COMPANY MEMBERS

Judith Sibley - Artistic Director/Choreographer
Dublin born Judith Sibley trained at Elmhurst Ballet School and the Ballet Rambert School London.  She has worked with Vienna Festival Ballet, Rubato Ballet, New Balance Dance Company, Ballet Ireland, Spirit of the Dance, Phantom of the Opera, Cork City Ballet and Irish National Youth Ballet.  Judith has toured internationally in such productions as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Giselle, and Coppelia. Judith is also the Artistic Director of Youth Ballet West.

She has gained the Royal Academy of Dance Professional Dancers Teaching Diploma with distinction, Judith teaches at Shannon and Corrib Dance academies.  She is an international tutor and Irish Chairperson for the RAD and has taught as far afield as Italy and Singapore.

Paul Hayes - Producer
Paul has a BA in Drama from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and an MA in Drama and Theatre Studies from the NUI Galway. Paul is Artistic Director of Catastrophe Theatre Company in Galway for whom he has directed 14 plays. He produced The Race of the Ark Tattoo for the Abbey Theatre island tour and he has produced all of Chrysalis Dance Company's productions to date. Paul was Head of Drama at Monaghan Institute for three years before moving on to become Community Arts Officer with Meath County Council. He is currently the General Manager of Upstate Theatre Project in Drogheda.

Leighton Morrison - Director's Assitant
Leighton trained at Arts Educational school, London. After graduating he travelled to Israel to work with Bat-Dor Company where he remained as a soloist for two years. Leighton has performed with companies including English National Opera, Rotterdam Dance Group, Wayne Sleeps Ballet Company, and Vienna Festival Ballet. He subsequently became a member of the English National Ballet where he stayed for three seasons performing in all the major classics. He then joined the hit musical Cats as lead dancer Mistoffelees, followed by Anything Goes and the UK and World tour of Saturday Night Fever. Among various TV and film appearances Leighton has worked with directors including Oliver Stone. In Ireland he has worked with Ballet Ireland, Cois Ceim, Cork City Ballet and Irish Modern Dance Theatre. He has performed in ‘Love and Other Disguises’, ‘Soul/S’ and ‘Ways You Wander’ with Chrysalis Dance. Leighton teaches for the Corrib Dance Academy, Shannon Dance Academy and has his own school Tuam Academy of Dance, he is also choreographer and rehearsal director for Youth Ballet West.

Amy Lawson
Amy trained at the Central School of Ballet, London where she won the Molly Lake Performance Award, she then completed her training at the Ecole National Superieure de Dance de Marseille. She has danced with Atlanta Ballet, European Ballet, National Ballet de Marseille and English National Ballet performing “Swan Lake” and “Romeo and Juliet” at The Royal Albert Hall. Amy played a feature ballet dancer in the film” Phantom of the Opera” and worked on the fourth Harry Potter film “The Goblet of Fire”. She has performed in ‘Strings’, ‘Soul/S’ and ‘Ways You Wander’ with Chrysalis Dance. In addition Amy has performed in “The Great Waltz” and “The Magic of Vienna”, two Jim Molloy Productions at the Gaiety Theatre and National Concert Hall, Dublin. She joined Cois Ceim dancing in the opening Ceremony for the 2006 Ryder Cup at the K Club, Co Kildare and is currently a soloist with Cork City Ballet with whom she has performed a wide repertoire since 2004.

Emma Teixeira
Emma trained at Arts Educational School, London where she studied ballet, contemporary, jazz and Spanish dance. After graduation Emma performed with Tiny Lies Dance Theatre, The Re-Animators Dance Company and the Jean Baptiste Company. Emma has travelled the world with commercial dance contracts and has appeared on numerous television shows and pop videos. She has toured with La Compania de Classico Espanol and the Veronica Galiano Compania de Baile Espanol in Spain. On moving to Galway, Emma joined Chrysalis Dance, and has performed in Soul/S and Ways You Wander.

Artists who have performed with us

• Lindsay Ashe-Brown
• Greet Boterman
• Lucy Casson
• Aisling Cook
• Michael Cooney
• Quentin Harris
• Maurice Kelleher
• Sophie Kiddle
• Icleiber Klaus
• Amy Lawson
• Monica Loughman
• Jane Magan
• Clarissa Michaux
• Leighton Morrison
• Nicola Murphy
• Danny Reubens
• Claire Rooney
• Judith Sibley
• Andrea Santato
• Emma Teixeira
• Lisa Tyrell
• Jessica Westwood.
  
  Apprentice Dancers:
• Stephanie DuFresne,
• Elsbeth McKeever
• Jenny McKeever
• Alma Ryan
• Tara Shine
• Lisa Tighe
• Mary Walsh.