Rosie Mullin
Creative Space Residency April 2024
Rosie used the space to write, move and film a solo video piece about the beauty of growing up in her household in rural Donegal.
Videographer - Neil Hainsworth
Yuki Chung Dance
Creative Space Residency February 2024
“I am looking forward to researching on how people walk through traumatic experiences involving other’s death through literature and documentary review. In the 2 weeks residency, bringing the knowledge and insight learnt, we will translate that into movement and choreography.”
Linden Dance Company
Creative Space Residency February 2024
Linden Dance Company kicked off our 2024 Creative Space Residencies!
Linden Directors, Chris Radford and Sara Macqueen-Radford used the residency to take their outdoor duet 'UNBOXED - Unpacking Prejudice,' into full creation and development ahead of a 2024 summer tour.
Shared Island
Private Residency December 2023
In 2023, in the depths of winter, a group of young artists from across the island of Ireland gathered to reflect upon a theme.
What does a 'shared island' mean?
MÉABH MCKENNA Harp & Vocals
NIAMH MCNALLY Vocals
MALAKI Vocals
MUFUTAU YUSUF Dancer
KAYSSIE K Vocals & Keyboards
TRAVI THE NATIVE Vocals & Guitar
BRENDAN JENKINSON Music Producer & Clarinet
Filmstudio Launch 2023
November 2023
We launched our new Filmstudio in November while we hosted Still Voices Film Festival. Very proud moment thank you to Paul Ross our neighbour and mayor of Ballymahon and our very own Lisa McLoughlin Head of Dance Arts Council for opening it. We opened the Shawbrook Ballet School in this building 40 years ago and here we are in the new Filmstudio which of course is also theatre and studio.
Dance Company Space 2023
September 2023
We were extremely proud and excited to host our first Dance Company Space Residency with Róisín Whelan. Roisin worked extremely hard alongside dancer Michael McEvoy and musician Seanan Brennan with our Dance Company Space dancers Clara Kerr, Rosie Mullin, Sarah Flavelle, Ellie Trow & Pagan Hunt.
This was a two week residency involving daily technique classes followed by creative sessions and accompanied by live musician Seanan Brennan. The residency culminated in a performance on the outdoor forest stage!
Supported by Irish Arts Council
NOON
Creative Space Residency August 2023
NOON are a newly formed cross-disciplinary collective, concerned with the subconscious and the deep ecological communication of the natural world; as well as pushing boundaries of where work can be presented. Noon is made up of Movement director - Clare Parker, Multi-instrumentalist and composer – Ric Byer, Costume design – Ellen Conrad, Moving Image and Projection – Emilio Mula and dance artists Willa Faulkner & Winnie Guy.
Supported by Irish Arts Council
Renata Aspesi
Performance Space Residency August 2023
Renata Aspesi Dance Artist
Fiona MaGinty videograher
Supported by Irish Arts Council
with your sweet fragrance
- the daydream
Creative Space Residency July 2023
Katherine Maxwell Choreographer and Artistic Director of Hivewild
Taylor Antisdel Brooklyn-based filmmaker and photographer
Supported by Irish Arts Council
Morgaine de Leonardis
Creative Space Residency July 2023
Supported by Irish Arts Council
Catherine Young Dance
Creative Space Residency June 2023
Supported by Irish Arts Council
Music & Dance Space Residency June 2023
A little peak into our Music & Dance residency through the eyes of videograher Fiona MacGinty!!
Musicians: KILA - Rossa Ó Snodaigh, Rónán Ó Snodaigh, Colm Ó Snodaigh, Dee Armstrong, Brian Hogan, Seanán Brennan, Dave Hingerty & James Mahon
Dance Artists: Vanessa Guevara, Nate D Bartman, Ciara Baldwin, Rosie Stebbing, Vivian Luk
Supported by Irish Arts Council & Creative Ireland Longford
Laura Sheeran
Private Residency May 2023
Artistic Director: Laura Sheeran
Dance Artists: Stephanie Dufresne & Venetia Bowe
INYB
Private Residency May 2023
INYB senior company spent a weekend at Shawbrook for a fully immersive residential. They will worked intensively with choreographer Nathan Cornwell to finish his commissioned piece “An Choill” in the lead up to their Spring Season shows at The Helix.
Rocio Dominguez
Creative Space Residency April 2023
“Two people meet on a plane and wonder,
where do we go when we leave?
The flight is the transition.”
