Katie Mairead Dance School
Katie Mairead Dance School Company
- Inspiring confidence and expression through dance -
If you're looking for a nurturing environment for your child, we aim to foster a natural love of dance in all our students,
as well as its many benefits such as:
fitness, an understanding of music, good posture, physical strength & stamina, flexibility, memory and importantly, confidence
Classes take place in a safe, supportive and fun environment with a fully qualified dance teacher.
Ballet
Inspiring Performances Every Time
Our ballet classes will take the student on a journey through movement, encouraging interaction, co-ordination and balance whilst embracing the technique and discipline of classical ballet. We offer ballet exams in IBDP (Irish Board of Dance Performance) at Tubbercurry, Ballina, Charlestown and Castlebar. Students will have the opportunity to partake in both exams and school stage performances.
Acrobatic Arts
Passionate, Energetic and Fun
We teach Acrobatic Arts Dance in all our dance venues.
The Acrobatic Arts programme is designed around safe and effective progressions, yielding proven results across five divisions of AcroDance: Flexibility, Strength, Balancing, Limbering, and Tumbling. This program was created with insights from professionals and experts in various fields including ballet, modern dance, jazz, contortion, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, sport acrobatics, yoga, acro yoga, pilates, physiotherapy, and hand balancing. Thoughtful and straightforward progressions guide beginner preschool dancers from basic log rolls and somersaults to advanced dancers effortlessly tumbling across the stage.
Acrobatic Dance, often called acro by dancers and professionals, beautifully merges classical dance techniques with the precision and athleticism of acrobatic elements. It is characterized by unique choreography, where acro dancers integrate musicality, emotional expression, line, and extension with acrobatic movements within a dance framework.
Irish Board of Dance Performance
Certified Dance Examinations
Our aim is to make your child's dance experience a fun, relaxed and rewarding time. The Irish Board of Dance Performance is a new Irish-based dance examining body offering performance-based, encouraging and child-centred exams. We offer a Classical Ballet and Acrobatic Arts Dance syllabus for young people from age three to young adult, from Preliminary to Graduate.