meeting place for gay women and to  be themselves.  The club was the longest-surviving such club in the world, open by 1931
and legally becoming a members club in 1936. In 1967 it became for women only. It closed on Saturday 21 September 1985.  This work is a tribute to that 
time in our history,  when love had to be hidden out of sight. 

Acknowledgements:  Dancers Sara Ryan and Becky O'Reilly.  A special thank you to Vanessa Felding and Mark O Gorman of The Complex

 

 Directed and produced by Bernie Masterson 2021. 

'Are Ye Dancin' | 2023 | 08"

Full Duration: 4' 05" –  Format: Digital HD – Aspect Ratio: 16:9 – Sound: Stereo - Source formats: H 264 | ProRes 422 HQ

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Screenings and Panel Discussions:


'Are Ye Dancin', premiered at Bloomsday Film Festival 13th June (2024)

Waterford Film Festival 22nd - 29th November (2024)

 







 

 

Selected Works

Are Ye Dancin?Project type

The Longest NightProject type

Last DanceProject type

FlightProject type

Strange FishProject type

Incarceration AltarsProject type

The Art of WritingProject type

WeatherProject type

InvocationProject type

Drawing on the BodyProject type