Community Collab with Tobi Balogun
- Date:
- Tue 16 Nov 2021
- Time:
- 18:30 - 20:30
- Venue:
- DanceHouse
- Admission:
- €10 DI Members / €15 Non-members
Collaboration with Tobi Balogun, focused on the party/social element of hiphop.
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Contact info@danceireland.ie with any queries.
Please see below for our Covid-19 in studio protocols.
ABOUT TOBI BALOGUN
Tobi Balogun is a Dublin based multidisciplinary creative specialising in dance and fashion. As a Dance Artist, Tobi is a professional member of Dance Ireland, with a background in Hiphop and other forms of Street Dance.
Over the last three years he has danced and performed regularly in several projects with various companies including EMERSION (2016) choreographed by Matt Szczerek which was performed as part of OIL&WATER (2016), a collaboration with Cathy Coughlan (HAVOC), supported by The Arts Council and South Dublin County Council. In April ‘16 as part of the ensemble for LAOCHRA choreographed by David Bolger. In September 2016 he performed as part of the cast for TRANS-BORDER choreographed by Matt Szczerek in collaboration with HAVOC for the launch of IN CONTEXT 4, South Dublin. In 2018 as a founding member of Human Collective he performed in the new piece titled FABLE at Dublin Fringe Festival at ProjectArts Centre. The work was nominated for a Best Ensemble Award. In 2019 he completed a residency in Dance House with Human Collective, mentored by Elon Hoglund of Tentacle Tribe. Creating a piece to be performed at Dance2Connect, a 3 day Urban DanceFestival at The Civic Theatre, South Dublin, Funded by the Dublin Arts Council.
Within his work he focuses on evocative storytelling and the embodient of life experiences, always searching for ways to show new perspectives and express and heal through movement and film. Currently he is in the research phase of a collaborative Arts project titled Black Canvas, focused on addressing expanding points of access for young adults who do not identify as professional artists, but have expressed a strong desire to engage with the sector; to examine the barriers for Black communities in establishing meaningful and ongoing engagement with the arts. This work has emerged from the Bursary Award which was supported by the Arts Council's Artist in the Community Scheme, managed by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts.
DanceHouse Protocols
Please note the following measures have been put in place for the well being of all who use DanceHouse.
Collectively, we will find a new rhythm for interacting while ensuring we follow best practice in keeping ourselves and others safe as we move in the studio space.
- Changing rooms and showers are open, with a limited capacity of 5 people permitted in the area at a time. Shower area capacity is limited to 3 people at a time.
While changing rooms and showers are available for use by those who need them, we do encourage everyone to arrive in the clothes needed for practice, whenever possible.
- Each group or class entering DanceHouse has a specific time to do so.
Morning Class participants can enter the building between 9.45am and 10am only. Classes will start at 10am sharp.
This is done to minimise crossover between groups entering and leaving, keep the flow in the building and to prevent clusters of people in the foyer and stairs.
Unfortunately, you cannot come earlier than above to keep the number of people at the safest level.
All participants must leave the studio promptly at 11.30am – time for cool down will be part of the class and there will not be additional time in the studio after class for this.
These times are scheduled to limit the crossover of people entering and leaving.
- Please read the full protocols HERE