Teaching Artist, Irish Dance Programs & Education Credits
2022 External Examiner, University of Limerick, MA Irish Dance
2021 Teaching Artist for AMAN Folk Dance Educators: Creative World Dance, CA
2021 Irish Camp, Co-Director, Irish Summer School, UICC, San Francisco, CA
2020-21 Online teaching development: via Zoom, Google Classroom, Skype, state, nation and worldwide
2014-21 Master Teaching Artist, Irish Dance Drama, Los Angeles Arts Group, Elementary Schools, CA
2007-21 Ongoing teaching-demo performances, leading A Gaelic Gathering – Irish Music & Dance
2018 Spring school choreography & technique Program, Salinas School of Dance, California
2018 Santa Monica College, tutor, Global Motion – 'Rhythms', Broad Stage
2021 Master Artist, LA Music Center: Irish Dance & Irish Dance Drama. Book of Kells, Magic Shoes, The White Gander, The King's Secret, The Pot of Gold, Legend of Finn McCool
2017 Master Teaching Artist, LAUSD Dance Festival
2017 Teaching Artist Write-Move, Dance with Literacy, Jurupa Hills High School, Segerstrom Center
2012, 14, 16, 17 Part time Faculty, Lecturer, Dance of Ireland, Loyola Marymount University, CA
2016 Blas, University of Limerick, Ireland - Summer school
2013 Lecturer-Tutor, Irish Dance Drama, BLÁS Summer School, University of Limerick, Ireland
2013 Program leader, Irish Dance Drama, Fremont Elementary After School Program, La Canada, CA
2012 Director /Coach, Oliver! King Middle School production with Aimee Arts Productions & LACER
2012 STOMP After school programs, for low-income families, Los Angeles
2011-14, Irish Dance, Santa Monica College (Global Motion, Pursuit of Happiness, Broad Theater)
2010-14 Write-Move: Literacy through Dance, residencies, Los Angeles Music Center, Segerstrom Center
2010-13 Dance-Drama, Journalism, Assemblies for STAR Education, Aimee Art Productions / Stone Soup
2007-17 Step dancing classes for adults at Dance Arts Academy, Los Angeles
2006-20 Irish Dance, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Orange County/ San Bernardino programs for schools
2006 & 10 Dance master classes and workshops in Queensland, Victoria & New South Wales, Australia
2006-07 Artist Fellow, Music Center Institute for Educators, PD & Teaching Artist Elementary & High
2006/07/08 Guest artist, Stockton Unified Schools and in New Dance Co Spring Performance
2006 Lecturer, Dance of Ireland, Theatre Arts Department, Loyola Marymount University, CA
2003 California Dance Education Association: guest teacher, annual conference, Cal-State, Long Beach
2003/4 Tutor, Long Beach Ballet Center, Scripps College, Peninsula Performing Arts, CA
2002, 03, 05 Co-leader, Michael Dillon International Summer School for Irish Dance, Co. Clare, Ireland
1999-2001 Tutor, Irish Dance MA course, Dept of Ethnochoreology, University of Limerick, Dr C. Foley
1998 Guest tutor, BA program, Yorkshire Dance Centre, Leeds, UK
1998 Guest teacher-choreographer, London Contemporary School of Dance, The Place, London
1997 Leader, Down by the River Dance, workshops, masterclass, performance Royal Festival Hall, London
1995 Teacher of Irish Dance, DV8 Physical Theatre with Lloyd Newson, Enter Achilles, (world tour)
1994-2002 Adult classes at London Irish Centre, Lewisham Education & Greenwich Dance Agency
1992-2003 Master classes/ workshops: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland – Scandinavian Irish Dancers
1993 -2002 Technique & Choreography: An Intro to Irish Dance, Yorkshire Dance & Swindon Dance
1986-89 Inner London Education Authority school programs / The Hairy Marys lecture-demos
1980-1993 Irish Dance principal, choreographer & owner, Clerkin School of Irish Dancing, London
Dancer Credits
2017 Irish Tourism Events, with Mairtin de Cogain, San Diego, CA
2014/15 Bord Failte Presentation with Frank Simpson & Friends, Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles
2013 Exopolis with A Gaelic Gathering for The Music Center, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Shakespeare & Shamrocks, with Moira Smiley and Vox Femina, Zipper Concert Hall, Los Angeles
2007-2020 A Gaelic Gathering – Irish Music & Dance, Artistic Director, L.A. Music Center; double recipients Barbara & Sheldon Pinchuk Development Fund. Walt Disney Concert Hall performances, 'World City'. California Trad Music Society & Equinox fests, Irish Tourist Board; Segerstrom Center for the Arts Roster; LA Arts Commission's Big! World! Fun! at Ford Amphitheatre.
