4 dancers on stage thrashing about and waving their hair and limbs. They wear grey suits with white button down shirts

The Irish Contemporary Dance Boom

It’s been 20 years since I stood in a windswept, desolate tract of land in the rugged Irish midlands watching choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan building a home for himself, near a space for his company, then known as Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, with his bare hands. “Some people like looking at icebergs, some people like looking […]

Our 16 Favorite Feel-Good Dance Stories of 2020

There’s no denying that 2020 has been full of tragedy, heartbreak and unimaginable difficulties. But it’s also had its fair share of silver linings, with dancers leaping into action to help others or breaking boundaries within their own work. We’re revisiting some of our favorite feel-good stories of the year to remember how dancers buoyed […]

Meet the Activist Helping Rewrite the Rulebook for Trans Irish Dancers

The process of gender transition is never easy. But in the dance world, it poses particularly unique obstacles. Hayden Moon, a 26-year-old theater and performance PhD student from Sydney, Australia, has been Irish dancing since he was 13, and competing since he was 19. For years he danced in the women’s section, but it took […]

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