I’m a dance artist and movement facilitator based in the West of Ireland.

My work moves between live performance, film, and community dance rituals. It is rooted in the body as a sensing instrument—tuning into land, materials, memory, and relationship. I’m drawn to movement as a way of listening and remembering, a form that can speak what lives beneath language. Reviving dance as ritual within contemporary life feels especially vital at this time—an anchor, a return, a shared act of presence.

I trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, with further learning in somatic and inclusive movement practices (Mathatitu Yoga Ashram, Samavesa Yoga School, IDC, Firkin Crane Dance Cork/UCC, and the Essence Programme with Joan Davis). My practice is informed by Yoga, Body-Mind Centering, Authentic Movement, and a deepening connection to land, folklore, and the unseen here in the West of Ireland.

As a facilitator, I’ve worked with people of all ages and backgrounds across community, professional, and interdisciplinary settings. I care about creating spaces where movement becomes a meeting point—for self, for others, for what cannot be named.

My work continues to evolve through residencies, interdisciplinary collaboration, and shared practice, with support from Arts Council Ireland, Dance Limerick, Light Moves, Galway Dance, and the Clare and Limerick Arts Offices.

Recent Residencies:

- Open Futures programme with Lightmoves Festival (Limerkck) in collaboration with Cork-based Artist Billy Kemp.

- North West Dance Residency Programme: 2-week residency at Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr (Aran Islands).

JOYA Arte+Ecología, Andulusia, Spain. AIR with audio-visual artist Billy Kemp

For more information please visit my instagram or write to me: hutchdanceire@gmail.com