The Art of Collaboration: Red Line Book Festival runs from October 16-22

PREPARATIONS are progressing for the Red Line Book Festival, which takes place on October 16 until October 22 in venues and libraries across South Dublin.

One of the highlights of the festival this year is “The Art of Collaboration Presents: Music, Movement & Words to Inspire Well-Being” inspired by the connection of music to wellness and mental health.

The event takes place on Sunday, October 22, at 7pm at the Civic Main Space in Tallaght.

The members of The Art of Collaboration who will perform include Artistic Director Paul Roe on Clarinets, Author & Psychiatrist Jim Lucey, Mick O’Brien on Pipe and Whistles, Ultan O’Brien on Violin and Viola and Ruth Prithika with Bharatanatyam Indian Dance.

They will explore together with their audience, music, movement, dance and words connecting in Irish & Indian culture, including some beautiful music and dance from India and Ireland.

Members of the audience will be welcomed to be mindfully present and will be included in the performance.

The evening will be based on the idea of nine emotions from Indian Sanskrit called Nava Rasa.

These are love (shringaara), laughter (haasya), kind-heartedness or compassion (karuna), anger (roudra), courage (veera), fear (bhayaanaka), disgust (bheebhatsya), wonder or surprise (adbhutha) and peace or tranquility (shaantha) and also the three Strains in Irish music: Goltraí “dirges or laments”, from gol- (“weeping, crying”) + -traí; The sorrow strain caused people to weep, Geantraí “joy music”, from gean- (“smile, affection”) + -traí,=; The joy strain incited merriment and Suantraí “lullaby”, from suan- (“sleep, slumber”) + -traí.  The sleep strain lulls people to slumber.

The Art of Collaboration is an interdisciplinary collective formed in 2018 by Artistic Director Paul Roe.

It is a community of practice in which professionals from backgrounds as diverse as musical performance, psychiatry, leadership development, design and education share experience, insight and knowledge, and collaborate on creative projects.

The Red Line Book Festival features over 40 events in county libraries and exciting venues across South Dublin on October 16 – 22.

It is a celebration of all things literary; be it spoken, written or sung will present events in five different strands including ‘Family’, ‘Fiction & Poetry’, ‘Performance’, ‘Crime & Horror’ and ‘History’.

The Red Line Book Festival is produced by South Dublin Libraries and Arts at South Dublin County Council offering a programme of events and workshops that appeals to people of all ages and interests, from children to adults, casual readers to bookworms.

See redlinefestival for the full programme of events taking place across all venues.