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Schedule of Classes (January 2025)

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PERFORM 2025

PERFORM 2025

Street Arts Performance Project

A collaboration with SPRAOI Arts Festival 2025

APPLY HERE

Closing date for applications: 31 May 2025

All participants must have completed a CREATE project.

Phase 1: Show Concept Research & Development.
Location: Taking Flight studios.
When: June 13 to 27 July. Fridays (6:30pm to 9:30pm) and Sundays (10am to 1pm).

Phase 2: SPRAOI Arts Festival 2025.
Location: Waterford city
When: August 1 to 3 (travel down on the Friday, perform on the Saturday and Sunday).
Other: accommodation, meals and per diems provided.

DIRECTOR

Theaker Von Ziarno Theaker is a trailblazing aerial artist, festival director, and arts leader, known for her innovative work across performance, sculpture, and community arts. Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, she studied Fine Art at Griffith University and the University of Western Australia, focusing on sculpture, installation, and performance.

She has significantly shaped regional arts in Australia, serving as Artistic Director for major events like Blues for the Bush. She founded Creality Arts (formerly Gascoyne in May), producing a six-week festival circuit across remote Western Australia.

Project funded by @artscouncilireland

PERFORM 2025

CREATE 2025 SHOWCASE

CREATE 2025 SHOWCASE

9 Artists have spent 3 months exploring and researching a variety of themes and concepts and now they're ready to show you some of their findings. Join us at the Taking Flight studio and bear witness to their work and their generosity.

Artists: Darrell Elliott, Em Murphy, Erin Russ, Giulia Grigoli, Kate Drinane, Luciana Pinho, Olga Kuzmenko, Órlaith Nic Aidne, Pelin Fildisi.

This project is subsided by @artscouncilireland through the Arts Grant Fund 2025.

BUY YOUR TICKET(S) HERE

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Up coming events

Monday 4:30pm to 6:00pm 12th May

Kids and Teens

Monday 6:30pm to 8:00pm 12th May

Fabric or Rope (all levels)
Straps (all levels)
Open Training

Tuesday 4:30pm to 6:00pm 13th May

Mercury Project : Youth Aerial Dance Theatre

Tuesday 6:30pm to 8:00pm 13th May

Fabric or Rope (Explorer-Skilled)
Trapeze (mixed levels)
Open Training

Wednesday 4:30pm to 6:00pm 14th May

Kids and Teens

What we've been up to

Artist in Residence 2023: Theaker Von Ziarno Community

Theaker von Ziarno is Taking Flight's first Artist in Residence 2023.

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Community Projects Underway Community

Our very own Manager of Community, Hannah Gumbrielle, studied Inclusion and Exclusion in Circus with Stockholm University of the Arts to further her own practice as a teacher.

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Culture Night Cabaret 2022 Community

Culture Night Cabaret and family Fun Day On the 23rd of September 2022.

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Taking Flight: Artistic Residency Announcement 2022 Community

Taking Flight: Artistic Residency Announcement 2022 Every year, Taking Flight offers a number of artistic residencies to professional artists in the Irish industry or abroad.

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CREATE: A circus act creation course Performance

CREATE: A circus act creation course In 2020, Taking Flight piloted their EXPLORE programme, a course focused on giving individual artists the tools and techniques to research and develop creative work. The success of this course pushed us to introduce CREATE in 2022.

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What our students think

Amazing experience and wonderful teachers! ❤️
-- Megan


I had such a great time at the class, Monica is a brilliant teacher!! I can't wait for next week
-- Alannah