Fearghus Ó Conchúir
Choreographer & Dance Artist
Fearghus Ó Conchúir is a choreographer and dance artist. Frequently collaborating with experts from across and beyond the arts, he has made film and live performances as frameworks for audiences and artists to build communities together. He’s currently co-leading a project with Micro Rainbow International that he initiated as part of The Casement Project (2016) to support LGBT refugees and asylum seekers through creative movement workshops. From 2018-2020, he was Artistic Director of National Dance Company Wales. He is Deputy Chair of the Arts Council of Ireland. Fearghus is a founding Associate Artist at Project Arts Centre and gained his PhD at the Geography Department in NUI Maynooth with the support of an IRC Employment-based Scholarship. www.fearghus.net
Photo: Kirsten McTernan