Baboró is delighted to announce the artists selected for Round 2 of the Creative Europe BABEL Project, Rocío Dominguez and Róisín Whelan. Both artists will attend two European children's arts festivals between March and September of this year.
BABEL - or The Art of Listening in TYA is a European large scale Creative Europe project involving 14 partners from 11 European countries, coordinated by Teatercentrum i Danmark (DK). Over the course of the project, Baboró will support eight artists based in Ireland in attending two participating festivals. Baboró will also host workshops in 2024 and 2025, welcoming artists from all across Europe.
Rocío will join a cohort of international creatives and facilitators Brigitte Dethier and Ives Thuwis at Festival Visioni di Futuro (Italy) in March and Brik Festival (the Netherlands) in June.
About the festivals Rocío will attend:
- 15 - 19 March 2024, Festival Visioni di Futuro (Italy)
International early years festival with a focus on theatre - 24 - 28 June 2024, Brik Festival (The Netherlands)
International early years theatre festival with a focus on dance
Róisín will join a cohort of international creatives and facilitators Alex Byrne and Gregory Hall at KLAP Festival (Denmark) in April and Festival Lutke (Slovenia) in September.
About the festivals Róisín will attend:
- 14 - 24 April 2024, KLAP (Denmark)
Multidisciplinary festival for children - mostly Danish work - 22 - 29 September 2024, Festival Lutke (Slovenia)
An international puppet festival for children
About Rocío Dominguez
Rocío Dominguez is a dance artist based in Dublin. She has worked as dancer, choreographer and assistant choreographer with Junk Ensemble, Alexandre Iseli, Luke Murphy, Loosysmokes, Anna Newell, BrokenCrow, Polina Kremasta and Joclecio Azevedo among others, in Ireland, Portugal, Greece and Argentina.
Rocio has been supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin City Council, Dance Ireland, Tipperary Dance, and Ensimismados Festival (Costa Rica).
Rocio has created the pieces War (Faculty of Architecture of Porto 2018), and Mental Make-Up (co-created with Catarina Garcia, Teatro Campo Alegre 2018), and showed the work in progress of MANY MEs (Teatro Leal, Tenerife, 2022).
About Róisín Whelan
Róisín Whelan is a dance artist based in Ireland. She creates highly physical and technically demanding works with strong narratives that are accessible to all regardless of their age, gender, or socio- economic background. Recent choreographic work includes The Galaxy of Occupations, a dance show for young audiences commissioned by Tipperary International Dance Festival and Dublin City Council Creative Hubs; Man Down funded by Arts Council Touring Award. She was commissioned by Ballet Ireland to create a children’s piece, The Glasshouse, that toured across Ireland in Autumn. She is currently working as assistant to the Movement Director Lucy Burge at the Royal Opera House in London and Salzburg Opera Festival.
Applications for Round 3 of the project will open Wednesday 6 March. Two artists based in Ireland who are interested in making work for young audiences will have the opportunity to attend two festivals in the coming year. The Round 3 festivals are Festival Lutke (Slovenia), Festival El Petit (Spain), Baboró (Ireland) and Kitoks Festival (Lithuania).
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About GROW
What is GROW?
GROW is Baboró's year round artist development programme for creatives making work for young audiences in Ireland.
Who is GROW for?
If you are interested in making creative work for young people, GROW is probably for you! Different GROW opportunities are directed at individuals with different levels of experience. Some will be aimed at emerging artists, while others will be aimed at more established and mid-career artists.
How will I know if an opportunity is for me?
When we open an application call out, the online details will clearly state who the opportunity is for and the level of experience required. Our goal is always to provide artists with a straightforward and accessible application process.
If you have any questions about GROW, please feel free to contact our Artist & Programme Coordinator Rachel at rachel[at]baboro.ie.
