Dance Ireland is an association that promotes professional dance in Ireland. It is Ireland’s national development organisation for dance. It is an all-Ireland membership organisation consisting of dance professionals, dance and arts organisations, educational institutions, students, and dance enthusiasts. Its programmes are operated locally, nationally, and internationally. The activities and services provided by Dance Ireland are open to both members and non-members. It manages and operates

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, a dance centre in

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, with licence from the

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History

Dance Ireland was established in 1989 and incorporated as a not-for-profit

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in 1992 under the name Association of Professional Dancers in Ireland Ltd (APDI). It adopted the trading name Dance Ireland in 2006. It was granted Charitable Status in 2012.

Organisation

Dance Ireland is an active member of the European Dance Development Network (EDN), which is co-funded by the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...

. Dance Ireland has participated in major network projects funded by the EU such as modul-dance, Communicating Dance, and Léim. The organisation receives Strategic Funding from the

Arts Council of Ireland The Arts Council (sometimes called the Arts Council of Ireland; legally ) is the independent "Irish government agency for developing the arts". About It was established in 1951 by the government of Ireland, to encourage interest in Irish art ( ...

. It is also funded by the Dublin City Council. Additionally, Dance Ireland receives grant-aid for project initiatives from various national and international sources, such as

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, and

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Building

DanceHouse is located in the north east inner city of Dublin. It has 6 double-height dance studios, an artists' resource room, an artists’ kitchen, green room facilities, and exhibition spaces.

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.danceireland.ie/ Irish dance Dance organizations Cultural organisations based in the Republic of Ireland 1989 establishments in Ireland