Dance Classes

Jeanette is a former professional dancer from Toronto, Canada. She has danced with Opera Ireland, Cork City Ballet, Xing Dance Theatre, Danny Grossman Dance Company and for various choreographers in Ireland and Canada. She has also choreographed for numerous productions in Toronto including: Muses, and Before, During, and After (an annual festival of duets).

MATT SZCZEREK is a Dublin based (contemporary-urban) Dance Artist and a professional member of Dance Ireland. Over the last three years he has danced regularly with CoisCeim Dance Theatre, performing as a principal dancer in THE WOLF AND PETER (2015), and in RTE’S 1916 CENTENARY performance at Bord Gais Energy Theatre, choreographed by David Bolger. His own choreographic work EMERSION (2016) was performed as part of OIL&WATER (2016), a collaboration with Cathy Coughlan (HAVOC), supported by The Arts Council and South Dublin County Council. In September 2016 he collaborated with HAVOC again on TRANS-BORDER for the launch of IN CONTEXT 4, South Dublin. Most recently Matt completed a residency at Dance Ireland where his research considered the points of intersection between urban dance notation and Laban Movement Analysis. Matt has programmed and delivered several international urban dance events and and was recently invited to teach Master Classes in Torres Vedras (Portugal) at Danca no Coracao. He continues to expand an awareness of urban dance forms through weekly classes/events around Dublin City Centre, bringing together dance communities, musicians and videographers - WORK IN PROGRESS/CYPHER KINGZ (2015).

Stephen started dance training at the Elliott-ClarkeSchool in Liverpool, underwent further training at Bush Davies Schools in East Grinstead, Sussex, before graduating from Central School of Ballet, London. His performing career has spanned some twenty-five years, dancing with many of Europe’s ballet companies including London Ballet Theatre, Malmö Stadsteater Balett (Sweden), The National Norwegian Ballet and The Scottish Ballet. Stephen joined Ballet Ireland in 1999 and since his appointment as Education Officer a year later has developed the company’s extensive outreach programme. He has choreographed two short works for Ballet Ireland, Figaro, Factotem (2003) and School for Lovers (2004), and twenty works for performance by children and young adults. In addition to his work with Ballet Ireland, Stephen fulfils regular teaching commitments as advisor on men’s training to the College of Dance, Monkstown, and frequently teaches the professional ballet class at Dance Ireland. He has collaborated several times with productions for Irish National Youth Ballet. Born in Cork, Kilian trained at Audley School of Dance and Joan Denise Moriarty School of Dance before moving to RoyalBalletSchool in London. He then progressed to The Scottish Ballet where he toured UK, Europe, Hong Kong, and PerthWestern Australia, and the Spoleto Festival in CharlestonSouth Carolina. He returned to Perth to join the West Australian Ballet as Soloist Dancer, touring extensively in Western Australia and Northern Territory. He joined Royal New Zealand Ballet as Soloist and was promoted to Principal Dancer. While there, he led the company in tours of New Zealand and Australia, USA and Europe. He also danced lead roles in works by George Balanchine, Jack Carter, John Cranko, Robert North, Garth Welch, and Gray Veredon. Kilian was fulltime tutor at the New Zealand School of Dance for several years, and has freelanced as tutor, choreographer and judge in New Zealand, Australia, UK, and Ireland. On his return to Ireland in 2008, he has been working with Irish National Youth Ballet as tutor and choreographer. Most recently, Kilian produced The Nutcracker for the Company. In December 2018, he will produce a new full-length Cinderella for INYB, their most ambitious project to date.