Adaptation/Translation with Croí Glan Integrated Dance Company

Date:

Fri 6 Jun 2025

Time:

11:00 - 17:00

Venue:

DanceHouse

Admission:

Free, register in advance via MindBody below

Teacher:

Croí Glan Integrated Dance Company

Dance Ireland is delighted to host a professional development day with Croí Glan Integrated Dance Company to expand your skills in inclusive and integrated dance practices. 

Adaptation/Translation: Integrated Dance Skills for Professional Dancers 

Have you been curious about working with disabled dancers but don’t know where to start? 
Do you have questions about what language to use, or how to adapt movement for different bodies?  

This free day-long workshop is an opportunity for professional dancers to experience the fabulous world of integrated dance with experienced inclusive dance practitioners Bobbi Byrne and Tara Brandel both of whom have been working in the field of disabled/integrated dance for 25+ years.

Disability is often seen as limitation, but a diversity of bodyminds instead enhances possibilities. No two dancers are exactly alike, each has their own unique inner topography. Integrated practice necessarily embraces this uniqueness, but the approaches involved can be beneficial for all, breaking old patterns and finding new ways to approach movement. 

Together we will explore a range of techniques: Movement adaptation and translation, situational disability, close observation and partnering, boredom and repetition and task based creativity. 

We look forward to opening CG’s current Integrated practice to other dance artists, those who work inclusively, those who are curious, disabled and non-disabled alike.