Dance Limerick and Inclusive Dance Cork invite dance and theatre practitioners, makers, and students in training, to join Adam Benjamin for a 5-day workshop as part of his Dance Limerick Residency – open to people with and without disabilities.
Where: Dance Limerick Performance Space, Limerick, Ireland
When: 27th – 1st May 2026, 10am – 4.30pm each day
Deadline for applications: No deadline, places allocated on first come, first served basis.
Dance improvisation is a practice of increasing relevance for offering alternative strategies for decision-making and participation, yet it often fails to convince in performance.
This workshop is aimed at professional dancers, theatre practitioners and students in training, with and without disabilities, and will explore how the improvisational space can be understood both through group co-operation, generosity and courage to take the moment when it arises as soloist, duo or trio.
The workshop will help participants recognise, support and transition through these different moments in performance, working with movement, stillness, space and voice.
Every day will include a warm-up and exploration of the ‘hidden’ techniques that serve dance improvisation, as well as plenty of time for improvisation, discussion and reflection.
ABOUT ADAM
Adam Benjamin was joint founder and artistic director of CandoCo Dance Company. In South Africa, shortly after the dismantling of apartheid, he founded the award-winning Tshwaragano Dance Company, the first South African dance company integrated on both racial and disability lines. He has choreographed for community and professional companies around the world including Vertigo Dance Company, Scottish Dance Theatre, Kyo, Stop-Gap and of course CandoCo. His most recent creation was A Time of Choices for the 10th anniversary of the KIADA festival in South Korea 2025.
Adam has received numerous awards, he has been an Associate Artist at The Place, a Wingate Scholar, Rayne Fellow and recipient of an Arts Council International Artist Fellowship. While working in Higher Education he was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship and was named a Change Maker, by the South Bank Centre. His book on improvisational practice Making an Entrance (Pub Routledge) is now in its second edition and is considered a seminal text. He has performed and taught with Kirstie Simson, Rick Nodine, Jordi Cortés and Russell Maliphant, he was a founder member
How to register: https://dancelimerick.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Adam-Benjamin-workshop.pdf
Costs for participants: €150.00
Contact details:
Please get in touch with Katy at katy@dancelimerick.ie and Louisa at louisa@firkincrane.ie if you have any questions or would like to discuss access requirements further.
For further information, please visit https://dancelimerick.ie/event/5-day-workshop-with-adam-benjamin/
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