Irish Youth Dance Festival 2021

Coming up on November 20 & 21 at Draíocht Theatre in Blanchardstown, Dublin Youth Dance Company presents the 20th Irish Youth Dance Festival. It’s an exciting and diverse programme featuring live performances and dance lms.

This unique and popular event o ers audiences the opportunity to see the most exciting young contemporary dance talent in Ireland.

This year’s festival features commissioned choreographic works by leading Irish talents: a group piece with DYDC senior dancers by Liz Roche (Liz Roche Company) and a dance piece with a mix of diverse and DYDC dancers by John Scott (Irish Modern Dance Theatre).

The festival is delighted to welcome choreographers, artists and youth dance companies who will perform work created for DYDC as part of their ‘Resilience Programme’.

“Resilience is a series of special commissions designed to sustain the youth dance community, the dance community at large and their sense of creativity and commitment to quality practice,” said Mariam Ribon, artistic director of Dublin Youth Dance Company.

Audiences can also enjoy a wide selection of new dance lms from the participants of the Resilience programme as well as new work ‘Ripples’ from Draoícht’s Dance Artist in Residence Jess Rowell and Create Dance, Draíocht’s dance programme for young people with complex needs and a new dance lm from choreographer and dance artist Grant Mclay, co-ordinator of the BA for The Performing Arts at the University of Limerick.

Booking at dublinyouthdance.com