Let The Young Ones Dance is a documentary about club and youth culture in Ireland. In particular, we sought to examine how the economic challenges and crises faced by young people are reflected in Irish nightlife.
The 27 minute documentary Let The Young Ones Dance was directed by Anna Crowley and shown in The Complex on New Year’s Eve before it closed down this month.
It features words from Rory Sweeney, Shauna Dee, Ciara Power (Give Us The Night), Talinho, Schaymon Dreymon of House Of Hibernia and more.
This documentary connects the dots between the economic pressures forcing young Irish people to emigrate and the country’s club culture. It is not, of course, that the state of club culture is making young people leave Ireland, but it is a symptom of a system and government that puts young people on the back burner. This film uses the club scene as a barometer for the challenges facing Irish youth. However, the ways in which young people are pushing back against these conditions will also be explored. Young creatives and artists, such as DJs, event managers and more, will be interviewed in order to help answer the question of whether clubbing is a site of resistance for young Irish people today. Irish youth are proud of their heritage and culture, and we want to stay here despite the economic obstacles we face. This documentary aims to investigate this tension.
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
