News Archive

January

Arts Council & RTÉ Announce Third Round of RTÉ Dance on the Box

Following its success in 2006 and again in 2008, the Arts Council and RTÉ have announced the third round of RTÉ Dance on the Box. The Arts Council and RTÉ are calling on artists in film and dance to combine their talents and collaborate on the creation of four short dance films which will be premiered on RTÉ television during the 2010 Dublin Dance Festival

Members' Forum Meeting Rescheduled

Dance Ireland's Members' Forum Meeting has been rescheduled to Tuesday 09 February at 12noon.

New to DanceHouse: Contact Improvisation Jam

Following requests from our members; Tim O’Donnell’s successful Contact Improvisation workshops last November and a well-attended jam in December, we are hosting, on a pilot basis, a series of Contact Improvisation Jams for two hours every Wednesday until 31 March.

Thinking, Talking, Writing Dance: Pilot writing project

Thinking, Talking, Writing Dance is a three day workshop which aims to identify and address the needs of creative artists around writing and will be lead by Jeffrey Gormly, editor of choreograph.net.

DANCE COUNTS: a survey of Dance Ireland membership 2008

Just to give a sense of the potential of DANCE COUNTS: the overall totals line is quite interesting - 15% of our membership (who responded) spent almost €4million, hired 235 dancers and employed 227 others. That 15% had audiences of nearly 44,000 and dance class attendances also nearly 44,000. Outreach activities involved more than 15,500 people.

Re-Presenting Ireland 2010 Line-up

The third Re-Presenting Ireland studio showcase will take place during the 2010 Dublin Dance Festival at DanceHouse on 14, 15, 21 and 22 May.

February

Dance Ireland AGM: 18 April 2010

The Board of Directors of Dance Ireland gives notice of the Annual General Meeting to be held on Sunday 18 April from 2pm to 4pm at DanceHouse.

2010 Arts Council Major Dance Funding Decisions

The Arts Council has made its major grant allocations for 2010, distributing in excess of €49m to more than 350 arts organisations, of which 18 are dance companies and organisations.

Arts Council Dance Project Award 2010

The Arts Council will offer a Dance Project Award for activities commencing in 2010. The deadline will be 5.30pm on Thursday 01 April for applications that are submitted online. The deadline for applications submitted in hard copy will be 5.30pm on Thursday 25 March.

Arts Council And Dance Ireland Members' Meeting

Following our members' meeting, we are delighted to confirm a follow-up meeting with the Arts Council. Date for your diary: Tuesday 09 March 12 - 2pm

New European Dance Projects

Dance Ireland is delighted to announce its involvement in two new European dance projects: Tour d’Europe des Chorégraphes and Modul-Dance which will be rolled out over the coming months and years.

April

International Associate Artist: Anneke Hansen

Dance Ireland welcomes our second International Associate Artist Anneke Hansen (USA) from 12 to 23 April.

Mentored Choreographic Lab (MCL)

Dance Ireland welcome back Peter Boneham, who will lead the MCL in a 3-week lab for choreographers wishing to investigate their creative process.

Dance Ireland/Movement Research: Open Call

Dance Ireland continues its exchange with Movement Research. Professional performer/choreographer members are invited to submit their expression of interest in being considered for this exchange.

Tour d’Europe des Chorégraphes: Open Call

Tour d'Europe is a new European partnership programme which aims to tackle the lack of existing training for young and emerging choreographers.

Summer Residencies @ DanceHouse: Open Call

Dance Ireland offers a number of summer residencies to Dance Ireland professional performer/choreographer members at DanceHouse this summer.

Dance Ireland Professional Morning Class Survey 2010

Win a class of free Professional Morning Classes @ DanceHouse by filling in and returning our professional Morning Classs Survey by Friday 21 May @ 5pm.

Joanna Banks Studio at DanceHouse

Dance Ireland is delighted to announce the re-naming of Studio 4 at DanceHouse in honour of the outstanding achievements made in dance by Joanna Banks.

International Guest Teaching Residency with Mariah Maloney

International guest teacher Mariah Maloney returns to DanceHouse from 10 to 21 May. During her residency Mariah will teach professional morning class, 10 to 11.30am.

Modul-Dance/European Dance House Network: Open call

Dance Ireland is a member of the European Dance House Network and partner in the exciting new Modul-Dance programme, 2010 to 2013. This pan-European project involves 18 other dance houses and organisations and will commence later this year. The objective of Modul-Dance is to work towards how best to assist independent dance artists achieve their ambitions - encouraging risk-taking, innovation and culturally diverse practice – and concurrently develop new audiences for dance, in a sustainable and responsible manner.

Flash Mob For Eurovision - An Open-Air Event For All: 06 May @ 8.30pm

How would you like to dance with thousands of others around Europe for an audience of over 120 million people? This years Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) interval act will be a flashmob event, with people from across the continent joining together and dancing to the same track. The motto for the ESC this year is Share the Moment, and we want to share it with you!

May

Dance Ireland Professional Morning Class Survey 2010: Winner Announced

Simone Murphy from Sallynoggin has won a week of free Professional Morning Classes @ DanceHouse. Dance Ireland would like to thank all those who have taken the time to fill in our survey, and encourage those who have not yet to take part online today.

June

International Exchange Programme: Dance Ireland / Movement Research NY

Tara Brandel and Fergus Byrne have been selected to take part in a one-week exchange with Movement Research from 02 to 07 June.

Dance & Public Art Information Day

Dance and Public Art is a joint venture between Dublin City Public Art Programme and Dance Ireland. This event is open to all interested dance artists.

International Exchange Programme: Dance Ireland / Le Pacifique|CDC Grenoble - Open Call

Dance Ireland and Le Pacifique|CDC Grenoble again partner to provide an artists exchange. Irish and French dance artists have the opportunity to spend one week in residency in each other's country and engage in teaching, research, informal showings and networking opportunities.

July

Maya Lila - Sanskrit for Illusion and Play

In this newly developed strand of 'hosting', Joan will be joined by Frank McGuinness, Elmar Jung, Emma Meehan and Adrienne Wilson for a two week Summer Residency at DanceHouse.