Choreographer & Dancer: Rocio Dominguez
Visual artist & Performer: Jairo Alvarez
Dance Artist : Hannah Rogerson
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland
The Prometheus Project
- work in progress
Creative Space Residency March 2023
Artistic Director: Luke Murphy
Dancer: Eric Jackson Bradley
Light Design & Audio Composition: Stephen Dodd & Rob Moloney
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland
Let it Bleed!
Creative Space Residency March 2023
Let it Bleed! take the audience through the ups and downs of a menstrual cycle informed by insights gained during a creative journaling project.
This piece explores the different energies and emotions women and people who menstruate experience during the four phases of their cycle.
This work encourages new ways of thinking about menstruation and challenges how this natural, though often taboo process, is perceived by society.
Artistic Director: Lucie Labadie, Actor: Hannah Kimpton
Dancer: Pagan Hunt, Composer - Vocalist: Katy Bennett
Visual Artist: Grant Archer
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland
Orla Mc Carthy
Creative Space Residency February 2023
Orla Mc Carthy began research for her new solo dance film 'I've Been Away'. The film advocates that self-expression and movement are essential for wellbeing, and explores this idea through an investigation of McCarthy’s personal history. By allowing space to look at the difficult and negative in life, 'I've Been Away' celebrates the whole spectrum of feeling and emphasises the importance of dreaming.
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland
humanxcollective
Creative Space Residency January 2023
Reckless Villainy part 1 Building characters for END.
Artists: Mateusz Szczerek, LA Feeney & Alessio Motta
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland
A sip Of life
Creative Space Residency October 2022
A solo-in-progress.
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland
The Witches’ Rest
Creative Space Residency October 2022
Prayer for public resting spaces. A Rest Manifesto.
Inspired by mad witches, milking the dew + the witch as a symbol of resistance. Cinematic pilot for Invocation, an interdisciplinary arts project merging dance, poetry + storytelling with live music + film in collaboration with musician James Dearden Bush + film-maker Alice Carfrae.
Performer / Maker: Izzy Brittain
Video / Production: Alice Carfrae
Music: James Dearden Bush
Guest Performer: Catharina Louw
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland
For the love of Lilian
Creative Space Residency October 2022
A short film extract adapted from Underbelly,
Part II of 'How to make a witch', a solo show-in-progress..
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland
A Ladder in Headlights
Creative Space Residency August 2022
New work coming soon by Michael McEvoy.
Short film directed and captured by Neil Hainsworth.
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland
by oneself
Creative Space Residency August 2022
Mateus Tesson & Thomas Kiss from Nossetssik Dance Company
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland
Light Made You A SLave
Lara Fournier & Cindy Fournier
Creative Space Residency August 2022
"Light and shadow constantly meet in our everyday. This project explores their visceral codependency through dance and poetry."
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland
Oak & Bird
Music & Dance Space Residency July 2022
Musicians: Emma Lohan, Sive & Anna Mullarkey
Dancers: Ornella Dufay Miralles & Rosie Stebbing
Exploring the theme “Oak & Bird” within the wonderful surroundings of Shawbrook. The performers took, the audience, on an aural and visual journey through Shawbrook forest culminating in a celebration of all that is nature, dance and music at the Oak tree stage. Breathe. Flow. Celebrate.
Film & Photography: Fruit Frame Films
Supported by Irish Arts Council, Longford Tourism, Creative Ireland & Longford County Council
The Disposable Man
Performance Space Residency July 2022
Choregrapher & Dancer: Emese Nagy
Dancer: Zsófia Safranka-Peti
“We will create a gladiator arena of populism, kitsch, bragging, social herding, false self-awareness, where everything is built on reputation and snobbery. Whoever enters the arena, takes on the role and character of a “little man”, maintains the appearance of believing "everyone in their own story is the hero." Our urge is to explore the human condition in a spirit of serious enquiry without excluding humour and satire.”
Film & Photography: Fruit Frame Films
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland & Longford Tourism
Broken Hip and The Unbreakable Spirit
Performance Space Residency July 2022
Choreographer and Artistic Director: Lucija Romanova Musical Producer: Alex Paton
Dramaturgy: Sam Amos
It's in the yearn and the rumble/tumble off the riffs where they find their dream home.
Is it just another dance performance?
Or a promo tour for their new album?
Perhaps it's a breath of fresh air or a sentiment for the past.
All naked and mindless
My ego is ripe now.
The Unbreakable Spirit, What have you done now?
These hips that are broken
Don't let them surrender.
Make them cut more deep,
My voice - so tender.
