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Maguire - Cloudburst

CHOREOGRAPHY

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MUSICAL THEATRE

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2019

Oklahoma!  

Flax Trust Arts, MAC Belfast, NI


The Sound of Music (movement director) 

Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey, NI

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2018
Oliver! 

Flax Trust Arts, MAC Belfast, NI

 

2017

Carousel (assistant choreographer)

Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey, NI

 

2016
The Phantom of the Opera (ballet master & assistant choreographer)

Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey, NI

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DANCE
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2026PA
PALLADIO
7 dancers (10')
Ballet Victoria, The Royal Theatre Victoria, Canada
Music: Karl Jenkins
 
LINEAR FLUX
6 dancers (20')
Ballet Ireland, O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin
Music: Peter Gregson
 
WHISPERS
Ensemble (40')
Youth Ballet West, The Black Box Theatre, Galway
Music: Mason Bates
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NOCTE ANGELI
Solo (7')
Dancer from the Dance Festival, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Music: Eric Whitacre
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THE VEIL
Ensemble (9')
Central School of Ballet, Britten Theatre, London
Music: Martha-Maria Mitu
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2025
THE VIEW FROM MARS
1-act for solo dancer and cello (34')
Six Dance Collective, Lyric Theatre Belfast

Original Music: Amelia Clarkson
Visual Artist: Conan McIvor

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THE TRIUMPH OF MUSIC
Site-specific 
The National Gallery Bi-Centenary Celebration
The Guildhall, Derry and Trafalgar Square, London

Artist/Curator: Jeremy Deller
Visual Artist: Conan McIvor

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THE CLEARING
Ensemble (10') 
Six Dance Collective, Belfast International Ballet Festival

Original Music: Amelia Clarkson

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2024
BARCAROLLE
Duet (5')
Rolex, Lunns Jewellers & Peter Corry Productions St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, NI

Original Music: Offenbach

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THE DOPPLER EFFECT
Immersive Theatre (30')
The Belfast Ensemble, The MAC Belfast and Festival de Marseille, France

Original Music: Conor Mitchell

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TO BE LOVED
Music Video
Artist: Eimear Crehan

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THE FIVE SEASONS (Winter and Summer)
Two duets (5' and 5')
Ballet Victoria and Victoria Symphony, Kirk Hall, Victoria BC, Canada
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2023
WHITE DOVES
2-act ballet
Six Dance Collective, 
The MAC, Belfast, NI

Original music: Amelia Clarkson​

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LA CLEMENZIA DI TITO (Co-choreographer)
Opera
Opera Baltycka, Gdansk Poland
Music: Mozart

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CORNERS
Dance film for mobile app (4')

London Sinfonietta and Trinity Laban

Original music: Amelia Clarkson

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2022
BEATING STREETS IN CITY HEARTS LEARN MORE
10 dancers (10')
Opera Baltycka, Gdansk, Poland 
Music: Bernstein
 
AFTER/BEFORE
Duet (10')
Dancer from the Dance Festival, Dublin, Ireland;
Opera Baltycka, Gdansk, Poland 
Music: Szymon Brzoska
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GIGUE 1
Solo (3')
Tanaka Ballet Art, Osaka, Japan
Music: Peter Gregson
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2021
CLOUDBURST
8 dancers (20')  
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Opera Baltycka, Gdansk, Poland 
Music: Kai Angel, John Adams, Johan Johannson
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ELEGIA LEARN MORE
2 dancers
Wtorki an Fali, Opera Baltycka, Gdansk, Poland
Music: Szymon Brzoska
 
THE ESTATE
Immersive film by Conan McIvor
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2019

DEAR FRANCES
One-act ballet (35')
Blackheath Halls, London, UK
Original Music: Amelia Clarkson​

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2018

NOWHERE

Duet

World of Dance Polska, Polsat, Warsaw, Poland

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MIRROR IN THE MIRROR

Duet

World of Dance Polska, Polsat, Warsaw, Poland

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SELECT WORKS

CLOUDBURST    learn more  

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Created on the Baltic Opera Ballet.
Produced as part of 'Wiecz“Wieczór młodej choreografii” co-funded by the Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport.

 

8 dancers
Duration: 18'

Music:  Kai Engel, John Adams & Johan Johannsson

Lighting design: Michal Stenzel

Sound design: Amelia Clarkson

Premiere: 29 Nov 2021, Opera Baltycka

Ruaidhri Maguire Cloudburst

AFTER/BEFORE 

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Commissioned by John Scott for Dancer from the Dance Festival 2022.

 

Pas de deux in 3 movements

Duration: 10'
Created on Danila Marzilli and Ruaidhri Maguire.

Music:
Szymon Brzodska

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Premiere: 13 July 2022, Dancer from the Dance Festival of Irish Choreography, Dublin, Ireland

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BEATING STREETS IN CITY HEARTS    learn more  

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Created on the Baltic Opera Ballet.
Produced as part of 'Wiecz“Wieczór młodej choreografii 2022” co-funded by the Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport.

 

10 dancers
Duration: 8'

Music:  Leonard Bernstein's 'Preludes, Fugues and Riffs'

Premiere: 27 Oct 2022, Opera Baltycka

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GIGUE 1 

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Solo
Duration: 2.5'

Created on Rei Yamamoto.
Music: 

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Premiere: July 2022, Osaka, Japan

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ELEGIA  

 

 

Commissioned by the Baltic Opera Ballet. Created on Milena Crameri and Bartosz Kondracki 

 

Duet
Duration:  5'

Music: Szymon Brzodska

Premiere: 19 Oct 2022, Opera Baltycka

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DEAR FRANCES.   learn more  

 

 

One act narrative ballet
Duration: 36'

Music: Amelia Clarkson

Conductor: Jonathan Mann

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Created on Gwenllian Davies, Daniel Morrison and Ruaidhri Maguire.
 

Premiere: 4 June 2019, Blackheath Halls, London

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© Ruaidhrí Maguire 2026

Photography by Elly Welford.

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