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Very happy to announce a new project: From early November to early February, I will be leading dance sessions for people with mental health issues at St. Fintan’s Hospital in Portlaoise. I’m really looking forward to meeting the participants and seeing what we’ll create together. Many thanks to Creative Ireland, Laois Arts, Monica Flynn and the St. Fintan’s team for making this project possible. Can't wait!

The past few months have been incredibly busy. That’s why I haven’t managed to share all the updates. I’m very grateful for the many new opportunities that have opened up for me in Ireland. Since mid-September, I’ve been working as a guest lecturer for the BA and MA programmes in Contemporary Dance at the University of Limerick. I’m teaching Contemporary Dance Technique, Improvisation and Choreography. Also since September, I’ve been Youth Dance Residency artist for Laois Dance Platform. Together with the dancers of Laois Youth Dance Ensemble and artistic director Erica Borges, I’m creating a piece for the Platform in December. In addition, I was part of the team of Tipperary Dance Festival. I taught a masterclass during the festival and worked as an Assistant Producer over a period of five weeks.

Thanks to the support of Tipperary Dance, I’m back in Tipperary Town for two workshops: On 18 and 25 September, each at 2:30pm, I’ll be leading two Tipperary Dance Age in Movement workshops for older adults. I can’t wait!

I'm very excited to have the opportunity to perform SWAMP as part of Culture Night Laois on 19 September. The performance will take place in a truly special location – the Malthouse in Stradbally (Eircode: R32 HW61). It will start at around 6pm and will last approximately 30 minutes. Huge thanks to Laois Arts for the invitation. You can find the full Culture Night Laois programme here:
https://laois.ie/sites/default/files/2025-09/Loais%20Culture%20Night%202025%20brochure_1.pdf

Honoured to have been awarded a Percolate Residency at Dance Limerick: From September 8th to 12th, I’ll be in Limerick to continue developing my solo project SWAMP. On Thursday, 11 September, I’ll be teaching the Pro Class from 10–11:30am, and on Friday, 12 September at 12pm, I warmly invite everyone interested to attend a residency sharing. You can find more information about Percolate Residency and the other recipients here: https://dancelimerick.ie/news/percolate-residencies-2025-recipients-announced/.

In July and August I will be in Benneckenstein in the Harz Mountains to work as part of the production team for the THEATERNATUR FESTIVAL 2025. This is my second year as a producer for the festival. I'm really looking forward to this year's edition – the performances, the people and the idyllic Harz countryside. More about the festival at: https://theaternatur.de/.

Currently developing SWAMP, a solo dance work that explores swamp landscapes as a metaphor for and a space of memories. Excited to perform a work-in-progress on 14 June at Interface Inagh in Connemara alongside a film screening programme and other live performances. Deeply grateful to Linda Schirmer for the invitation. Learn more about Linda's work and Moving Earth here: https://www.lindaschirmer.com/moving-earth-2025/.

On 07 June, I will be leading two dance workshops for children aged 8 to 13 at Music Generation Laois. Together we will discover the connection between music and dance by exploring how melodies can move our bodies. The workshops will take place at 1:00pm and 2:15pm. Full Le Chéile programme here: https://www.musicgenerationlaois.ie/laois-le-ceile/.

In June, I will be offering four dance workshops at the Tipperary Excel Arts Centre. The weekly sessions offer gentle, creative movement for older adults. More information at: https://tipperarydance.com/event/excel-arts-centre-age-in-movement/.

Together with Hendryk Kar, I was awarded a one-week residency at Shawbrook to work on my solo project SWAMP (working title). In addition to the studio work, we will also be filming outdoors on the Shawbrook grounds for a video projection. Find out more about Shawbrook here: https://www.shawbrook.org/.

More than delighted to have received another award from Inclusive Dance Cork to attend the workshop with Jorge Crecis. The workshop will take place on 13 and 14 April 2025 at Firkin Crane Cork.

Happy to announce that I have been awarded the Kimberly Harvey Bursary which will allow me to participate in an Inclusive Dance Workshop in Cork on 02 and 03 March. Find out more about Inclusive Dance Cork here: https://dancecorkfirkincrane.ie/inclusive-dance-cork-idc/.

Started the Rambert grades Syllabus Training online course last week. Excited
about the new input and hope to be able to teach what I have learnt soon. Find out more about Rambert grades here: https://www.rambertgrades.com/.

A contemporary dance art project that moves in and out of your skin by Company Steve.
Performances coming up at CLB Gallery Berlin (Moritzplatz); 13 (premiere), 14, 15 December 2024, 7pm/7pm/Sun 5pm. I’ll be dancing. More info and tickets: https://www.companysteve.com/.

On tour with the wonderful production ‘Die Sache Makropulos’ (direction: Claus Guth, choreography: Sommer Ulrickson). We are going to perform at Janáček Festival in Brno on 16 and 18 November. Have a look here:
https://janacek-brno.cz/en/opera-productions/.