Anything to Declare
Programme Director:
Dylan Quinn
Created and Performed by:
Andy Garbi
Róis (Rose Connelly)
Róisín Loughrey
Dylan Quinn
Production Manager:
Christine Clark
“Anything to Declare” was created and presented in 2024, a creative arts project produced and delivered by Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre it took place between across a range of sites through out the village of Swanlinbar located in County Cavan and bordering County Fermanagh.
This inventive thought-provoking project involved the commissioning of four artists presenting five complimentary/unique pieces of work and details are provide below.
In 2026 we will be re-staging Anything to Declare in the city of Derry as part of Féile 2026. And as part of this exciting development Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre is seeking to commission a Derry based musician/composer/vocal artist to create a new piece of work that will be presented alongside 4 of the established pieces of work.
If you are a Derry based artist that is interested in submitting a proposal please contact us for further information or you can download some further information here
Information on original 2024 Anything to Declare.
Composer and Musician Róis (From Ached Gé), Film Maker Róisín Loughrey (Manorhamilton based but originally from Dublin), Composer and vocal artist Andy Garbi (From the Midlands of England of British Himalayan descent) and Choreographer and Dancer Dylan Quinn (Enniskillen born Artistic Director of Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre) presented a two hour event encouraging audiences to move throughout the village of Swanlinbar to observe and experience a collection of work through a range of artistic mediums.
Dylan Quinn, Programme Director explains, “Anything to Declare” brought highly acclaimed artists in their respective disciplines together in a rural location to deliver a highly memorable performance. The brief was to create space through a range of audio, visual and performing arts disciplines to generate conversation and encourage reflection of this place.
The project encouraged reflection on the border between the north and the south of Ireland. The border which has defined this island and particularly the border lands of this island since 1921. It continues to be contentious, there are those who want it, there are those who don’t, there are those who couldn’t care less and there are those who have as yet to settle of a defined position.
The commissioned artists undertook their individual creative process resuting in their own reflections on the existence and impact of the border; socially culturally, politically, emotionally, geographically, naturally.
Over three nights a unique multidisciplinary performance took place throughout Swanlinbar. Audiences were guided as they weaved their way through the village in July 2024 experiencing a series of creative performances and installations: a 21 minute dance, a 21 minute audio visual performance, a 21 minute compositional presentation, 21 moving images. 1 Cross Border neon installation.
