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Open Call for Step Up: Dance Project 2012 – Deadline: 05 April

Step Up: Dance Project is a partnership between the Arts Council, Dance Ireland and the University of Limerick. The project aims to bridge the gap between dance education and professional contemporary dance practice in Ireland. It is an intensive eight-week programme of training, rehearsals, performance and development for six selected dancers who have just completed their professional training.

Arts Council: Dance Funding Clinic

The Arts Council will hold a Dance Funding Clinic to provide information about the various funding schemes currently available for dance artists. The clinic will be led by Head of Dance, Davide Terlingo, and Dance Adviser, Aoife McGrath, and will be held at 2.30pm on 14 March 2012 at the Arts Council, 70 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.

February Daily Morning Classes @ DanceHouse

The backbone of our artistic programme is daily morning classes. All classes are aimed at an advanced level appropriate for professional dancers and advanced level dance students.

25 January 2012: Arts Council commits an additional €740K in 2012 to see 33 arts organisations & artists tour

Audiences all over the country will have an opportunity in 2012 to enjoy some of the best in literature, visual arts, dance, film, theatre, music, traditional arts, street arts and circus, participatory arts and activity specifically for young people, with 33 arts organisations and individual artists receiving funding from the Arts Council to specifically tour work in Ireland to venues nationwide.

E-MOTIONAL Bodies & Cities: Mobility & Networking Grants 2011 - Deadline: 29 February

Would you like to check out the local contemporary dance festivals in Bucharest, Dublin, Istanbul or London? Do you want to attend a dance platform in Riga? Would you care to discover the evolving Cypriot dance scene? Do you need money to visit a partner/ artist to start up a new collaboration? Do you want to learn more about the E-motional Bodies & Cities project and participate in the final festival/forum in Romania?

2012 Programme Highlights: Dates for Your Diary

Dance Ireland is excited to announce our January to March 2012 calendar of events. Get your diary at the ready as we announce our training and development programme, as well as several New Movements studio showings all happening over the coming weeks.

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