Tara Brandel - Missing
Tramway Supports residency 17 to 22 November 2025
Missing is a multidisciplinary dance theatre solo by Tara Brandel which looks at pivotal queer women whose voices and stories have been erased from history, such as Margaret Skinnider from Govanhill Glasgow, (she led a battalion of men in the 1916 Irish Uprising) and Bronislava Nijinska (sister to Nijinsky and seminal choreographer in the 1920s for Ballet Russe).
Missing looks at the notion of erasure and invisibility using these women's erasure from history - as Europe became dramatically more rightwing in the 1930s - to look at possible global parallels between then and now. What is the notion of erasure? How does it impact people's lives?
Missing, which will premiere in 2026, is supported by Cork County Arts, Dance Ireland, Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre, Dance Base Edinburgh, Tramway and the Irish Consul in Scotland.
About the artist
Tara Brandel is an award-winning queer neurodivergent choreographer, aerialist and dancer from West Cork, Ireland, who has been creating innovative work since 1990 in San Francisco, Berlin, London, Dublin, Cork, Cairo, Canada, Australia and Mexico.
As artistic director of Croí Glan Integrated Dance since 2006, her integrated dance work has been commissioned by the Unlimited Festival, Southbank Centre London 2012; Propeller Integrated Dance Company, Ottawa, Canada; and D-CAF Cairo, Egypt.
Her most recent solo work includes Circus 2019 which toured to San Francisco International Arts Festival, Seattle International Dance Festival, Cork Midsummer and Dublin Fringe.