Look back at our 2023 Edition launch at The Dean!

DDF 2023 Edition Launch at The Dean, 7 March

Photos by Mark Stedman

Muireann Kyeyune, Brand Manager, Castle Hotel

Natalie Hans & Louise McGrath

The DDF 2023 Edition team!

Mary Yeo, Grace Kelly, Jazmin Chiodi, Catherine Lazar, Ruth Riordan, Louise McGrath

Luke Murphy, Bailey Nelson & Benjamin Perchet (Artistic Director/CEO of Carlow Arts Festival)

Gavin Quinn (Pan Pan) & choreographer Justine Doswell

Jazmin Chiodi and Lisa McLoughlin (Head of Dance at the Arts Council)

Louise Costelloe & Sheila Creevey, Dance Ireland

Choreographer Emma Martin & Anne Maher, Director of Ballet Ireland

Patricio Cassinoni and Jazmin Chiodi

Muireann Kyeyune, Brand Manager, Castle Hote

Choreographer & DDF Artist in Residence, Luke Murphy with Jazmin Chiodi and Cian O'Brien (Artistic Director of Project Arts Centre)

Inna Mazurenko (DDF Volunteers Manager) & Khanyi Mbukwane (DDF Communications Executive)

Moyra D’Arcy (Executive Director, Liz Roche Company), Carina McGrail (Executive Director, DDF) and Eve Lalor (General Manager, Dublin Theatre Festival)

Aideen Howard, Director of The Ark with Jazmin Chiodi

Mark O'Brien (Executive Director, Abbey Theatre) and Jen Coppinger (Head of Producing, Abbey Theatre) with Jazmin Chiodi and Anna Walsh

Brian Brady (former DDF Chairperson), Minister Martin & Jazmin Chiodi

Jazmin Chiodi, Minister Martin, Ambassador Wilkinson and Bevin Cody (Corporate Reputation Manager, ESB)

Carina McGrail (Executive Director of Dublin Dance Festival), Jazmin Chiodi (Artistic Director of Dublin Dance Festival)

Lisa McLoughlin (Head of Dance at the Arts Council)

Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

Jazmin Chiodi, Artistic Director of Dublin Dance Festival

Jazmin Chiodi (Artistic Director of Dublin Dance Festival), Catherine Martin (Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media), Sandra Moira Wilkinson (Ambassador of the Argentine Republic), Lisa McLoughlin (Head of Dance at the Arts Council)

Ceara Shaw & Jazmin Chiodi

We would like to extend our special thanks to Catherine Martin T.D., Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for officially launching the Edition.

We would also like to thank Lisa McLoughlin, Head of Dance at The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and our Chairperson Anna Walsh, Director of Theatre Forum, for their eloquent and heartfelt words at the event.

We are grateful to all those who joined us. We can't wait to reunite with our DDF community again during the Festival!