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Ireland's National Dance Company x COLLINS

In partnership with The Luail, Ireland's National Dance Company, COLLINS created the Stepping Stone Scholarship at the University of Limerick to support emerging choreographers who expand dance beyond traditional boundaries, creating new visual vocabularies that influence how we understand space, rhythm, and human expression.

The Luail represents Ireland's commitment to dance as a living art form that honors tradition while embracing innovation. As the national company, they balance preservation of Irish movement heritage with bold explorations of contemporary expression. Their artists investigate how bodies in space can reveal truths that words cannot access.

The Stepping Stone Scholarship provided emerging choreographers with funding, mentorship, and performance opportunities during the critical early years when artistic vision takes shape. Recipients worked with The Luail's artistic directors to develop pieces that challenged audiences' expectations while honoring dance's capacity for profound communication.

This scholarship represented COLLINS' commitment to nurturing artistic disciplines that expand the boundaries of human expression and communication.