2008 Dancer with Molly's Revenge, Celtic band, + outreach education, touring Montana & California
2004-08 Soloist at Finn McCool's, Santa Monica, for TV & radio, St Patrick's Day celebrations
2004-06 Oro & Gold Ring performances at Celtic Arts Center; UCLA, Loyola Marymount University
2003 & 04 Rehearsal Director, lead dancer, A Celtic Christmas, Tomaseen Foley, US tours
1984-2001 Principal with own dance theatre companies (see above), national / international tours
1977 & 79 Soloist, Irish Folk Dance Co., Dublin, European folk festivals, Germany

Theatre Companies & Stage Productions
2022 The Players Conservatory, drama teaching with Sean Maguire & Jarvis George
2020 Boscaí Beaga Irish Youth Theatre, The Canterville Ghost, with Michael Dillon
2019 Clerkin Dagger presents The Bad Arm at the World Irish Dancing Championships, Greensboro NC
2017 Clerkin Dagger presents The Bad Arm at Tristan Bates Theatre, Covent Garden, London
2015 Sell out / acclaimed performances of The Bad Arm at world's biggest arts festival, Edinburgh Fringe
2008-19 Clerkin Dagger, The Bad Arm – Confessions of a Dodgy Irish Dancer (see also Solo Performance)
2013/16 Co-director, performer, Tom Crean's Journey, Ireland, with Martin Percival, Michael Donnellan
2011-12 Director, Vital Xposure, London: Crazy Jane play R&D, with Julie McNamara & Liz Carr
2007-2020 Founder-Director, A Gaelic Gathering – Irish Music & Dance. School assemblies, concerts, & festivals. On L.A. Music Center; LA County Arts Commission; PTGO; Segerstrom Center for Arts rosters
2004-05 Artistic Director, Cadence Irish Dance Theater, Arizona, wrote, directed The Dancing Warrior
1994-2001 Artistic Director, Clerkinworks Irish Dance Theatre Company, London (later KICK) Malice in Wonderland, Centenary Knees Up, Big Sister, Footy & Squeak, Cinder Reilly, Unconnected Soundings
1994-1996 Co-created & starred The Smarmy Old Sods comic duo & Sods in Space with Angela Clerkin, directed by Phelim McDermott (director, Improbable Theatre). London comedy circuit
1984-1994 Co-founder, Artistic Director, The Hairy Marys Irish Dance Comedy Theatre Co. - groundbreaking Irish Dance theatre, extensive touring UK & Ireland, TV, education, arts events
1984 Anstey Mac clowning trio. Edinburgh Festival

Solo Performance
The Bad Arm – Confessions of a Dodgy Irish Dancer – one-woman play, written, choreographed and performed by Máire Clerkin, directed by Dan O'Connor. Press reviews, DVD, online clips available.
2019 Irish Dancing World Championships, Greensboro, North Carolina
2017 Tristan Bates Theatre, Covent Garden, London
2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland, at The Gilded Balloon – glowing reviews, Fringe Management
2014/ 15 Theatre Asylum Hollywood, CA
2014 San Diego Fringe Festival, CA
2013 Jean Runyon Little Theater, Sacramento, CA
2013 Jacksonville Theatre, International Theatre Festival, FL
2012 Theatre Asylum, Hollywood, California International Theatre Festival, Calabasas, CA; Santa Cruz Fringe; Minneapolis, Atlanta, Vancouver.
