OPEN CALL
Step Up Dance Project is looking for five dancers born or resident in Ireland who graduated in 2023 or since then and who are interested in being part of a paid #professionaldevelopment programme. Dancers in the early stages of their career that come through other training routes that didn’t involve graduation are also eligible.
The creation and performance programme will include six weeks of training and choreographic process with Mufutau Yusuf
@jnr.yussuf
at
@dancelimerick and the
@irishworldacademy , plus a placement programme with
@luaildance - Ireland’s National Dance Company in the autumn.
The 16th edition of #stepup is curated by Dance Limerick Director Mary Wycherley and delivered under the guidance of Rehearsal Director Lucia Kickham
@luciakickhamdanceartist , who also curates a programme of guest teachers that this year include Zoë Ashe-Browne
@zoeashebrowne_choreography and Ryan O’Neill
@ryan0nei11
𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 | 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟱 𝗽𝗺 𝗜𝗦𝗧
Auditions at DanceHouse, Dublin | Monday 15 December
Learn more and apply at dancelimerick.ie (link in bio
@dancelimerick )
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@stepupdanceproject is a programme of professional development for recent dance graduates or equivalent early-career dance professionals in partnership between the
@artscouncilireland ,
@dancelimerick , the
@irishworldacademy of Music and Dance at the
@universityoflimerick and
@danceireland_di . Step Up’s participation in the placement programme is possible thanks to a partnership with
@luail - Ireland’s National Dance Company
Photo of ‘I’d Like to Get to Know You’ by Philip Connaughton, by
@lucatruffarelli
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