Dance - Irish Traditional Dance Performance

Key programme benefits to future students

It is a unique course in that it facilitates two independent streams of dance, Irish Traditional Dance and Contemporary Dance. Although independent, interactivity between these two dance genres is facilitated in the form of shared workshops, seminars and electives.



The programme offers advanced tuition in both forms of dance and is designed to cater for the creative and artistic needs of contemporary and Irish traditional dancers.



The programme provides a learning environment for advanced performance in either Irish Traditional Dance and or Contemporary Dance; it explores aspects of repertoire and style within each of the two performance genres and it facilitates interactivity through the elective system with other related areas of study.



Key Fact:

The programme provides a learning environment for advanced performance in either Irish Traditional Dance and Contemporary Dance; it explores aspects of repertoire and style within each of the two performance genres and it facilitates interactivity through the elective system with other related areas of study.

Autumn Modules

• Embodying Irish Dance Practices 1

• Dance Practicum 1

• Media Technologies for Performing Arts and Arts Research

• Writing and the Documentation of Arts Practice 1

• Introduction to Somatics 1



Optional Modules (choose one)

Professional Development for the Performing Arts

Interdisciplinary Improvisation

Colloquium 1

Independent Study 1

Introduction to Fieldwork Techniques



Spring Modules

• Embodying Irish Dance Practice 2

• Dance Practicum 2

• Choreography for Camera

• Writing and the Documentation of Arts Practice 2

• Critical Contexts for Arts Management and Cultural Policy



Optional Modules (choose one)

Introduction to Somatics 2

Colloquium 2

Independent Study 2

Broadening Through Awareness Activism and the Arts



Summer Modules

• Final Presentation

A primary degree with first or second class honours or an equivalent qualification (Primary degree: Level 8 - National Qualifications Authority of Ireland). An equivalent capability based on prior professional experience.

An interview and audition (online) will be required in all cases. Candidates will be required to submit additional audio-visual material via online links that demonstrate previous experience in contemporary dance.

1 year full-time, on-campus.

Autumn