Trinity Irish Dancers
Artistic Director Mark Howard founded the company in 1990, as a means to providing professional career opportunities to students who had no outlet for Irish dancing beyond the competitive circuit. This innovative nonprofit company is constantly searching for original means of expression, while maintaining a high regard for old traditions.
As a unique, Irish-American company, Trinity was the birthplace of progressive Irish dance. Its liberality has opened new avenues of artistic expression that have led to commercial productions such as Riverdance.
Considered an "American Treasure" by critics and enthusiasts worldwide, this company of 18-25 year olds has received great critical and popular acclaim from audiences throughout the world. The company has danced on such stages as New York's Joyce and New Victory theaters and Washington's Kennedy Center. Each show shares the same passion, flair and precision that have made many Trinity dancers world champions of Irish dance. Founding company members were trained at the prestigious Trinity Academy of Irish Dance (Chicago/Milwaukee). Together, dancers from this school have won an unprecedented eighteen world titles for the United States at the annual World Irish Dance Championships in Ireland. Over the past decade, the company has collaborated with many notable contemporary choreographers and musicians, developing more diverse movements and new genres of dance. The company's unique form of story ballet conveys the American experience of ancient and modern Ireland.
Trinity's dancers have toured internationally and have been invited guests for such dignitaries as the Royal Family of Monaco, Ireland's President Mary Robinson, and Indian meditation master Gurumayi Chidvilasananda. Trinity holds a unique place in the dance world, offering both a highly skilled presentation of progressive Irish step dance and a brilliantly engaging interpretation of contemporary world vision.
Artistic Director Mark Howard founded the company in 1990, as a means to providing professional career opportunities to students who had no outlet for Irish dancing beyond the competitive circuit. This innovative nonprofit company is constantly searching for original means of expression, while maintaining a high regard for old traditions.
As a unique, Irish-American company, Trinity was the birthplace of progressive Irish dance. Its liberality has opened new avenues of artistic expression that have led to commercial productions such as Riverdance.
Considered an "American Treasure" by critics and enthusiasts worldwide, this company of 18-25 year olds has received great critical and popular acclaim from audiences throughout the world. The company has danced on such stages as New York's Joyce and New Victory theaters and Washington's Kennedy Center. Each show shares the same passion, flair and precision that have made many Trinity dancers world champions of Irish dance. Founding company members were trained at the prestigious Trinity Academy of Irish Dance (Chicago/Milwaukee). Together, dancers from this school have won an unprecedented eighteen world titles for the United States at the annual World Irish Dance Championships in Ireland. Over the past decade, the company has collaborated with many notable contemporary choreographers and musicians, developing more diverse movements and new genres of dance. The company's unique form of story ballet conveys the American experience of ancient and modern Ireland.
Trinity's dancers have toured internationally and have been invited guests for such dignitaries as the Royal Family of Monaco, Ireland's President Mary Robinson, and Indian meditation master Gurumayi Chidvilasananda. Trinity holds a unique place in the dance world, offering both a highly skilled presentation of progressive Irish step dance and a brilliantly engaging interpretation of contemporary world vision.
