Dance Ireland Member, Laura Macken, talk about her training her professional career as a performer in Ireland and the United States, and her transition into choreography.

In addition to teaching for Dance Ireland, John Scott Dance and CiosCeim Dance Theatre, Laura is a qualified yoga teacher, she received an Arts Council travel and training award to train in Autism Movement Therapy in New York. She currently teaches dance classes for people with intellectual disabilities for Stewarts Care, Dublin.

In January 2017 Laura graduated from the University of Limerick, with a MA in Dance, receiving first class honours on her thesis examining The Versatile Dancer. Laura’s findings demonstrated that dancers seeking to work in various styles of dance, can all truly benefit from ballet training, a philosophy that Laura encourages with all her students in all her classes.

Find out more about Laura here and visit her website here. 

Dance Ireland is the national development and representative organisation for professional dance in Ireland.

We support the development of all forms of dance in Ireland through professional artistic development opportunities, training and advocacy.

Our vision is for dance to be valued and vibrantly, actively, and confidently part of people’s lives.

danceireland.ie

This podcast was edited by Danny Carroll. Music:  Don’t Start Holding Out On Me by Pantone247 (Fiachra McCarthy).