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Dance Changes Us

Catherine Young Dance is a company of artists led by choreographer Catherine Young. We create courageous dance work with the ambition to inspire change. We are renowned for the physicality, musicality and scale of our work and for the visceral connection we forge with our audiences. Through dance, we move hearts and minds towards what is true, to see and share in our common humanity.

PRODUCTIONS

A Call To You

2023 TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT (April 22 – May 13) — ’A Call To You’ is Catherine Young Dance’s latest work emerging from the urgency of the incomprehensible times we are living in. It is a call to come together, a call to explore the fragility and friction of community. 

Featuring a cast of outstanding international performers, with live music directed by Young’s long-time collaborator Martin Schärer and inspired by Ukrainian folk dance traditions, ’A Call To You’ is a fervent celebration of life, togetherness and dance. It offers an antidote to division, the imagery of war and the endless rhetoric of politics. As words fail, the body speaks – untamed and unapologetic.

‘Uplifting’ — The Irish Times...

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THE WELCOMING PROJECT

Céilí Afro Dabke

Céilí Afro Dabke is Ireland’s first world music céilí. It vibrantly brings together African dance, traditional Dabke dance from the Levant (Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon), the Irish céilí dances and Ukrainian folk dance. Established in 2018 as a way to bring people from all cultures together, Céilí Afro Dabke extends a warm invitation to everyone to meet with our neighbours from around the world, join in and dance together.

Céilí Afro Dabke is a core part of The Welcoming Project, a dance programme designed to foster cultural integration and social inclusion.
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PRODUCTIONS

Floating on a Dead Sea
LIVE SHOW | DOCUMENTARY

Interweaving dance, film, music and text ‘Floating on a Dead Sea’ is inspired by Young‘s time in Palestine and 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 see. This profoundly moving work features stunning visuals by Luca Truffarelli and offers a chance to listen more deeply to voices seldom heard....

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Happenings

Professional Morning Class

News

Catherine will be teaching professional morning class at DanceHouse June 12–16, 10–11.30am Catherine's contemporary classes are highly physical by nature and influenced by her backgrounds...

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The Welcoming Project (Kerry)

Workshops

A series of dance workshops will be hosted April-June to welcome our Ukrainian neighbours into our community as part of The Welcoming Project. All Welcome...

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FUNK & FOLK PODCAST

Broadcasts

Funk & Folk is a multi-cultural dance platform sharing the richness of distinct dance cultures and traditions from around the world. Funk & Folk has...

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Watch CYD

Please visit our YouTube channel to see company works and projects.
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