Shawbrook School of Dance is a private dance school in Legan, Co Longford providing dance education from age 4/5 up to any age you dare to imagine . . . Classes in Classical ballet, jazz and contemporary dance. We prepare students for all grades and vocational RAD exams, for INDAand for auditions for 3rd level education.
Anica Louw is the founder/director and her husband Philip Dawson is co-director. The school, theatre, rehearsal rooms, dance studios and accomodation are based at their converted dairy farm and surrounded by a forest of oak, lime and ash.
Shawbrook is home to the LD Dance Trust, comprising:
Course E this year was mentored by Keith Derrick Randoph and Dominique Cardito. They did a most unsual site specific work using every nook and cranny in Shawbrook. And it did not rain!
The first week in September Anica performed at The Burning Man, a life changing experience! She is currently looking for performers and artists to make up an Irish Theme Camp. Manchán Magan and Eva O'Connor's performance sold out at Filmbase during the Fringe.
SHAWBROOK FILMS 1. Winning choreography group, Shawbrook Summer Course '07 Week 4 'The Letter'. Watch here.
2. Louise Hynes' solo from Cathy Sharp's La Tarantula, a dance performance for Shawbrook Summer '07, Week 4. Watch here.
3. Book-reading & dance devised in Shawbrook Summer Course, Week 4 with Manchán Magan and Shawbrook dancers (Louise, Robyn and Eva). Watch here.
4. The Shawbrookians Movie (temporary unavailable). Watch here.
6. Irish National Senior Youth Dance company and Manchán Magan perfrom Truck Fever at Electric Picnic, 2008. Watch here.
THE FUNERAL 1st & 2nd June 2007, National Youth Dance Company end of term performance, The Funeral (choreog: Anica Louw, Olwen Grindley and the dancers). To see film bits click 1, 2, & 3 & 4
