Strategically funded by the Arts Council with additional funding from Dublin City Council, Culture Ireland and Goethe Institute Irland John Scott’s Irish Modern Dance Theatre is one of the most original and responsive dance companies working in Ireland today. Creator of distinctive dance works with diverse casts, including ‘Lear’, 'Begin Anywhere', 'Actions’. John Scott also dances with Oona Dohe
rty/OD Works ‘Hard To Be Soft’. 2026 performances include 'Merce Cunningham Solos' in partnership with Compagnie Kashyl/Ashley Chen at Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, supported by Culture Ireland, Jan 19th, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris Jan 20th, 2026.'Cloud Study, Dance Cork Firkin Crane, January 23rd/24th 2026, 'hyperactive, The Civic Tallaght, Feb 4th, 2026, 'Men in Motion' in Ireland to Garage Theatre, Monaghan, 5th Feb 2026, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, 6th Feb 2026. Recently’: ‘Begin Anywhere’, a collaboration with Mel Mercier, commissioned by Irish Arts Center, New York performing at Irish Arts Center, Black Box Galway, Dance Limerick, Project Arts Centre/Saint Patrick’s Festival, The Civic Tallaght, 'HYPERACTIVE', Dancer from the Dance Festival at Temple bar Gallery and Studio and Clonmel Junction Arts Festival and 'Men in Motion', Droichead Arts Centre, Ballina Arts Centre, Wexford Arts Centre and Ramor Arts Centre.
