Ciara Sexton (born 16 May 1988) is a five time world champion professional
Irish dancer who has toured with the ''
Lord of the Dance.'' She has also
choreographed
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer creates choreographies thr ...
on
Broadway.
Early life
Sexton was born in
Coventry
Coventry ( or rarely ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centurie ...
and is second-generation Irish. She trained in Irish dancing at the Marion Turley Academy and O’Shea School of Irish Dance.
She won five World and All-Ireland Championships.
Career
Sexton became a professional Irish dancer when she was cast as Morrighan in
Michael Flatley’s ''Lord of the Dance.'' She has also performed in the stage shows ''Celtic Women,'' ''Heartbeat of Home'', and ''
Riverdance
''Riverdance'' is a theatrical show that consists mainly of traditional Irish music and dance. With a score composed by Bill Whelan, it originated as an interval act during the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, featuring Irish dancing champions J ...
'' and as a dancer in the Disney film
''Disenchanted''.
In 2016, she became Senior Editor for ''The Irish Dancing Magazine''. In 2019, she became the lead choreographer for the Irish and Broadway show ''Fáinne Óir'' by the Irish composer Kathy Fahey. It was based on experiences of people during the
Irish Great Hunger.
She is employed as a lecturer on the BA Irish Dance at The Irish World Academy at
The University of Limerick and teaches competitive Irish Dance for Scoil Uí Nualláin Irish Dance School in
Limerick
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.
References
External links
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IMDb
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LinkedIn
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YouTube
1988 births
Living people
Performers of Irish dance
Sportspeople from Coventry
People associated with the University of Limerick
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