Graham dance company
ITW’s advanced Senior Dance Company seeks members with a great passion for dance who are committed to attending weekly rehearsals and classes. ITW Dance Companies travel to Dance Competitions and perform at Festivals throughout the year.
Graham dance company
(Young adults and Seniors)
The ITW Graham Dance Team is exclusively for ITW students. It is now split into two teams. The Company and The Elite Team. The Elite Dance Team prepares students who are keen to explore dance on a more serious note preparing them for college and pre-professional dance work, while The Company are focused on one specific style. The ITW Dance Teams perform at local and international dance competitions and festivals including but not limited to the 5,6,7,8 Elite Dance Competition Belfast (multi-award winning), VAD Productions UK, Twilight, as well as on the main stage at PERFORM Ireland and Dance Platform in The Helix. Last year we took part in Take us 2 the Magic in Disneyland Paris in March 2024
GRAHAM Company and The Elite Team rehearse on Wednesday evenings at 7-8pm in ITW Clonskeagh during term time. The Elite Team also rehearse on Wednesdays from 5pm - 6pm.
In order to be eligible for Dance Company students must be taking their dance seriously and attend the class in their chosen style. For Elite team they must be in two additional dance classes and recreational gymnastic class once a week. Both Company and Elite must attend their additional dance classes at ITW Dance Studio classes available to Seniors include Ballet, Lyrical Contemporary, Jazz and Hip Hop.
We recommend all potential Company Members do the Dance Intensives during the Summer.
What to wear: Graham Company wear the Graham Leotard with black leggings and nude canvas jazz shoes. Hair tied up in a ponytail. ITW Dancewear can be ordered online in our ITW SHOP and will be delivered to ITW Studios for collection at class. Elite uniforms will be sent out at a later date.
Cost of the ITW Dance Company is €25 per week with Elite being €35 per week. The Graham fee does not include costumes or competition entry fees.
ENTRY TO THE ITW DANCE TEAMS ARE BY AUDITION ONLY - Please email dance@itwstudios.ie to register your interest.
Click the photo to see them dance in Dance Platform at the RDS in their number choreographed by Lizzy Benham
Membership is open to dancers with enrolment of any other two ITW Dance classes. ITW’s Dance Company seeks members with a great passion for dance who are committed to attending weekly rehearsals and classes.
ITW Dance Companies travel to Dance Competitions and perform at Festivals throughout the year.
Khan Dance Company
ITW’s KHAN Dance Company seeks members 10-13 yrs of age with a great passion for dance who are committed to attending weekly rehearsals and classes. KHAN is one of three ITW Dance Companies who travel to Dance Competitions and perform at Festivals throughout the year.
Khan DANCE COMPANY
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ITW Dance Companies at Perform Ireland 2022 with their Hunger Games inspired piece choreographed by Jordan Brown
The ITW Kahn Dance Company is exclusively for ITW students. It is now split into two teams. The Company and The Elite Team. The Elite Dance Team prepares students who are keen to explore dance on a more serious note preparing them for college and pre-professional dance work, while The Company are focused on one specific style. The ITW Dance Teams perform at local and international dance competitions and festivals including but not limited to the 5,6,7,8 Elite Dance Competition Belfast (multi-award winning), VAD Productions UK, Twilight, as well as on the main stage at PERFORM Ireland and Dance Platform in The Helix. We had a wonderful time performing at Take Us 2 The Magic in Disneyland Paris 2024.
The Elite Team rehearse two hours a week; on Wednesday nights with the Dance Company at 5 - 6pm and then just The Elite Team on Wednesday evening at 6 - 7pm in ITW Clonskeagh during term time.
In order to be eligible for Dance Company students must be taking their dance seriously and attend the class in their chosen style. For Elite team they must be in a minimum of two additional dance classes per week. Both Company and Elite must attend their additional dance classes at ITW Dance Studio classes available to Seniors include Ballet, Lyrical Contemporary, Jazz and Hip Hop.
We recommend all potential Company Members do the Dance Intensives during the Summer along with the Dance Company Training Week in August to prepare for the Auditions which take place in May and August each year.
What to wear: Khan Company wear the Khan Leotard with black leggings and Tan canvas Jazz shoes. Hair tied up on a ponytail. ITW Dancewear can be ordered online in our ITW SHOP and will be delivered to ITW Studios for collection at class. The Elite Team will have a separate uniform.
Cost of the ITW Dance Company is €35 per week for the Elite Team and €25 a week for the Company Teams. The fee does not include costumes, privates or competition entry fees.
Performing at Disneyland Paris in 2024
Membership is open to dancers with enrolment of any other two ITW Dance classes. ITW’s Dance Company seeks members with a great passion for dance who are committed to attending weekly rehearsals and classes.
ITW Dance Companies travel to Dance Competitions and perform at Festivals throughout the year.
Senior Musical Theatre COMPANY
Our Senior Musical Theatre Company is open to ITW students in 3rd through 6th year. Book your place today to be sure of your role in this years Musical - watch this space for this years production!
Our elite performance company for 3rd - 6th year students
Rehearsals every Sunday 4pm - 6pm at ITW Clonskeagh
Join Our Elite Senior Musical Theatre Program for the 2025/26 season.
