Lisa Cliffe
Originally from Co. Limerick, Lisa has cultivated her dance practice in Cork since 2017. During the 2021 Cork Midsummer Festival, she will perform in The Shake under the choreographic direction of Laura Murphy & Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín. Lisa is an innovative educator and advocate of creative dance as an embedded art form in primary schools. Lisa was the first Dance Artist in Residence at the Froebel Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education at Maynooth University (2014-2016). She has been a Creative Associate with the Arts Council’s Creative Schools Programme since 2019. Lisa is a passionate vegetable grower, with a promising future as a regenerative small scale farmer!!
Luke Murphy
Website: www.lukemurphy.org
Originally from Cork Luke has performed internationally with Punchdrunk (2009-2020), Ultima Vez (2014-2018) Kate Weare Company (2011-2014), Pavel Zustiak Palissimo Company (2011-2013), Martha Clarke (2010-2011). Projects with, Alexandra Waierstall, Ben Duke, Luca Silvestrini, Liz Roche, John McCarthy, John Kelly, John Scott, Janis Brenner, Heidi Latsky, Sean Curran, Jonah Bokaer and Bill T Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company. Award Winning Choreographer and Artistic Director of Attic Projects, creating and performing original works across Ireland, UK, Germany and USA since 2012. BFA 2009 Point Park University, MA 2017 University of Chichester.
Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín
Website: www.siobhannidhuinnin.com
Siobhán is a dance artist based in Cork, Ireland. Her primary focus is on place-based and site-specific work manifesting in film and live performance. Her work has been shown at festivals and in venues in Ireland and the UK. Siobhán has performed with John Jasperse & Liz Roche (Step Up Dance Programme), Jessie Keenan, Joan Davis, Junk Ensemble, Laura Murphy and Mary Wycherley. She was Rinceoir Cónaitheach, Ionad Cultúrtha, Baile Mhúirne, Co Chorcaí 2018-2020 funded by Arts Council, Cork County Council, Ealaín na Gaeltachta and kindly supported by Ionad Cultúrtha. Siobhán is a recipient of the Arts Council’s Next Generation Award (2018).
Ruairí Ó Donnabháin
Website: www.ruairiodonnabhain.com
Ruairí is a language activist and a choreographer; he is making ritual objects for a tribe which doesn't exist. Ó Donnabháin has been making dances in Ireland since 2008. He is a Masters in Choreography Graduate from DAS Graduate School Amsterdam & his work has toured Europe, North America and Asia to critical acclaim. Ó Donnabháin is from County Cork, Ireland and his choreographic practice is concerned with ‘aesthetic practices of care’. He lives and works on Oileán Chléire, a remote island and Gaeltacht off the south west coast of Co. Cork.
