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My battle to secure a sustainable living as a dance artist,

choreographer, teacher, artistic director, facilitator, collaborative artist, performer, project manager, administration manager

• Enniskillen Youth Dance
• Experiencing an engaging, enjoyable and rewarding youth dance experience
• BTEC National Diploma in Dance: Ballymoney
• Appreciating the brief of work in the performing arts sector
• Northern School of Contemporary Dance: Leeds
• Understanding my training and what I was developing skills for
• Various short term projects
• Making myself seen, available and committed

The Journey

• Ludus Dance Company
• Experiencing and understanding the value in a diverse set of skills and the

specific value in good participatory and education work

• Understanding the variety of activities required to operate successful within the

arts sector

• Freelance
• Expanding my skills and focusing on the work I was interested in doing and

could earn income from

• Bradford and Spain for Peace Studies
• Beginning to think about the long-term future …. can I keep dancing, what do I

want to do in my later years, what will I be able to do??

• Enniskillen…….

Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre

Creating work that says something about the world in which we live. Inspiring creativity through dance.

Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre

• Professional Dance Company established in 2009
• Community Interest Company

– 3 (soon to be 4 members of staff) – Range of freelancers for various projects – 5 board members – 20 volunteers

• Delivering community education and professional

dance projects, locally, nationally and internationally.

3 areas of Focus

• Professional
• Community
• Education

Community

• Children’s creative dance

classes.

• Adult community classes.
• Project managing large

scale multi- disciplinary arts projects.

• Specialised dance

projects.Big Dance etc.

Education

• Primary and post primary

creative dance projects.

• Special Educational

Needs projects

• Pre-school creative

dance activities

• Large scale integrated

schools projects.

Professional

• Professional solo and

company performances.

• National & International

touring opportunities:

• Dublin. New York,

London…

• National & International

Professional Development Training: Hong Kong, India …

Share of time

WORK ACTIVITY TIME PERCENTAGE Community 40 Education 13 Professional 5 Management 40 Strategic 2

Column Chart

10 20 30 40 Community Education Professional Management Strategic

2 40 5 13 40 Pie Chart 2% 40% 5% 13% 40%

Community Education Professional Management Strategic

Share of time

WORK ACTIVITY TIME PERCENTAGE Community 15 Education 15 Professional 50 Management Strategic 20

Column Chart

13 25 38 50 Community Education Professional Management Strategic

20 50 15 15 Pie Chart 20% 50% 15% 15%

Community Education Professional Management Strategic

the end

• r the beginning …..

• Explore structures/options for earning a living

that will work for you

• Freelance individual
• Partnership
• Company/Organisation
• Employment
• Combination of the above

• What are the challenges and benefits of a company
• Time consuming - long-term security
• Conflicting responsibilities - development potentials
• Increased responsibility - increased opportunities
• Lack of autonomy - security of aims and objectives
• People/staff/relationships - shared responsibilities
• Funding demands - funding opportunities

• How do you tackle these things?
• plan, plan and plan (even if it is only in your head)
• Be flexible - be a focused specialist
• Be prepared to take risks and work hard
• Value training and participate in it
• Be aware of your strengths
• Be aware of those things that may not be strengths
• Don’t listen to me I know bugger all