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ACES award from Arts Council NI 2022

It is an honour to be awarded the Artist Career Enhancement Scheme for 2022 from ACNI. I am the only dance artist to get this opportunity this year and I plan to use it to explore the relationship between movement coaching and creativity. With mentorship from Janet Kaylo of Laban/Somatic Studies International, I am delving back into the workd of movement analysis and seeing how investing in dancers improves the process of choreography.

Commission - Dance Associate, Dance Impact project 2022

It was a thoroughly enjoyable and challenging experience creating 'Allies' for this project that put male mental health at the focus. Influences by events in Ukraine, Allies explores brotherhood and facing challenges together.

Commission - Echo Echo Festival of Movement & Dance

I am delighted to have been selected to create work for the 2021 festival curated by Echo Echo in Derry/Londerry in February. I am collaborating with Nick Boyle who I first worked with in 2018 for Terra Nova Productions 'Midsummer Night's Dream'. We are exploring the relationship between dance and music and enjoying how the art of listening affects movement. I will be performing myself while Nick plays piano live. It's so good to be moving again, and it's hard to beat live music! The performance has been postponed but a work-in-progress sharing takes place on 24th February via Zoom.

Commission - Dance Associate Newry 2021

I created a new dance work for 16 young dance students of Dance Associate run by Nina Dibb in Newry. 'Chairs and Stairs' was choreographed over Zoom dancing on chairs, on stairs, and outside as well. Delighted to have worked on a new collaboration with composer Anselm McDonall who wrote a piece for marimba.

Seed Commission - Maiden Voyage's Resi-dance project 2021

I recently researched a new idea as one of the artists selected by Maiden Voyage to work on a seed idea for their Resi-dance project. This was research on a trio of dancers, Raissa Makougang, Neil Hainsworth and Michael McEvoy, collaborating with composer Nick Boyle, exploring the notions of time and timing in dance, relating to one another and to the music.

SIAP Awarded for research, choreography and filming 2021

Thanks to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for being able to support more artists than usual through the SIAP scheme (Support for the Individual Artist Programme). I got the award that I applied for which allowed me to continue my research into Craniosacral Therapy and its links to dance. Due to an ankle injury, I took my research into the water and REALLY enjoyed dancing in the sea!

New Award for professional development 2021

Thanks to a Launchpad award from Dance Ireland, I was able to develop my skills as a movement coach for dancers, something I've been keen to do more for a while. I had some funding to offer three dancers some coaching in technique and performance. I drew on my training in movement analysis, experience as a technique tutor and rehearsal director. This award enabled me to work one-to-one with dancers exploring underlying movement connections through developmental patterns, links to Laban shaping work, and into improvisation. One-to-one coaching is something that professional dancers rarely get to do so I was happy to have the chance to work with them.

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