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:
For NYD (National Youth Dance) 2009 audition dates and and course schedule see NYD page. for Longford Dance Fest 2009 dates and schedule click here. And summer schools 2009 click here
Course E this year was mentored by Micheal Keegan Dolan and two of his Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre Company members, Rachael and Neil. As usual with Michael's reputation it was jam-packed and we were delighted by a stunning performance in The Big Studio on the Saturday night. We wish Fab Beast the best of luck with their performances of "The Bull" the last weekend in November in Berlin.
The last two weeks in August were spent preparing a piece called "Truck Fever", a book written by Manchán Magan. Three members of the Irish National Senior Youth Dance Company (Robyn Byrne from Mullingar, Louise Hynes from Longford and Eva O'Connor from Co. Clare) and travel writer/journalist/TV presenter, Manchán Magan, performed " Truck Fever" in Flatlake Festival (Monaghan) and Electric Picnic. (Watch here)
Our thanks to the Arts Council to make these wonderful diverse projects a reality.
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
