Hi everybody!
We missed the Irish Youth Dance Festival this year and its many activities, International Residencies, Masterclasses, performances, getting together to celebrate dance and meeting other dancers. Hopefully we will be able to enjoy a wonderful IYDF in 2021!
However, we did not stop, we kept going and met each other online every Saturday and Sunday dancing in our living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens and gardens! We also participated in two wonderful DIGITAL PROJECTS:
disDancing
Digital Dances produced by DYDC in April and May with members of the junior, transition and senior companies.

Ireland's premier youth dance organisation
DUBLIN DANCE FESTIVAL 2017
Dublin Dance Festival free family outdoor event. Join the festival for a fun family feast of dance and entertainment in the park
It’s the start of summer but Dublin Dance Festival is celebrating all the seasons at this year’s Moveable Feast. Pack a picnic and gather family and friends for an afternoon of fun dance experiences for all ages in Merrion Square park.
Getting off to a gentle start with family yoga, we’ve got a ‘Bubble Baby Boogie’, tea and cakes and a ‘Dress-up Selfie Station’ by Dance World.
Swing, roll and spin your way through ‘Funky Feet’ and ‘Bollyrobics’ workshops and enjoy pop-up performances by CoisCéim BROADREACH’s The Dance Ensemble 50+ and DUBLIN YOUTH DANCE COMPANY (1pm)
Explore the biodiversity of the park and learn a simple dance about the changing seasons for the biggest NELKEN-Line in Ireland at 2pm.
Remember to dress comfortably for all weathers. We’ll see you there!

Irish Youth Dance Festival 2017
15th June, 11am - 3pm
@Dance House and Liberty Park
Free admission for children and families
Dublin Youth Dance Company Workshop for Children aged 5-8
Join Mariam Ribon, Artistic Director of Dublin Youth Dance Company, to learn dance in an imaginative and creative way.
A great opportunity to have fun, learn new moves and express yourself!
Noon-1pm
Dublin Youth Dance Company Workshop for Children aged 8-12
Take to the floor with Sue Malone - warm up through games and dance tasks followed by learning a short dance. You will learn new moves and discover ways to recreate your favourite ones!!
1.30-2pm, Liberty Park (beside DanceHouse)
Dance Performances for all ages
Come and see dance in Liberty Park with performances from some of Ireland’s leading youth companies including: young dancers from Ballybough Youth Services Dance Team, Company B and Junior and Transition Dublin Youth Dance Company
Cruinniú na nÓg
SATURDAY JULY 1st
Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
8pm | Tickets: €14/€12 | Box Office 01-2312929
www.paviliontheatre.ie | Free booking online
SATURDAY JULY 8th
The Ark's Open Stage
Meeting House Sq, Temple Bar
9pm | Tickets: €12
www.iydf.eventbrite.com | Free booking online
Liberty Park, Foley St, D1
1pm | Free outdoor performance & workshops
INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCIES
Toni Bravo (USA)
June 19th - 23rd, 12-17 yrs | June 26th - 30th, 17-25 yrs
Yvonne Young (Scotland)
July 3rd - 7th, 17-25 yrs
More info: info.dydc@gmail.com

DYDC presents the Irish Youth Dance Festival 2016


Check out the Irish Youth Dance Festival's 2016 video trailer
SATURDAY 2nd JULY
THE PEOPLE’S PARK, Dún Laoghaire
12pm & 2pm free performance
1pm free dance jam for all ages
dlr LEXICON, STUDIO THEATRE, Dún Laoghaire
4pm | Tickets: €5 | www.dlrcoco.ie/library
SUN 3rd JULY
PAVILION THEATRE, Dún Laoghaire
8pm | Tickets: €14 / €12 | Box Office: 01-2312929 | www.paviliontheatre.ie * Free booking online
Linear Flow - Dublin Youth Dance Company performance
for The Dublin Dance Festival - DDF 2015
80 young dancers offer a fresh, vibrant and daring new perspective on the Grand Canal area!
Groups performing with DYDC Dancers are Dizzy Footwork Dance Academy Westside Peforming Arts & C&N Dance Academy

Contemporary, jazz, hip hop and break dancing – enjoy a trail of multiple dance performances in different flavours as
they flow towards Grand Canal Square.
Here they merge in an exhilarating fusion, culminating in an impressive finale against the backdrop of the Dock.
This fun, dynamic celebration is a playful response to the urban intensity of the Square and the calmness of the surrounding water.
Featuring three youth dance groups from Dublin, led by choreographers Mariam Ribón & Karla Holden from the Dublin Youth Dance Company.
Meet outside Il Valentino Bakery,
Pearse St., opposite The Lir.
Performance Grand Canal Square.
Sat 30, 1pm & 5.30pm 40 minutes approx. (no interval)
FREE. No ticket required
Note:
Event times and locations subject to
change in the case of adverse weather, please check dublindancefestival.ie
in advance of attendance.
‘Remarkable for the strength of its
ensemble work’
Dance Europe

