Liz Roche
{{short description|Irish choreographer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| caption = Roche in 2022
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1975}}
| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
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| nationality =Irish
| alma_mater = London Contemporary Dance School
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| elected = Aosdána (2020)
| known_for = choreography
| notable_works = If I Fall
Alternately Terrific and Gentle{{Cite journal|url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2020/1123/1179913-alternately-terrific-gentle-liz-roche-on-dancing-long-distance/|title=Alternately Terrific & Gentle: Liz Roche on dancing long-distance|date=December 4, 2020|via=www.rte.ie}}
Dēmos
Embodied
Bastard Amber{{Cite web|url=https://www.solasnua.org/events/we-are-makers-episode-two-liz-roche-listen|title=We Are The Makers: Episode Two - Liz Roche [Listen ▷] | Solas Nua|website=www.solasnua.org}}
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| movement = contemporary dance
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| website = {{URL|lizrochecompany.com}}
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Liz Roche (born 1975){{Cite web|url=https://www.firkincrane.ie/events/masterclass-liz-roche/|title = Masterclass with Liz Roche}} is an Irish choreographer, working in contemporary dance.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zsS_BwAAQBAJ&dq=%22liz+Roche%22++&pg=PT5|title=Multiplicity, Embodiment and the Contemporary Dancer: Moving Identities|first=J.|last=Roche|date=March 22, 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781137429858|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dublindancefestival.ie/events/festival/dēmos|title=Dēmos by Liz Roche Company & Crash Ensemble|first=Dublin Dance|last=Festival|website=Dublin Dance Festival}} She is a member of Aosdána, an elite Irish association of artists.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmc.ie/events/2019/may/liz-roche-company-dublin-dance-festival-featuring-music-composed-david-coonan|title=Liz Roche Company at Dublin Dance Festival featuring music composed by David Coonan|date=April 29, 2019|website=Contemporary Music Centre}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MRVBDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22liz+Roche%22++&pg=PR11|title=Dance Matters in Ireland: Contemporary Dance Performance and Practice|first1=Aoife|last1=McGrath|first2=Emma|last2=Meehan|date=November 29, 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783319667393|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6J38DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22liz+Roche%22+dance&pg=PT120|title=That Was Us: Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance|first1=Fintan|last1=Walsh|first2=Willie|last2=White|date=October 4, 2013|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781783195343|via=Google Books}}
Early life
Career
Roche studied at the Irish National College of Dance and London Contemporary Dance School;{{Cite web|url=https://www.creativeireland.gov.ie/en/blog/liz-roche-creating-a-movement-for-contemporary-dance/|title=Liz Roche: Creating a Movement for Contemporary Dance|website=Creative Ireland Programme}} she left school at 15 to pursue dance as a career.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2018/0501/959499-wrongheaded-choreographer-liz-roche-on-her-new-show/|title=WRoNGHEADED - choreographer Liz Roche on her new show|date=May 1, 2018|via=www.rte.ie}} As a dancer, she appeared in David Bolger's Ballads (1997).{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XOO_rlSlqQC&dq=%22liz+Roche%22++&pg=PA194|title=Dance Theatre in Ireland: Revolutionary Moves|first=A.|last=McGrath|date=December 3, 2012|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781137035486|via=Google Books}}
Roche founded Rex Levitates Dance Company with her sister Jenny in 1999; it was in 2012 renamed Liz Roche Company.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rexlevitates.com/about|title=About the Company|website=lizrochecompany}} In 2009–12 she was choreographer-in-residence at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick.
She works in contemporary dance and video installation art.{{Cite web|url=https://www.westcorkartscentre.com/uillinn-dance-season-2021-liz-roche-dance-company|title=West Cork Arts Centre - Uillinn Dance Season 2021 - DĒMOS by Liz Roche Company|website=www.westcorkartscentre.com}} Awards won by Liz Roche include the Peter Darrell Choreographic Award, Bonnie Bird UK New Choreography Award and the Dublin Fringe Festival's Jane Snow Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dublindancefestival.ie/news/article/two-dance-artists-elected-as-members-of-aosdána|title=Two dance artists elected as members of Aosdána|first=Dublin Dance|last=Festival|website=Dublin Dance Festival}} She has also worked with opera productions.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rvuhDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22liz+Roche%22+dance&pg=PT205|title=Anna Karenina|first=Marina|last=Carr|date=January 5, 2017|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=9780571337200|via=Google Books}}
In 2020 Roche was elected to Aosdána.{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/twelve-artists-elected-to-aosd%C3%A1na-1.4380180|title=Twelve artists elected to Aosdána|first=Patsy|last=McGarry|newspaper=The Irish Times}}
References
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External links
- {{Official site|lizrochecompany.com}}
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Category:Irish women choreographers
Category:Dancers from Dublin (city)