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02 Apr 2026

In Pictures: Limerick’s Light Moves festival officially launches programme

THE 2023 programme for Limerick’s Light Moves festival has been announced with a host of adventurous dance, live music, and experimental performances to take place across the city from November 9 to 12.  

Now in its 7th edition, the festival offers a thrilling showcase of the richness and diversity of work by artists from Limerick, across Ireland and across the globe, artists who are embracing dance, movement, and the screen as a powerful platform for activism and visibility and challenge social and gender inequalities.

The festival’s 2023 programme has exploration and playfulness at its core, and will include seven live performances with four new commissions and the festival’s fourth exhibition of screendance works at Limerick City Gallery of Art, alongside engaging talks, and workshops.

The festival programme was announced at Dance Limerick in John’s Square, with guest speaker and director of The Irish World Academy Of Music And Dance and at UL Professor Helen Phelan. P

rofessor Phelan was joined by Rachel Sheil and Conor O'Brien who screened their new film 'Untitled Piece Of', as well as composer/producer Paddy Mulcahy debuting new work.

See our gallery for more picture from the launch. 

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