Choreographic Services and Research

As previously announced the Arts Council has awarded Dance Ireland an additional €100,000 to provide a programme of Choreographic Services and Research opportunities for the period 2007/08. This award, which complements our revenue award, will be used to create specific choreographic research and development opportunities which aim to support choreographers in their practice. We are grateful to the Arts Council for this vote of confidence in our abilities to respond to the challenge of finding unique and innovative ways of encouraging choreographic processes. While this is a once-off award, nevertheless Dance Ireland wishes to imaginatively build on this unique opportunity and will use the money to pilot choreographic support programmes from the autumn onwards, with a view to making this an annual part of our artistic programme.

For 2007/08, our Choreographic Research and Services programme will be rolled out on a phased based:

- Phase one will commence with the Choreographic Development Initiative; this initiative will give choreographers the breathing space to explore new avenues of interest, and address self-identified areas of development, which cannot be incorporated within their normal working process. For further information, a copy of our detailed information sheet is available here.

 

- Phase Two will include a series of Multi-Disciplinary Exchanges and an expanded International Exchange Programme. It is intended that phase two of this pilot is informed by developments arising out of the Choreographic Development Initiative and from further consultation with our membership.

To this end we invite our members to contact us with their ideas. Both phases aim to complement our current artistic professional development programme and enable choreographers from across Ireland to further research and develop choreographic practice.  We anticipate that the pilot programme will commence from September onwards.

For an informal chat, and further information please contact Elisabetta Bisaro, Development Officer on 01 855 8800 or by email: Elisabetta.bisaro@danceireland.ie