Contemporary with Róisín Whelan

Contemporary with Róisín Whelan

Date:
from Tue 7 May 2024 - Fri 10 May 2024
Time:
10:00 - 11:30
Please Note:
Please be advised strictly no shoes in the studios.
Venue:
Dance House
Admission:
€5 DI Students / €7 DI Members / €10 Non-members / Member 10 Class Card €50
Level:
Prodessional/Advanced
Teacher:
Róisín Whelan

Join me for a morning contemporary class full of physicality and virtuosity. We will start with floor work phrases to warm us up and then move to the side of the room where we will work through handstands and more acrobatic work to focus on strengthening through the arms. Heading back into the centre we will focus on getting the back and rest of the body moving, finished with some short phrases and jumps to get the heart rate pumping.

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Biography

Róisín Whelan is a dance artist based in Carlow, Ireland. She creates highly physical and technically demanding works with strong narratives that are accessible to all regardless of their age, gender, or socio-economic background. Recent choreographic work includes The Galaxy of Occupations, a dance show for young audiences commissioned by Tipperary International Dance Festival and Dublin City Council Creative Hubs, Touring 2024; Man Down funded by Arts Council Touring and Project Award. She was commissioned by Ballet Ireland to create a children’s piece, The Glasshouse, that toured across Ireland in Autumn. She is currently working as assistant to the Movement Director Lucy Burge at the Royal Opera House in London and Salzburg Opera Festival. Her upcoming work includes 'Íomhá', a commission by Carlow Arts Festival for the 2024 edition. 

 

 

 

 

 

Róisín Whelan is a dance artist based in Carlow, Ireland. She creates highly physical and technically demanding works with strong narratives that are accessible to all regardless of their age, gender, or socio-economic background. Recent choreographic work includes The Galaxy of Occupations, a dance show for young audiences commissioned by Tipperary International Dance Festival and Dublin City Council Creative Hubs, Touring 2024; Man Down funded by Arts Council Touring and Project Award. She was commissioned by Ballet Ireland to create a children’s piece, The Glasshouse, that toured across Ireland in Autumn. She is currently working as assistant to the Movement Director Lucy Burge at the Royal Opera House in London and Salzburg Opera Festival. Her upcoming work includes 'Íomhá', a commission by Carlow Arts Festival for the 2024 edition.