Colin Dunne

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Colin Dunne
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Alma materWarwick University
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Known forRiverdance (1995–1998)
Dancing on Dangerous Ground (1999–2000)
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Colin Dunne (born 1968[1]) is an English and Irish[2] dancer and choreographer, best known for being a principal lead dancer in Riverdance in the 1990s. A leading figure in the world of traditional Irish dance, Dunne performed with Riverdance between 1995 and 1998 before starting his own production, Dancing on Dangerous Ground. He transitioned to contemporary dance in the 2000s, with his first solo show, Out of Time, premiering in 2008.

Early life

Dunne was born in Birmingham, England, to Irish parents[3][4] from Monaghan and Wexford.[5] He followed his two older sisters to Irish dance class at the local school when he was just three years old.[5] At the age of nine, he won his first World Championship title and was the first dancer to win the World, All England and All Ireland titles in the same year. At the age of 19, he was the youngest person ever to receive an Irish Post Award in recognition of his achievements in Irish dance. When he retired from competition at the age of 22, he had won a total of nine World, eleven Great Britain, nine All Ireland and eight All England titles.[6]

Dunne graduated from Warwick University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics before going on to work as a trainee accountant at the Birmingham offices of Arthur Andersen. At the same time, he had gained his dance teachers exam (T.C.RG) and was teaching in England, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. He resigned from Arthur Andersen on the day he became a qualified chartered accountant to go on a month long tour of Canada with The Chieftains.[1][7]

Irish dance career

Between 1992 and 1995, Dunne toured regularly with musical groups The Chieftains and De Dannan. During this time, he formed a dance partnership with Jean Butler.[1]

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"I did over 900 performances. I left Riverdance because when you perform something 900 times in front of 3,000 or 4,000 people every night, I think a little piece of you dies off with every performance."

— Colin Dunne, September 2013[8]

Dunne joined the cast and creative team of Riverdance in October 1995. He was originally invited to choreograph and perform a new number called Trading Taps. However, the day before the show was set to reopen at The Apollo in London, lead dancer and choreographer Michael Flatley left the production. Dunne subsequently stepped into the principal role on short notice. He toured with the show for the next three years, performing in its U.S. debuts in New York at Radio City Music Hall and in Los Angeles at the Pantages Theatre, as well as in Australia. His performances were featured in the Riverdance: Live From New York City DVD released in 1996.[1] He also performed with the cast at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards.[9] Dunne left the show in June 1998,[1] after more than 900 performances.[8]

Dunne's next project, Dancing on Dangerous Ground,[10] was created alongside Jean Butler and was based on the myth of Diarmuid Agus Grainne. The show premiered at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London in December 1999 and went on to perform to full capacity at Radio City Music Hall in March 2000. The show closed in June 2000.[1]

Contemporary dance career

After an eighteen-month period living in New York, Dunne returned to Ireland in 2001 to take a position as artist-in-residence at the University of Limerick. That year, he took the Masters in Contemporary Dance Performance and began focusing on the creation of short solo works. After finishing his master's degree in 2002, Dunne sought collaborations with contemporary choreographers in parallel with his own solo creative work. In 2005, he joined Michael Keegan-Dolan's Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre for their production, The Bull. His performances in The Bull at The Barbican in 2007 earned him a nomination for a UK Critics Circle National Dance Awards (best male: modern dance).[1]

In January 2008, Dunne's first full-length solo show, Out of Time,[11] premiered at Glór Irish Music Centre.[1] The show displayed a love-hate relationship with the dance that made him famous.[12] As of May 2016, his show was still touring the United States.[13]

In September 2016, Dunne's new collaborative show, Edges of Light, began touring Ireland.[14] The show premiered in New York in June 2017[15] and continued to tour as of July 2018.[5]

In 2018, Dunne won a TG4 Gradam Ceoil award for Musical Collaboration as part of the production Concert.[5][16]

Personal life

As of November 2019, Dunne was living in Limerick, Ireland.[17]

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  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Colin Dunne Is in an "Intense Relationship with Dance"". dancemagazine.com. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Colin Dunne". CelticCafe.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Colin Dunne at International Dance Festival Birmingham". BBC News. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McMillen, Robert (15 June 2018). "Colin Dunne: The source of Irish dancing is the musicality and the physicality of it". IrishNews.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Colin Dunne presents the provocative moving memoir Out of Time at the NAC on October 27 to 29, 2011". nac-cna.ca. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Biography". ColinDunne.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  8. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mayr, Bill (26 September 2013). "Colin Dunne leaves behind rigors of Riverdance in solo show". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Viagas, Robert (26 February 1997). "Riverdance Wins Grammy in Upset". PlayBill.com. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kisselgoff, Anna (10 March 2000). "DANCE REVIEW; A Celtic Legend Told Through Feats of Footwork". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.La Rocco, Claudia (14 October 2011). "Untraditional, but Still an Irish Tradition". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mackrell, Judith (20 February 2009). "Dance review: Out of Time". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Morgan, Carmel (20 May 2016). "Colin Dunne: Out of Time". criticaldance.org. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Morgan, Carmel (14 September 2016). "David Power, Maeve Gilchrist, Tola Custy, Colin Dunne in 'Edges of Light'". lastnightsfun.wordpress.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Burke, Siobhan (25 May 2017). "Dance in NYC This Week". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sinéad Rushe's 'Concert' Receives the Gradam Comharcheoil TG4 2018 Award". cssd.ac.uk. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Harss, Marina (8 November 2019). "'Riverdance' Was Years Ago. Colin Dunne Makes Quiet Music Now". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

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