| An integrated dance strategy 2010-2012 (PDF, 0.08 MB)
| This paper outlines how the Arts Council intends to build on its review of Partnership for the Arts concluded in June 2008, and offers a more developed and integrated overview of how the Council envisages dance provision in the future. The document aims to capitalise on the existing framework while proposing new strategic priorities that specifically address mid-term developments in dance. | 2010 | 11 |
| Step Up: A programme for pre-professional contemporary dance In Ireland (PDF, 1.51 MB)
| Co-commissioned by the Arts Council and the University of Limerick in 2010, Step Up: A programme for pre-professional contemporary dance in Ireland provides a comprehensive review of the existing dance educational landscape in Ireland. It also carries out a review of existing international models that could be used to create a structured environment for the professional development of Irish students and to increase the interaction between dancers trained abroad and the Irish dance sector. | 2010 | 79 |
| Developing the Arts in Ireland: Arts Council strategic overview 2011-2013 (PDF, 0.22 MB)
| This document outlines the Arts Council's strategic direction over the three-year period 2011-2013. We describe our values and remit from Government and provide an overview of the Arts Council's approach to supporting the arts. | 2010 | 14 |
| Giving body to dance (DOC, 0.11 MB)
| This is a summary report of the review of building-based infrastructures for dance in Ireland. The document contains findings which relate to the quality of spaces that are currently available to professional dance practitioners countrywide. | 2009 | 18 |
| Touring policy 2010 to 2015 (, )
| The Arts Council has adopted a new policy for touring, to be delivered over the six year period 2010-2015. | 2009 | 2 |
| Towards a strategy of support for professional ballet in Ireland - Summary Report (PDF, 1.78 MB)
| This document summarises key findings, conclusions and recommendations arising from a review of professional ballet in Ireland. The review was commissioned by the Arts Council in May 2006. Derek Purnell, dance consultant and former chief executive of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, undertook the review. | 2006 | 20 |
| Partnership for the Arts in practice 2006-2008/Comhpháirtíocht ar son na nEalaíon cleachtais 2006-2008 (PDF, 0.31 MB)
| | 2005 | 100 |
| A professional dance curriculum for Ireland (PDF, 0.12 MB)
| This report focuses on specialist vocational training needs of aspirant dancers in Ireland between the ages of 12 and 18. It highlights the need for government to assume responsibility for the provision of an adequate training for a career in dance, and includes a comparative survey of provision for vocational dance education in twelve European countries. | 2004 | 48 |
| Shall we dance? (PDF, 1.24 MB)
| This report appraises the current provision and standard of vocational dance education and training available to young people seeking to enter the profession. It aims to identify potential systems of funding and full-time training to further the development of vocational dance in Ireland. | 1998 | 73 |
| The performing arts and the public purse - summary report | An economic analysis | 1987 | N/A |
| The performing arts and the public purse (PDF, 0.51 MB)
| An economic analysis | 1987 | 88 |
| The dancer and the dance: developing theatre dance in Ireland (PDF, 0.32 MB)
| | 1985 | 80 |