Erica Borges's profile
Name: Erica Borges
Organisation:
Dublin Arts Office (as part of the Artist Panel) Laois Arts Office Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise (directing Laois Youth Dance Ensemble) Laois Dance Academy
Region: Laois
Website: http://www.andamhsa.com
Member since:08-15-2013
Last online:2013-10-14
Background
Graduate Diploma in Dance with honours, University of Limerick Certificate in Dance/Drama, Inchicore College Dublin Certificate in Community Dance, Laban Guild
Professional Organisation
Dublin Arts Office (as part of the Artist Panel) Laois Arts Office Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise (directing Laois Youth Dance Ensemble) Laois Dance Academy
.Professional Statement
Dance has always being part of me for dance is about connecting to self and a powerful means to express, celebrate, and transform human experience. My work has been influenced by my roots in Brazil and own experiences. I am a natural expresser of the within and my vocabulary emerges from training, working with other professional bodies, from dancing and choreographing for wide-ranging ages and levels of experience. Throughout my creative process I always seek to be honest about the artist that I am, avoiding to become somebody else that it is not part of me. As an Irish-based dance Artist I like to engage my cultural background to what is current, aiming to create spaces where the body may tell its own story. I believe dance encourages us to stay rooted in our bodies as we act, decide, and participate in the world, so my art transpires from the personal. I offer classes in Movement/Drama, Contemporary and Creative dance based on certain approaches and techniques (such as ballet, modern dance, somatic and Laban) with a main emphasis on the dancers own creativity.
