Dublin born Judith Sibley is one of Ireland’s most prestigious ballet artists. She studied at the acclaimed Elmhurst Ballet School and the Ballet Rambert School. London. She has performed with Vienna Festival Ballet, Rubato Ballet, New Balance Dance Company, Ballet Ireland, Spirit of the Dance, Phantom of the Opera in both Belgium and Germany, Cork City Ballet, Irish National Youth Ballet, Youth Ballet West, The Great Waltz and CoisCeim (for the Ryder Cup.) Judith has toured internationally, performing principal and soloist roles in all the major classical ballets including Swan Lake, Giselle, La Bayadere, Cinderella, Coppelia and the Nutcracker.
She has choreographed for Cork City Ballet, Baboro, Macnas, Cuirt Festival and Catastrophe Theatre Company. Her work has been invited to the Galway Arts Festival, the Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin Absolute Fringe Festival, Flights of Fancy Festival, Galway Dance Days, Dingle and Sonas Arts Festivals.
Judith was Artistic Director of Chrysalis Dance, and has choreographed Strings, Wishes and Waves, LOVE and other disguises, Soul/s, Ways You Wander, Connect For, Scatenato, Thought Once Was, and These Moments for the company.
Having gained the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Professional Dancers Teaching Diploma with distinction, Judith became the principal of the Shannon Dance Academy (SDA), Athlone.
She has tutored internationally for the RAD, and has taught ballet as far afield as Singapore and Italy. She spent six years as Chairperson of the RAD Regional Advisory Committee in Ireland and is was a director of Irish Ballet Forum.
She has been Artistic Director of Youth Ballet West since its foundation in 2007, and has played a key role in training their young Dancers and creating new and innovative choreographic work for the company, most recently Connections and White Noise.
Biography
Dublin born Judith Sibley is one of Ireland’s most prestigious ballet artists. She studied at the acclaimed Elmhurst Ballet School and the Ballet Rambert School. London.
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