NEWS

With support from Theatre & Dance NI through their INVEST award, Ruaidhrí attended the inaugural Q Dance Choreographic Lab, hosted by his mentor Peter Quanz.

Ruaidhrí will make his debut with Ballet Ireland  for their 2024 Spring Season Bold Moves, performing as one of the principal couples in Filipe Portugal's Stepping Over and as the Grenn Boy in Johan Inger's Walking Mad.

Ruaidhrí will appear in the premiere and subsequent performance of La Clemenza Di Tito performing the role he originated, Sesto's Alterego.

Tickets are on sale for Six Dance Collective's new ballet White Doves from 3-5 August 2023 at the MAC, Belfast. Learn more here.

Ruaidhri will perform Espada in the premiere and several subsequent performances of Don Quixote from December 2022 - April 2023. 

A new solo, 'Gigue 1' was premiered by Rei Yamamoto at Sakanaka City Arts and Culture Centre.

After the success of last year, Ruaidhri will be bringing his week-long intensive course for dancers grade 5+ to Holywood, just outside Belfast.

Find out more here.

Ruaidhrí will be dancing the role of the Prince in Baltic Opera Ballet's new production of Cinderella this October with further performances in February and May 2022.

Ruaidhri will be leading a week-long intensive course for dancers grade 5+, focussing on Training/Technique,  Coaching/Classical Repertoire and developing new choreography.

Find out more here.

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland are supporting the choreographic creation of new ballet White Doves, as part of their Individuals Emergency Resilience Programme.

Ruaidhri will be performing the role of the Prince on 18th & 20th December in the Baltic Opera Ballet's Dziadek do Orzechow 

 [Cancelled due to Covid-19]

Dancing extracts from The Nutcracker and Peer Gynt, Ruaidhrí will perform in Elblag alongside the Doctors Orchestra of Poland for their annual gala.

The premiere of Ruaidhrí's first one-act ballet in collaboration with composer, Amelia Clarkson, in Blackheath Halls, London.

Reconnecting with his former company, Ruaidhrí worked with Ballet Victoria in collaboration with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra to create two duets to be featured in The Five Seasons.

Ruaidhrí joins Ballet Ireland (National Ballet of Ireland) for their 2024 Spring Season Bold Moves

Beating Streets in City Hearts was part of the opening of the 23/24 Season at Opera Baltycka.

Belfast Live covered Six Dance Collective's hunt for Junior Company Dancers. Read the article here.

The Baltic Opera Ballet will premiere a new work for ten dancers created on the music of Bernstein in the Young Choreographers Evening. 

Galway Dance Project provided space for R&D of a new project with dancers Geaoid Solan and Emer Lenihan.

A new piece for 8 dancers, Cloudburst will premiere at the part of Opera Baltycka's Wieczór młodej choreografii (Young Choreographer's Evening).

Peter Corry was joined by young professional performers in a celebration of the legacy of summers past at Theatre At The Mill. Ruaidhri danced Albrecht's Variation from Giselle and the title solo from Who Cares?

Ruaidhri's one-act ballet, Dear Frances, will be streamed by Theatre at the Mill as part of their Cultural Lounge.  Watch online here

Dancing the role of Lysander, Ruaidhri will be performing in the Baltic Opera Ballet's Sen nocy letniej (A Midsummer Night's Dream) 19th-20th February, in their first performance since September after the lockdown period. 

After almost 7 months of no performances, with the Baltic Opera Ballet, Ruaidhrí will return to the stage in the "Wieczor Latynoamerykanski" program

Continuing his relationship with the Flax Trust Arts, Ruaidhrí will be choreographing their summer production of 'Oklahoma!' which will be performed in The Mac, Belfast

Ruaidhrí was promoted onstage after dancing the role of Albert (Albrecht) in the Baltic Opera ballet's production of Giselle. 

In collaboration with singer/songwriter Eimear Crehan, Ruaidhrí choreographed and co-directed the release of her music video To Be Loved. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFX9A8rYw6I

Ruaidhrí will perform in the premiere of of Kataryzna Kozielsak's Karnival Zwierzat (Canirval of the Animals).

Ruaidhrí was a resident artist with Galway Dance Project to R&D his new ballet, Where Two Paths Meet. 

Returning to the role of Albrecht, Ruaidhri will perform in the Baltic Opera Ballet's Giselle. 

A studio sharing of work-in-progress Prism at Dance Ireland, following a week long residency. Learn more here.

Ruaidhri will dance his own choreography with Danila Marzilli in John Scott's Irish Modern Dance Theatre's festival from 11-14 July 2022. Book here.

As part of Opera Baltycka's Wtorki na Fali series (Tuesday's on the Wave), Ruaidhrí will be premiering a new creation based on Kamil Bacyznski's poem Elegia.

Filmmaker Conan McIvor's new project 'The Estate' included Ruaidhri's choreography and performance. Explore The Estate here.

The Baltic Opera Ballet are streaming an open rehearsal of Giselle, in which Ruaidhri will be dancing Act 1 as Albrecht.  Watch online here

Ruaidhri will be a guest speaker for 2 Faced Dance Company's Multi Story Youth Arts Festival. Male Ballet Dancer: a journey from rural Northern Ireland to international ballet companies will look at Ruaidhri's journey and comment on the #BoysDanceToo movement.

Interview with BBC Northern Ireland about breaking male stereotypes in ballet. 

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WATCH HERE

Ruaidhrí will be dancing as a guest artist at the Theatre at the Mill in Newtownabbey, hosted by the Laura Walker Ballet School. A performance to mark the end of the annual Workshops in Dance. He will be dancing extracts from La Bayadere.

Dancing with Monika Zaniewicz, a colleague from the Baltic Opera Ballet, Ruaidhrí will be competing in Polsat's World of Dance Polska.