Laura Murphy is a choreographer and dance artist based in Ireland. Her work gives physical expression to ephemeral states of mind. Taking an expansive approach to dance, her work includes staged work, dance film, video installations, site-specific performances, solo and ensemble pieces and large scale, socially engaged dance projects.
Laura Murphy Dance has been presented internationally at festivals and galleries such as Tanzmesse (DE), Fira Tàrrega (ES), Reykjavik Dance Festival (IS), Edinburgh Fringe (UK), Judson Church (US), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest (RO), NN Contemporary Northampton (UK), Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema (US), Dublin Dance Festival and Cork Midsummer Festival (IRL).
Laura has been the recipient of numerous National Arts Council awards, as well as several prestigious national and international residencies. She was awarded Best Movement Director at the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2017 for her work on 'Whitby' at the Bram Stoker Festival.
Laura graduated from the University of Limerick in 2005 with an M.A Contemporary Dance Performance; from Trinity Laban, London in 2006 with a P.D.D.S. and in 2014 with a Specialist Diploma in Choreological Studies. Since 2009 she has lectured in dance and Choreological Studies at the University of Limerick and held the position of Acting Course Director, MA Contemporary Dance Performance in 2015. She currently teaches on the BA, Drama and Theatres Studies at Trinity College, Dublin.
Laura collaborates and works with many dance artists including Colin Dunne, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Rob Heaslip, Mary Nunan, Jean Butler and Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín; visual artists Gemma Riggs, Astrid Walsh and Rhona Byrne; and composers Matteo Fargion, Irene Buckley, Michael Gallen and Alma Kelleher.
Recent works include 'Abacus' at Tanzmesse 2022; 'The Shake' at Dublin Dance Festival 2022; 'It's All Up in the Air on Bogland' a commission by RTÉ for Culture Night 2022, in collaboration with Rhona Byrne; And as Associate Director to Jean Butler on her new work 'What We Hold' at Dublin Theatre Festival 2022.
Laura Murphy Dance has been presented internationally at festivals and galleries such as Tanzmesse (DE), Fira Tàrrega (ES), Reykjavik Dance Festival (IS), Edinburgh Fringe (UK), Judson Church (US), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest (RO), NN Contemporary Northampton (UK), Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema (US), Dublin Dance Festival and Cork Midsummer Festival (IRL).
Laura has been the recipient of numerous National Arts Council awards, as well as several prestigious national and international residencies. She was awarded Best Movement Director at the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2017 for her work on 'Whitby' at the Bram Stoker Festival.
Laura graduated from the University of Limerick in 2005 with an M.A Contemporary Dance Performance; from Trinity Laban, London in 2006 with a P.D.D.S. and in 2014 with a Specialist Diploma in Choreological Studies. Since 2009 she has lectured in dance and Choreological Studies at the University of Limerick and held the position of Acting Course Director, MA Contemporary Dance Performance in 2015. She currently teaches on the BA, Drama and Theatres Studies at Trinity College, Dublin.
Laura collaborates and works with many dance artists including Colin Dunne, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Rob Heaslip, Mary Nunan, Jean Butler and Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín; visual artists Gemma Riggs, Astrid Walsh and Rhona Byrne; and composers Matteo Fargion, Irene Buckley, Michael Gallen and Alma Kelleher.
Recent works include 'Abacus' at Tanzmesse 2022; 'The Shake' at Dublin Dance Festival 2022; 'It's All Up in the Air on Bogland' a commission by RTÉ for Culture Night 2022, in collaboration with Rhona Byrne; And as Associate Director to Jean Butler on her new work 'What We Hold' at Dublin Theatre Festival 2022.