Film & Photography: Fruit Frame Films
Supported by Irish Arts Council, Longford Live and Local & Longford County Council
Everybody and Everything
Performance Space Residency June 2022
Co-created and performed: Amit Noy, Ilan Noy, Maytal Noy, Shakked Noy, Liora Noy & Belina Neuberger
‘Everybody and Everything’ is an invitation to spend time with our family.
Piseóg
Performance Space Residency June 2022
Dancers: Stephanie Dufresne & Sophie Hutchinson
Fiddle: Eoghan Neff Uilleann pipes: Colleen Shanks
Director: Laura Sheeran
“Being half-Irish and half-American I think I’m always trying to figure out where I fit in the world, and the traditional songs Eoghan plays, connect me with Irish culture in a way that goes beyond the verbal, rational or logical. I think trad music voices a keening we cannot articulate; the soundtrack to generations of emigration and return. Who we are as the next generation of Irish artists, is still in flux. How can we pay homage to what has come before, while also setting the tone for what is to come?”
Film & Photography: Fruit Frame Films
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland & Longford Tourism
Ceremony & Ritual
Helen Keenan
Creative Space Residency May 2022
“Influenced by dancehall, tribal ritual and Shawbrook’s beautiful forestry, this particular short solo was a calmer, unexpected gem born out of our time at Shawbrook this week, where we made multiple short pieces of dynamic choreographic work that explored contemporary urban fusion.”
Dancer - Vithória Escobar
LA FEENEY
Creative Space Residency April 2022
Some short clips from LA Feeney's Creative Space Residency.
“My approach incorporates the art of beatbox looping and allows for a performance to be wholeheartedly my own, using only the human voice and the human body as my tools. With both of these disciplines being performed live, I strive to create a coherent piece of art that portrays a specific narrative or theme while effortlessly connecting the two mediums at the same time.”
Roisin Whelan Dance
Creative Space Residency April 2022
"We spent this week developing some early stage ideas, themes and characters for a new show. With lots of discovery thanks to the surroundings at Shawbrook we managed to create new characters for children’s stories inspired by the sounds and the sights of Shawbrook throughout the day and night. We cannot wait to keep researching in the future. Thank you Shawbrook!"
Dancers - Joshua Scott, Ellie Marsh, Roisin Harten
Catherine Young
Creative Space Residency April 2022
Catherine used her residency to work on a new work “A Call to You”
A new work emerging from the urgency of the incomprehensible times we live through. It is a call to come together; to explore the fragility and friction of community. The strength of the many.
Justine Doswell
Creative Space Residency March 2022
A clip from Justine's week of research during her Creative Space Residency.
This residency gave Justine the opportunity to progress, strengthen and advance her choreographic practice as part of her 2021 Arts Council Next Generation Bursary.
Dancers - Salma Ataya, Tamzin Jade Mvmnt, Hannah Nic Ruairí
Aphra Hartmann & Paul Prior
Creative Space Residency February 2022
During their residency Aphra & Paul explored the relationship between the natural and the artificial; recording the native sounds of Shawbrook and contrasting them with synthesized versions thus generating a simulacrum to be explored and moved through via Aphra’s choreography.
You're Needy
(Sounds Frustrating)
TASTEINYOURMOUTH
Creative Space Residency February 2022
Tasteinyourmouth used their Creative Space Residency to further develop their off-site, one-on-one show You're Needy (Sounds Frustrating). Have a look at what they sent us!
The Dawn Chorus
Robyn Byrne
Creative Space Residency February 2022
"The Dawn Chorus" a short studio clip of a little section Robyn Byrne & Susanne-Engbo Andersen created during their Creative Space Residency week with us. The sounds you hear have all been recorded by them in the woods and distorted.
Dancers - Susanne-Engbo Andersen, Robyn Byrne
Marion Cronin
Creative Space Residency January 2022
Marion used her residency to revisit research she began in 2021 for the creation of a new piece of work titled ‘Pure Gold’.
Dancers - Sarah Ryan, Marion Cronin
Nick Nikolaou
Private Residency January 2022
Some moments from Nick’s week of personal research. They danced, lipsynced, had a fashion show, had a rave and really tried to find the sensations that are felt in particular spaces such as the club and queer spaces.
Dancers - Jessie Thompson, Marion Cronin, Hannah Nic Ruairí
Floating on a Dead Sea
Catherine Young
2021
A peek into rehearsals for "FLOATING ON A DEAD SEA" at Shawbrook & Ramallah as part of Dublin Dance Festival Winter 2021 Edition.
