Ballet with Róisín Whelan

Date:

Mon 3 Mar 2025 - Fri 7 Mar 2025

Time:

10:00 - 11:30

Venue:

Dance House

Admission:

€7 DI Students / €9 DI Members / €12 Non-members / Member 10 Class Card €70

Level:

Professional / Advanced

Teacher:

Róisín Whelan

We will be moving through a dynamic and energetic ballet class that will focus on using the body fully and breaking away from the structure of some of the more traditional elements of the classical form. We will move through a barre into centre phrases which will focus on musicality, release and virtuosity. We will finish the class at a high intensity, focusing on elevation and performance through jumping phrases. The class will be fast-paced and full of physicality, it is aimed at professional dancers from both classical and contemporary styles, advanced students are also welcome to join

Artists Bio

As an artist Róisín's ambition is to create narrative dance theatre works that are accessible to all, regardless of their age, gender or socio-economic background. Gate theatre credits include, Movement Rehearsal Director of Fun Home and Choreographic Advisor for Circle Mirror Transformation.

Theatre credits as Choreographer include Íomhá (Carlow Arts Festival/Arts Council Ireland), The Glasshouse (Ballet Ireland), Man Down (R.W.D/Arts Council Ireland), The Galaxy of Occupations (R.W.D/Dublin City Council, Tipperary Dance), The Tipsy Flamingo (Valencia Dancing Forward, Spain) and Parting Glass (University of Malta).

Film and TV credits include; Choreographer of Moonhaven (AMC), Sanctuary (AMC,) The Tourist, Season 2 (BBC). Dancer in Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet (More2Screen/Sky Arts).

Other credits include: Assistant Movement Director for Hansel and Gretel, Eugene Onegin, Festern (Royal Opera House, London), Der Freischutz and Madame Butterfly (Bregenz Festspiele), La Gioconda (Osterfestspiele, Salzburg).

Róisín was awarded the prestigious PROPEL Award, a three-year award funded by the Strollers Network, Ireland’s largest consortium of Arts Centres and the Ballet Ireland’s Emerging Choreographer Award.

Headshot: Babs Daly

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