We are active year round with residencies, screenings and artist and audience development initiatives.
Residencies
DDF Artist in Residence (2023 – 2025)
Luke Murphy
Navigate International Residency 2025 – 2026
DDF Artist in Residence (2020 – 2022)
Oona Doherty
Navigate International Residency 2024
Dublin Dance Festival & Maison de la Danse/La Biennale de Lyon
Commissions
MOVE Commission
The Ark, Dublin Dance Festival and Arts & Disability Ireland
Moving Futures
ESB Brighter Future Arts Fund in partnership with Business to Arts
Past Events – 21st Edition
Interspaces
Workshops and discussions
Originate 2025
Artist Pass 2025
Visiting Artist Programme 2025
Navigate International Residency 2025 – 2026
Dec 2025 — Jan 2026
DDF Digital 2025 – Screening: In Conversation with Qudus Onikeku
hosted by Tobi Omoteso
Nov 2025 — Jan 2026
DDF Digital 2025 – Screening: In Conversation with Boris Charmatz
hosted by Mary Nunan
Nov 2025 — Jan 2026
DDF Digital 2025 – Screening: In Conversation with Oona Doherty
hosted by Dr Aoife McGrath
Past Initiatives
Bounce Club Night
That's Life
Mon 14 Feb 2022
Bounce – Valentine's Day Special
That's Life
Dance Think Tank
Studio Sessions
Apr 2021 — May 2021
… As If Trying Not To Own The Earth
Instant Dissidence
The Missy Elliott Project
Selina Thompson Ltd
Thu 25 Apr 2024
Fundraiser Screening: Floating on a Dead Sea (The Documentary)
Catherine Young
DDF Digital Archive
Nov 2024 — Dec 2024
Sleeping Beauty
Lyon Opera Ballet
Nov 2024 — Dec 2024
Via Injabulo
Via Katlehong | Marco da Silva Ferreira | Amala Dianor
Nov 2023 — Dec 2023
Umwelt, Through the Looking Glass (de l'autre côté des miroirs)
Compagnie Maguy Marin
Nov 2023 — Dec 2023
Gravel (re)Works
Frédérick Gravel / Jean-Christophe Yacono (Yako)
Nov 2023 — Dec 2023
Volcano – Episodes 1 & 2
Luke Murphy’s Attic Projects
Nov 2023 — Dec 2023
Volcano – Episodes 3 & 4
Luke Murphy’s Attic Projects
Nov 2022 — Nov 2022
Franchir La Nuit
Rachid Ouramdane
Nov 2022 — Nov 2022
Hunter
Oona Doherty & Luca Truffarelli
Nov 2022 — Nov 2022
Mitten
Olivia Rochette and Gerard-Jan Claes
Nov 2022 — Nov 2022
Baby Don't Hurt Me
Nederlands Dans Theater
Dec 2025 — Jan 2026
DDF Digital 2025 – Screening: In Conversation with Qudus Onikeku
hosted by Tobi Omoteso
Nov 2025 — Jan 2026
DDF Digital 2025 – Screening: In Conversation with Boris Charmatz
hosted by Mary Nunan
Nov 2025 — Jan 2026
DDF Digital 2025 – Screening: In Conversation with Oona Doherty
hosted by Dr Aoife McGrath
A Year of Reflection
Past Events: 2021
Dancing With Eco Farmers
Instant Dissidence
Apr 2021 — May 2021
… As If Trying Not To Own The Earth
Instant Dissidence
10—24 Jul 2021
Breakin' Out Of Lockdown
Tobi Omoteso
Past Events: 2020
Mar 2020 — May 2020
Creative Audiences - Liz Roche Company
Talking Dance
WiseMotion
Dr Hanna Poikonen
Modes of Capture Symposium
Dance transmission across distance and time
Dance Think Tank
Studio Sessions
Bounce Club Night
That's Life
Past Events: 2019 Edition
Jun 2019 — Jun 2019
The Missy Elliott Project
Selina Thompson Ltd
Sat 04 May 2019
Street Dance Workshops
Top 8
Sat 04 May 2019
Red Bull Street Dance Workshop
Red Bull Dance Connect
Rosas Master Class: Drumming
Ursula Robb
Sat 11 May 2019
Children's Workshop
Company Wang Ramirez
11—18 May 2019
First Looks
Lucia Kickham | Deirdre Griffin with Craig Cox | David Bolger
Here Be Dragons
United Fall / Emma Martin
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
Dance on Film
Modes of Capture Symposium: An Introduction
Talking Dance
A Selection of Shorts
Dance on Film
DRAFF
Cube Takeover
Sound Stage: New Music
DRAFF x ddr
Dēmos
Liz Roche Company
May 2019 — May 2019
Fast Track
Talking Dance
