Dance Cork Firkin Crane
The Firkin Crane CLG
Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Dance Cork Firkin Crane is a charity based in Cork, Ireland working on arts & culture, disability, community development +1 more.
Dance Cork Firkin Crane is a non-profit registered charity and dance house based in the historic Firkin Crane building in Shandon, Cork. It supports dance artists by providing residencies, studio space and development opportunities, presents professional dance performances, and encourages people in Cork to take part in dance through classes, workshops and community programmes. The organisation runs the Inclusive Dance Cork training programme for people with and without disabilities, operates a theatre and exhibition spaces for hire, and manages artist accommodation in Jack Lynch House. It describes itself as Ireland's first dance house and a founding member of the European DanceHouse Network, and it serves Cork and the wider Irish dance community. Support is offered through Friends, donations, sponsorship and corporate partnerships.
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Inclusive Dance Cork
Disability · Ireland
A training programme for people with and without disabilities who want to learn inclusive dance methods, with courses, workshops and an online conversation series.
Artist residencies
Arts & Culture · Ireland
Year-round residencies that support dance artists to research, develop and produce new work, including an annual dance artist in residence.
Jack Lynch House Artists Accommodation
Arts & Culture · Ireland
Subsidised accommodation for visiting artists, managed by Firkin Crane on behalf of Cork City Council.
Dance Cork Presents
Arts & Culture · Ireland
Professional dance performance programme bringing local, national and international work to Cork audiences.
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Creative Access Award
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Cork Education and Training Board, Horizons Cork Suisha Inclusive Arts, Cork Midsummer Festival, Dance Ireland, Dance Limerick, Galway Dance, Tipperary Dance, Rethink Ireland, Community Foundation for Ireland, Pan Pan Theatre Company
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