Weekly Professional class with Ryan O’Neill

Weekly Class with Ryan O’Neill, Performer – Scorched Earth

Class will begin with a set of exercises to slowly access each individual to move freely within their full range of motion and find a sensory relationship between intent and texture of movement. Incorporating aspects of contemporary technique, improvisation and performance skills, class examines concepts of form through freedom, finding and riding momentum, balance and coordination as we move fluidly through improvisational tasks and set material.

Ryan O'Neill achieved a first class honours degree in Dance from the Ulster University and his Masters in Dance Performance at Laban as part of a professional post graduate company Transitions. Since then Ryan has worked with Maiden Voyage Dance, Off The Rails, ponydance, Tinderbox, Primecut, Oona Doherty Works, Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Junk Ensemble, Pan Pan, Company Philip Connaughton, CoisCéim, Liz Roche Company,
Emma Martin/United Fall, Luke Murphy/Attic Projects and THISISPOPBABY, Gwyn Emberton Dance, Punchdrunk’s immersive show Sleep No More in Shanghai and The Burnt City, London. In 2011 Ryan was selected by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to meet Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham palace for recognition of his achievements as a young person in the Arts. Ryan is also a qualified Ashtanga Yoga teacher and certified in the Garuda chair and matwork.