Pontoon effect Pontoon effect The pontoon effect refers to the tendency of a vessel whose flotation depends on lateral pontoons to capsize without warning when a lateral force is applied. The effect can be sudden and dramatic because pontoon boats usually cannot rely on the righting effect of a keel (which contains ballast). The vessel is stable and self-righting up to the point that the centre of gravity shifts past the centre of buoyancy of the ship and the vessel rapidly capsizes. The pontoon effect is theoretically possible whenever the vessel's entire weight exceeds the buoyancy of the pontoon(s) on either side.
Junk Ensemble Culture Ireland Touring Award in 2008, and its production "The Rain Party" won the Excellence and Innovation Award in 2007. The Sunday Times (UK) has written that "junk ensemble has created some of the most impressive contemporary dance in Ireland of recent years" and Irish Theatre Magazine said that Junk Ensemble "do not disappoint in artistic experiment with bold visual staging and musical adventuring." Productions are listed with the year and venue of their debut. Junk Ensemble Junk Ensemble (styled junk ensemble) is a dance theater company, working in a genre related to Tanztheater. The company was established in 2004