AOIFE KAVANAGH
Composer & Sound Designer
DANCE, THEATRE, FILM PROJECTS

'The Glasshouse'
Music for ballet
(2022)
Composer / Sound Designer
Run time: 45 minutes
A Ballet Ireland production
Choreographed by Roisin Whelan
Costumes: Laura Fajardo Castro
Lighting: Matt Burke
Performances:
Solstice Arts Centre, Navan (2022)
Draíocht, Blanchardstown (2022)
Babaró International Arts Festival for Children (2022)

'Julius Caesar'
Sound for theatre
(2022)
Sound designer
Run time: 2.5 hrs
A TU Conservatoire Dublin production
Directed by Aoife Spillane-Hinks
Cast: BA Drama graduate class
Lighting Design: Alan Mooney
Set & Costume Design: Medb Lambert
Fight Coordinator: Jonathan East
Performances:
Black Box Theatre, TU Dublin Grangegorman campus (May 2022))

'The Long Christmas Dinner'
Music for theatre
(2021)
Sound Designer
Run time: 60 minutes
An Abbey Theatre production
Written by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Raymond Keane and Sarah Jane Scaife
Costume Design: Sinead Cuthbert
Lighting Design: Stephen Dodd
Set Design: Sally Withnell
Cast: Liam Bixby, Bryan Burroughs, Emmet Byrne,
Rachael Dowling, Eoin Fullston, Fionnuala Gygax,
Aisling Kearns, Fiona Lucia McGarry, Máire Ní Ghráinne,
Rachel O’Byrne, Will O’Connell, Valerie O’Connor
Performances:
Peacock Theatre (Nov-Dec 2021)

'Nasc'
Music for aerial dance
(2022)
Composer / Sound Designer / Operator
Run time: 60 minutes
Produced and performed by Infinite Pants
Cast: Aisling Ní Cheallaigh, Oran Leong, Jenny Tufts, Jennifer de Brún
Lighting and Set Design: Sarah Jane Shiels
Performances:
Roscommon Arts Centre
(Jan 2022)

'Man Down'
Music for contemporary dance
(2022)
Composer / Sound Designer / Operator
Run time: 60 minutes
A Roisin Whelan Dance production
Choreographed by Roisin Whelan in collaboration with the dancers
Cast: Matilda Maginnis, Ellie Marsh, Michael McEvoy, Joshua Scott
Lighting Design: Matt Burke
Set & Costume Design: Florentina Burcea
Stage Managers: Sile Mahon and Faith Boucher
Producer: Michelle Cahill
Production Manager: Stephen Bourke
Performances:
George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Carlow (Feb 2022)
Backstage Theatre Longford (Feb 2022)

'Post-Dance'
Music for performance art
(2019)
Composer
Run time: 60 minutes
Commissioned and curated by Sarah Muthi
Dancer: Oran Leong
Filmographer: Kristian Mantalvanos
Performances:
Project Arts Centre, Dublin (Aug 2019)

'Hoodie'
Music for short film
(2020)
Composer
Run time: 12 minutes
Written by Christopher Borecky
Directed by Sean Nicholas
Produced by ARTOCEAN Productions

'The Corona'
Music for animated film
(2021)
Composer
Run time: 20 minutes
Produced by Clare Breen and VISUAL Carlow
Commissioned by CYPSC
Animated by Daniel Tuomey
Screenings:
VISUAL Carlow Link Gallery (Oct 2021-Feb 2022)

'This//Place//Meant'
Music for contemporary dance
(2019)
Composer
Run time: 9 mins
Choreography: Miriam Ribon
Cast: Dublin Youth Dance Company and Rise Youth Dance (UK)
Performances:
Draíocht, Dublin (May 2019)

'See the Music, Hear the Dance'
Music for screendance
(2019)
Composer / Co-director
Run time: 11 minutes
Director of Photography: Christina Appleby
Musicians: Ailbhe Kehoe, Ultan O’Brien, Niamh Kelly, Lucy Deegan
Dancers: Hannah Bergin, Oran Leong
Screenings:
Wicklow Screendance Festival (2019, 2021)