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Schedule of Classes (October 2024)

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TUTOR SHOWCASE: 14th December 2024

Tutor Showcase: Saturday, 14th December 2024

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7pm Showcase

9pm Showcase

Join us for Christmas celebrations and to say goodbye for the Christmas break on the 14th of December! We’ve brought all our Taking Flight teachers together to show you their work and to inspire you for the new year.

Tutors
  • Julie O'Connell Kent
  • Claire Carroll
  • Bláithín Lally
  • Lisa Carley
  • Chloe Commins
  • Sean McIlraith
  • Em Murphy
  • Kayleigh McGinley
  • Darrell Elliott
  • Charli Sweet
  • Adela Marchis

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Halloween Camps for Kids & Teens

WHAT

A 4-day aerial and acrobatic Circus HALLOWEEN Camp for 7 to 17 year olds. We will start each day with fun filled circus games both on the floor and using aerial equipment. Using a mixture of aerial rope, fabric, cocoon, trapeze, vertical dance and floor movements to bring you through a magical circus journey with Taking Flights' specialist circus team.

WHEN

It will run from 10am till 1pm each day of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

COST & BOOKINGS

€150 for 4 days. Book Here

€45 for single day bookings. Book Here

Costume Day on the Thursday!

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Shadow Puppetry

RISING FUTURE PRODUCERS

Day Course: Sunday, 8th December 2024 (10:30am to 6pm)

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Venue: Taking Flight Studios Cost: €50 per person

Are you interested in producing but not sure where to start? Or are you a self-producing artist wanting to expand your producing knowledge?

Join us for Rising Future Producers; a day-long workshop demystifying the role of the Producer: What does a Producer actually do? How does a Producer get a project off the ground? How do Artists find the right producer for your needs?

We will explore the roles, responsibilities and qualities of a Producer, look at ways of building partnerships and creative teams to get a project off the ground and examine case studies to understand the dynamic between artists and producers.

FACILITATORS

Led by Kevin Wratten from Split Second (UK) and Kath Gorman from Promenade (Ireland); two organisations with a focus on producing and touring street arts, circus and spectacle, this workshop is targeted at self-producing artists, new and emerging producers, or for other early career arts professionals (administrators, coordinators) with an interest in better understanding the Producing role.

Project funded by @artscouncilireland

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Up coming events

Wednesday 4:30pm to 6:00pm 16th October

Kids and Teens

Wednesday 6:30pm to 8:00pm 16th October

Cocoon (Mixed levels)
Fabric (skilled)
Aerial Fitness
Open Training

Thursday 6:30pm to 8:00pm 17th October

Rope (skilled)
Hoop (mixed level)
Open Training

Saturday 10:00am to 11:30am 19th October

Kids and Teens

Saturday 12:00pm to 1:30pm 19th October

Fabric or Rope (mixed level)
Hoop or Trapeze (mixed level)

What we've been up to

Artist in Residence 2023: Theaker Von Ziarno Community

Theaker von Ziarno is Taking Flight's first Artist in Residence 2023.

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Community Projects Underway Community

Our very own Manager of Community, Hannah Gumbrielle, studied Inclusion and Exclusion in Circus with Stockholm University of the Arts to further her own practice as a teacher.

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Culture Night Cabaret 2022 Community

Culture Night Cabaret and family Fun Day On the 23rd of September 2022.

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Taking Flight: Artistic Residency Announcement 2022 Community

Taking Flight: Artistic Residency Announcement 2022 Every year, Taking Flight offers a number of artistic residencies to professional artists in the Irish industry or abroad.

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CREATE: A circus act creation course Performance

CREATE: A circus act creation course In 2020, Taking Flight piloted their EXPLORE programme, a course focused on giving individual artists the tools and techniques to research and develop creative work. The success of this course pushed us to introduce CREATE in 2022.

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What our students think

Supportive, exciting and fun - after not training for 3 years I was daunted to return to aerial. This was the perfect place to do it. I'll be back!!
-- Iona


This was the most fun I've ever had while exercising! Just so so so much fun! Really easy to go in as a beginner and the instructor made sure I was comfortable and had the right instruction at all times. Can't wait for my 2nd class!
-- Orla