White Doves : a new ballet

White Doves : a new ballet

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Thurs 3rd - Sat 5th August 2023 at The MAC, Belfast Ticket link: https://themaclive.com/event/white-doves-a-new-ballet Gazing back on history to look towards the future. A new ballet for Belfast, White Doves tells the story of the formation of the Peace People. Bringing audiences back to the summer of 1976, historic scenes are woven together by two white doves in a unique retelling of Belfast's past.Choreographed by Ruaidhrí Maguire, the production brings together internationally working dancers Leigh Alderson and Danila Marzilli with a cast of 28 pre-professional dancers from across the island. Amelia Clarkson's new score is performed live by an ensemble of local musicians, conducted by Jonathan Mann. 
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President Gorbachev

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Press Release Re:  Mikhael Gorbachev, Nobel Peace Laureate  I am sad to learn of the death of  Mikhael Gorbachev, on Tuesday 30th August, 2022. I had the honour of meeting him on several occasions at the Gorbachev Nobel Peace Summits. I never had the honour of meeting his beloved wife Raisa who died some years ago and who President Gorbachev missed and loved tenderly.   I send my condolences to his daughter Irina, and  family and friends and the Russian peoples,   on the loss  of Mikhael Gorbachev.   President Gorbachev was a warmhearted and kind man  with a vision of peace and nuclear disarmament and a belief that the cold war between the west and Russia could be changed by talking and friendship.   He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work…
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NATO – The US dominated Global War Machine

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Patrick Murphy’s column in the Irish News of l8/6/22 entitled ‘Pope’s comments may help avert global conflict’ are courageous and challenging.  Courageous in that Ireland (and most of Europe) are caught up in Russia phobia and war propaganda being peddled by our main stream media and military industrial complex.    Murphy quoted Pope Francis as saying that the war was ‘perhaps somehow either provoked or not prevented’.   I think this statement hints towards the elephant in the room (NATO/US endless expansion).   The US  Peace Council of 12th May, 2022 (www.uspeacecouncil.com)  describe the Ukraine as a US Manufactured Conflict and  says ‘Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine could have been avoided if the US had not relentlessly provoked it.’   NATO – the US dominated Global War Machine whose policy is ‘full dominance spectrum’…
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