The 2024 Spring Gala of UCC Confucius Institute is just around the corner!

We have  choreographed a New Dragon Dance for this event This year, we are also delighted to welcome the professional performance team from Inner Mongolia Cultural Tourism Investment Group. The gala features not only splendid programs but also a lineup of talented performers, promising to present an audiovisual feast for all.

Hurry up and click the link below or scan the QR code to grab your tickets, as the gala offers free admission for a limited time! Don't forget to enter the discount code: DRAGON2024 when purchasing.

Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, is one of the most important and widely celebrated festivals in Chinese culture. It marks the beginning of the lunar new year and is a time for family reunions, cultural festivities, and the welcoming of a new year with hope and optimism.

Bhavana Anand @ The Joan Denise Moriarty School of Dance Cork

Bhavana Anand has just moved to Cork with her husband. She is a professional Indian Classical dancer who has performed in over 1850 shows in over 15 years.

She has a Masters Degree in Indian Tradional Dance Bharatanatyam and a senior degree in Kuchipudi another Indian classical dance form. She was a classical dance teacher in the renowned Rashtrothana Vidya Kendra school . She also had her own dance school. We welcome Bhavana to our school where she will teach performance dance for Diwali.

It will be amazing experience for the girls to learn from Bhavana.

❤ She will also be starting Indian dance classes in the studio.

A total of 30 students from our school were greeted with applause after opening the second act of Fossetts circus in Blackpool. It was the girls dream to perform at the circus and they said their life was complete after performing, there was great excitement and the girls worked so hard to perfect the rountine.

A year of planning went into the trip of a lifetime to San Francisco. We had 41 students along with their families who soaked up the California sunshine and showers while exploring the city. We were proud to take part in the parade on 11th of March and everyone was delighted with our prize-winning performance. We also got to visit the Irish Centre to enjoy their celebrations.

Returning to Cork we were joined by another 80 students and we danced our way through our beautiful city.

We had our final rehearsal for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. We are delighted to have over 120 fabulous students taking part in the Cork city Parade and 41 students also travelling to dance in the San Francisco parade too

Cork Community Art Link organise the most spectacular annual street parade in Cork on Halloween night.

Every year we take part in this fantastic parade which is a celebration and a creative partnership between artists and communities.

It is more than a parade or a festival, it's a community project that has involved thousands of participants over many years, including many community groups, bringing thousands of spectators onto the streets of Cork.

The Joan Denise Moriarty School of Dance have been involved with Dragon of Shandon for many years. This is a unique collaborative artistic experience involving choreographers, costume designers, makeup artists and performers.