Irish Youth Russian Ballet Co.

I.Y.R.B.C.

The Irish Youth Russian Ballet Company

Founded in 2007, by Monica Loughman and Patricia O’Riordan, The Irish Youth Russian Ballet Company aims to give young dancers the opportunity to advance their training and technique.

The Company meets at The Ballet Studio in Inchicore Community Centre on two Sundays per month. The day consists of one hour of class and three hours of rehearsal, covering both classical ballets and new works throughout the year in preparation for new seasonal performances.

The young dancers will have the opportunity to work with Monica Loughman, and guest choreographers such as Grant McClay (Former Australian Ballet Principal Dancer), Robert Gabdullin (Principal with the Perm State Ballet Company), Lena Levina (Principal Soloist with Perm State Ballet Company), Hannah Windows (English National Ballet), Todd Fox (American Principal Ballet Dancer) and many other international choreographers. The dancers will also be offered partnering and duet classes with professional dancers from Russia.

With costumes from Russia and the opportunity to work with professional dancers and choreographers this company represents a unique chance to enhance the future prospects young Irish ballet students. Supported by Allianz, we hope to aquire further sponsorship in 2010 to minimise the cost of training to our young dancers, and make the company accessible to all.

Our young dancers come from ballet schools throughout Ireland to participate in training and performance with the Company. In 2008 our dancers came from Dublin, Louth, Meath, Cork, Kilkenny, and Galway. We always encourage all our dancers to continue their regular classes with their private ballet teachers.

The Irish Youth Russian Ballet Company will have their first National Tour in early 2010. All performances to date have been sold out in advance, including our performance at The Helix, Dublin in December 2008. This performance featured the Company as part of the acclaimed RTE series Ballet Chancers, when we were joined on stage by 6 young hip-hop dancers who had trained with us throughout the television series.

Auditions for The Irish Youth Russian Ballet Company will take place at 1.30pm on September 6th 2009 at Inchicore Community Sports Centre. Further details, location map and application forms are available on this website.