Róisín O’BRIEN, COMPANY ARTIST

Róisín is a choreographer from Edinburgh, Scotland, who has recently moved to South Bend, IN. Since graduating from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, she has been making work across Scotland and the UK, focusing on contemporary dance, innovative ways of creating and performing ballet, responding to site specific locations, and collaborating with musicians in live performance and film. 

Róisín's work has been specially commissioned for Edinburgh's Hidden Door Festival (2023 & 2022, with composer Rowan McIlvride), shown across Scotland (inc. Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Summerhall & DanceLive festival), and selected for emerging choreographer showcases such as Resolution Festival (London, 2018) and Dance Base's Heads Up programme (Edinburgh, 2017). She was selected as an L20 artist in 2021, an artist attachment programme with The Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. 

Róisín is also an established dance writer (working across the UK and Europe), freelance arts producer, and qualified yoga teacher.