Our Senior Musical Theatre Company is where our most dedicated students put their ITW Dance and Drama training to the ultimate test: rehearsing and performing a full scale musical.
For the 2025/26 season, we are thrilled to announce that we’ll be performing the Pulitzer Award winning musical A Chorus Line.
In arrangement with Concord Theatricals, A Chorus Line’s story of a group of dedicated performers intensive audition process for the ensemble of a new broadway show, will be performed in our studio space in March 2026. With our second show, an original musical review and competition, set to be performed in May 2026.
We’re excited to use this opportunity to push our students to hone their performance skills, to work together as a company, and most importantly to put on a fantastic show. We hope to see you in rehearsals!
Our SMT Company Team
Joshua Brown - Director
Jordan Brown - Choreographer
Andrew Dawson - Musical Director
Class Requirements
Membership of weekly Dance and Creative Drama classes in ITW is essential for all students who wish to take Musical Theatre.
SMT requires a high level of commitment.
Additional rehearsals may be called as we approach the show date.
Students in the Senior Musical Theatre Company are expected to research their shows, characters, and composers, and to treat the rehearsal process professionally.
- ITW Members €220 per term -
Make sure you select Senior Musical Theatre when booking in for September
ITW Shakespeare Company
Our ITW Shakespeare Company have been awarded Gold School Status having taken part in The Shakespeare School Festivals for over 10 years. We have performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Twelfth Night and Romeo & Juliet in recent years and we are delighted to have been selected again to participate in the Schools Shakespeare Festival 2023 - this time invited to perform in London.
ITW Shakespeare Company
“Strong, energetic and dynamic – an accomplished and original production” –Schools Shakespeare Festival on our Romeo & Juliet - read the full appraisal report HERE
Our ITW Shakespeare Company have performed The Winters Tale, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo & Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing and The Comedy of Errors in recent years and a non traditional production of A Midsummer Nights Dream via ZOOM in 2020. We also brought our Company to Shakespeare's Globe in London to see Much Ado About Nothing and The Comedy of Errors live on stage and to perform Merchant of Venice in Birmingham Old Rep with 2 days in Stratford doing workshops with the RSC and visiting Shakespeares Birthplace and School!
Our past cast members have also won awards for Shakespeare in many competitions including the SDToI Festival and Feis Maitiu. Our Grads have gone on to train professionally at top colleges including The LIR and RADA, and to perform professionally in Theatre, Film and Television too!
“This was a meaningful and sensitive Merchant of Venice from a mature, committed company!” – Schools Shakespeare Festival November 2022
"We are Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on........"
Students love the language of Shakespeare
Musicality, movement and imagination skills are developed
Teamwork is key - every child is fully involved
Junior Cert Shakespeare is demystified
A deep appreciation for Shakespeare is fostered
Strong friendships are forged through common experience
Our Shakespeare Company starts with a workshop on the 31st of August and continues then up until our performances on November 9th.
We will work together every week starting at the very beginning, de-mystifying Shakespeare up on our feet learning the nuts and bolts of Shakespeare’s work and language and culminating in performances live on stage in front of an audience of friends and family!
We are so proud of our Shakespeare Company 2020/21 who performed A Midsummer Nights Dream on ZOOM - rehearsed in the main outside and on ZOOM during September, October and November and recorded on ZOOM in November.
A high level of commitment is required and the rewards are huge!
Intensive rehearsals every Sunday from 12 to 2pm September to November.
A performance at The Sean O’Casey Theatre as part of our ITW Shakespeare Festival in mid November
A Day trip to London on October 21st to see a performance of The Twelfth Night in The Globe Theatre, Southbank
An acting workshop with an Actor from The Globe
A Tour of The Globe Theatre London
The cost is €210 to participate in the home performance (Sept-Nov inc all workshops and rehearsals ) plus costs if you want to do the UK part too; flights, Tickets, Workshops etc approx €150 -will get best deals possible).
We encourage the parents to get on board to organise some fundraising activities (karaoke night/sponsored dramathon) to help pay for the costs in London and transport, costumes, props and so on. This is a collaborative project that everyone is expected to get involved with and support.
ITW Shakespeare Company is for ITW Members only. (You must be taking 2 or more classes per week including a Drama class)
ITW recitals
ITW Recitals take place twice a year. Our singing and speech and drama students perform the pieces the pieces they have been working on in our recitals at our inhouse recitals at Christmas and May.
ITW Recitals take place twice a year. At Christmas our Singing and Speech & Drama students perform the pieces they have been working on in class and for our Speech Students it will be their Exam pieces. Each showcase features approximately 25 students and takes place in ITW Studios, Clonskeagh or in the Dorset Room in ITW Drumcondra. Sometimes we hire a theatre for recitals - past performances have taken place in Smock Alley Theatre, The Sean O’Casey and The Mill Theatre.
Depending on the timing of the exams, quite often our Singing and our Speech & Drama exams will have been completed and the children are presented with any certificates and awards they may have achieved. This is a lovely opportunity to see the children's development from performance night to performance night and to see the range of ages perform.
This year we had our recitals online via ZOOM - here is a little montage of excerpts from Georgia’s Christmas Recital. These students had all their classes for the last year on ZOOM and completed 2 Leinster School of Music and Drama Exam grades via ZOOM achieving excellent results including several Excellence Awards Nominations.
