Other Services

Advocacy

Dance Ireland is dedicated to lobbying and liaising with Government departments, local authorities and the Arts Council on various issues of importance to the dance community.

From the mid 1990s the APDI (Association of Professional Dancers in Ireland Ltd, now known as Dance Ireland) began lobbying for a dance centre. The APDI was instrumental in leading the campaign for the creation of a dedicated centre for dance in Dublin, following the allocation in 1997 of an award of £1,000,000 (€1,127,000) to the idea by the Arts Council. This initial award is the single largest capital award made by the Arts Council, and led to the eventual construction of DanceHouse, as part of the Liberty Corner complex, a joint venture between the Arts Council, Dublin City Council, McCabe Builders and the APDI. DanceHouse opened in December 2006, with Dance Ireland as the anchor tenant, having successfully tendered for the management of the venue.

Other notable successful campaigns, arising from APDI’s lobbying includes the establishment of an international dance festival. In 1997 APDI commissioned a feasibility study for an annual dance festival, and consistently promoted the idea. The first International Dance Festival Ireland was inaugurated on a bi-annual basis in 2000, and from 2008  becomes an annual event called Dublin Dance Festival.

Current areas of focus include vocational dance education provision, and the extension of the Artists’ Tax Exemption scheme to include choreographic work.

Resource Room

The Artists' Resource Room is available to all Dance Ireland members and those hiring studios at DanceHouse to use free of charge, subject to availability.The room can comfortably accommodate up to 16 people for meetings and training courses and is available to hire to non-members for a fee of €25 per hour. For longer periods, a competitive deal can be negotiated.

Facilities include a photocopier, two work stations with ibooks, free internet access and printing facilities, a television, video and DVD player. The resource room also has three study desks for reading and study purposes.

Our growing library contains a range of books, magazines and publications, as well as a collection of videos and DVDs available for viewing. A full catalogue can be found here (excel format only).

It is advisable to book time in the Artists' Resource Room in advance.
Please contact reception@danceireland.ie or 01 8558800.

Equipment Hire

There are a number of pieces of equipment available for hire to all members at nominal rates. These include:

  • Dance Floor x 6
  • Ballet Barres x 28
  • Digital Camcorder x 2
  • Projector x 2
  • Digital Camera x 1
  • Television x 2
  • DVD player x 2
  • Piano
  • i-Pod Hi-Fi system
  • Projector Screen x 2
  • Portable TV Trolley x 2

For more information please  contact reception@danceireland.ie or 01 8558800.