Interweaving dance, film, music and text, Floating on a Dead Sea is a visceral reflection on one of the most complex and unresolved conflicts in the world; a glimpse of the Palestine we don’t often get to see. Inspired by Young’s own experiences of the country and people since first visiting in 2017, this profoundly moving new work offers a chance to listen more deeply to voices seldom heard.
Film: Luca Truffarelli
Northern Migrations
A stunning video shot in Wicklow and on Shawbrook’s Forest Stage.
Northern Migrations (Francesco Turrisi) from the album "Northern Migrations". Taquin records. 2018
Francesco Turrisi - piano, accordion additional synths by Ben Rawlins video directed by Laura Sheeran featuring Stephanie Dufresne
Shawbrook Music & Dance Space Documentary
2021
Music: Aisling McCarthy Aka Sistir & James Lock
Dance: Marion Cronin & Sarah Ryan
Film & Photography: Fruit Frame Films
Eternal Return
Thar Be Dragons
2021
The production examines the tensions within and between performers, and in which the landscape of the future is filtered through the lens of the past.
The work is co-produced by JoJo - Oulun Tanssin Keskus and supported by Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundation, Dance All Year Long and Tanssin talo (studio residency).
Annamari Keskinen shot this teaser during her Performance Space Residency in Shawbrook.
Shawbrook Performance Space Residency 2021
Man Down Trailer - Róisín Whelan Dance
2021
Man Down is a highly physical dance film that follows one man’s journey through the ups and downs of daily life. Róisín was inspired to create this piece to open up an awareness and a dialogue around mental health. Man Down is performed by an exceptional cast with original music from Carlow based composer Aoife Kavanagh.
Filmed by Fruit Frame Films
INYB @ Shawbrook
2021
A celebration of dance learnt completely over Zoom through the Covid 19 lockdowns, restrictions that cancelled all in person dance classes and that lasted for 18 months. These dancers had just a few hours together to put their pieces on the stage and be filmed on May 1st 2021 on the beautiful forest stage in Shawbrook. Immense talent, dedication and professionalism from these young dance artists. Filmed by the talented Gavin Callaghan of Callaghan Productions, performed by the dancers of the Irish National Youth Ballet. Set and choreographed by Jamie Carter of Capital Ballet, Jane Magan and Lindsay Ashe-Browne.
Side by Side Emily & John
2021
Side by Side is part of Backstage Theatre’s commitment to stand Side By Side with artists, supporting and promoting their work through the pandemic and is a testament to the role of Artists in helping us appreciate the beauty of our landscape, our lives and each other.
Side by Side is an initiative that brings two Artists, working in different mediums, together to 'present’ and ‘respond' to each other's work showing the unique connection between both artists and how one artform can mirror another.
In this episode we bring you renowned flamenco guitarist John Walsh and dancer Emily Kilkenny Roddy filmed by Shane Crossan in Shawbrook dance & Granard Library
Ihambo - Journeys
2021
Ihambo - Journeys film is both biographical and artistic, presenting Shawbrook’s relationship with South African artists. Created and conceived by life-long friends Anica Louw and Ronel Visser-Sevior, Ihambo takes us on a journey starting in South Africa, Anica’s place of birth, and follows her footsteps halfway round the world to her new home and family in Shawbrook, Ireland.
O Before I - Trailer
2020
Trailer for Screendance documentary O Before I - Featuring Robyn and her mother Olive. Filmed and edited by Gareth Byrne with Sound design by Kev Gleeson.
O Before I is a work in progress which began its initial stage of research at Shawbrook Dance. Olive and Robyn spent a week working together discovering a common language between “trained” and “non-trained” dancer bodies, focussing on touch and sensitiity as the centred idea.
Shawbrook Residencies 2020
#SHAWBROOK35
35 years of Shawbrook
LA TRESSE collective
Shawbrook Residency 2019
Dance Artists
Erin O'Loughlin
Geneviève Boulet
Laura Toma
Music : Powderhorn Polkas by Danny Diamond
Shawbrook Dance Residencies 2019
2019 Nathan and Amande Shawbrook Residency Sharing
BrookDance 2018 Theo Clinkard & Leah Marojevic
2017 Mbulelo & Yinka
2017 Dane Hurst Residency
2017 Dane Hurst Master Class
2016 Shawbrook Forest Festival
2015 Solstice Weekend
Master Class Eleesha Drennan Residency 2014
Shawbrook archive RTÉ Nationwide (2013)
"Mother & Daughter"
( Anica Louw ) In Rehearsal 2010
Filmed by Fiona MacGinty