Reversing gender’s rigid norms with a truly playful performance

Princesses Can Be Pirates

Civic Theatre, Tallaght

On tour

Rating:****

As the pithy title suggests, this new dance show for children by Mónica Muñoz Marín is buoyed by a desire to reverse the sort of gendered expectations that have come to define modern childhood. Who says pirates have to be boys, it asks? Who says princesses must be prim and demure?

Muñoz Marín’s choreography is built around familiar childhood games. Snippets of hide ...