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Catherine Young was born in Dublin in 1972. She holds a Master’s Degree in Contemporary Dance Performance and has studied and worked with Printz Dance Project (USA), PURe Dance Company (USA), The American Conservatory Theatre (USA), Retina Dance Company (UK/Belgium), Lacina Coulibaly (Kongo Ba Teria Dance Company – Africa), Ousseni Sako (Salia ni Seydou Company – Africa), Wendy Houstoun (UK), Siamsa Tire (Irl) and Hofesh Schecter Company (UK) among others. Her work is heavily influenced by African dance and yoga.
In 2005, Catherine Young became Kerry County Council’s Dancer in Residence, in which role she continued until 2008. In that year, as part of her residency, Catherine Young founded the Kerry Youth Dance Theatre as a creative voice for teenagers and young adults. The company has produced a strong body of work and was nominated for the Kerry Arts & Culture Award in 2010. In 2010, Young established her professional dance company YoCo (Young & Company), and in 2011 went on to curate and launch the nMotion Dance Festival as part of her residency at The National Folk Theatre (Siamsa Tire).
Catherine is a board member of Dance Research Forum Ireland. She teaches master classes and workshops and performs regularly in Ireland, Europe and the USA.
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DVD containing excerpts from Kerry Youth Dance Theatre’s performances, including Body Count at Siamsa Tire, Tralee on 30 May 2008 (duration 00:04:57); Lost at Carnegie Arts Centre, Kenmare on 20 November 2009 (00:04:19); and We Are at nMotion Dance Festival, Siamsa Tire, Tralee on 20 April 2011 (00:14:08). Also a short film of excerpts from the nMotion Dance Festival at Siamsa Tire, Tralee on 19-20 April 2011 (00:03:03); and images taken at the Culture Night event at Carnegie Arts Centre in Kenmare on 24 September 2010; and of the performance of We Are in 2011. Also two corrupted files containing images from performances of Body Count and Lost, which cannot be opened.
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