2011 New York International Fringe Festival, Bowery Poetry Club, New York.
2011 Ceim Eile (The Next Step) Irish Dance Theatre Festival, Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland.
2010 Santa Monica Playhouse, Los Angeles, CA.
2010 Hollywood Fringe Festival, and 'Best of Fest' season, Los Angeles, CA.
2010 Chicago Fringe Festival, Pilsen, Chicago, IL.
2008 L.A. Irish Film Festival, opening night performance, Beverly Hills, CA.
2008 Bang Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, with support from the Durfee Foundation

Choreographer Credits (see also Theatre Companies)
2018 The Irish Nutcracker, Thistle Irish Dance, CA
2013-16Tom Crean's Journey Ireland, Martin Percival, Michael Donnellan, Michael Sherin, David Geaney
2013 Irish Pleasures, with Bella Issakova & Pacific Chorale, Samueli Theatre, Segerstrom Center, CA
2012 Big! World! Fun! Family Summer Series, Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood, A Gaelic Gathering
2011 Pergo Floors commercial, Partizan, "Redneck Riverdancers", Venice Beach, CA
2011, 14 & 18 Global Motion, The Pursuit of Happiness, Broad Theater, Santa Monica College, CA
2011 This is Ireland concert, Royce Hall, Los Angeles, with Eimear Noone / A Gaelic Gathering
2006-12 US Regional Championship Titles in Dance Drama, Irish Dance Oireachtasi: Aedin of the Underworld, West US; Curse of the Feet Water, New England; King of the Fairies, West US; Fairies of Trickery, West US: The Crossing, Mid-Atlantic, The Dancing Master, Mid-America.
2010 Silver & Bronze medalists in Irish Dance Drama, North American National Championships, Florida
2010 Gwacheon Festival, S. Korea, Grain of Sand Puppet Theatre, Movement coordinator
2009 Medalist, Dance Drama, World Irish Dance Championships, Philadelphia, with Lynn Academy
2007 Medalist, World Championships Dance Drama, Glasgow, with Portland Irish Dancers
2007 Power by Nick Dear for Banshee Theatre, Burbank, California
2005 The Dancing Warrior, Cadence Irish Dance Theatre Company, Chandler & Scottsdale, AZ
2002 Writer, director, Countess, Irish Dance theatre production, Lewisham Theatre, London
2001 Unconnected Soundings, Clerkinworks, Clore Studio, Royal Opera House, London
2001 Director, drama movement program for Cois Ceim, Ezimotion project, Ireland
1999-2000 Co-choreography Dancing on Dangerous Ground, featuring Riverdance principals Colin Dunne & Jean Butler, Radio City Music Hall, New York and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
1999 Created/ performed Fennels, Flannels, Funnels with poet John Hegley, The Place, London
1999 Director, Lewisham Education Arts Project (LEAP), Broadway Theatre, London
1998 Centenary Knees Up, Clerkinworks, Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London
1997 Staged Down by the River Dance, Royal Festival Hall, London. Record attendance
1997 Choreography / Dancer, award-winning TV / film commercial, Harp lager / Publicis, London
1997 Pork Bellies by Molly Fogarty / Theatre Centre, London. Ireland / UK tour
1997-2002 Consultant and performer: Celtic Feet, Mean Fiddler, Publicis, Beware of the Dog, Tricky Feat, Rory Bremner, Theatre Centre, Bullies Ballerinas, Ardent Productions
1996 Writer and director, Granuaile Irish dance drama production at Lewisham Theatre, London. Cast of forty from London's top Irish Dance academies and with Royal Opera House funding
1996 Choreographer, dancer and presenter Music Makers, with Steafan Hannigan for BBC TV
1995 Collaborator, Enter Achilles, with Lloyd Newson's DV8 Physical Theatre; world tour
1992 Lake Horses for Second Level, Dublin, for writer-director Peter Sheridan
1990 Blind Fiddler of Glenadauch by Marie Jones / Charabanc, Belfast. Director, Peter Sheridan
1984-93 The Hairy Marys (Irish Dance Theatre Co.) Wrote, produced, created and performed plays including The Rose of Tralee, No Snakes Please – We're Irish and Helicopters with Brogues. Toured UK and Ireland. Support act for The Pogues, Brixton Academy, 1986
1984 Riders to the Sea by J.M. Synge, production Irish Drama & Folk Ballet Co, Brent Town Hall, London

Storytelling
2022 St Patrick's Day Show, Once Upon a Time in Ireland, Jackson Magnet STEM Academy, CA
2021 Storytime/ OUTI Spring, Summer / Christmas seasons United Irish Cultural Center San Francisco, CA
2017-18 National TV Telling LA: www.kcet.org/shows/telling-la/maire-clerkin-a-new-beginning-in-la
2016 Telling LA Pilot TV show for KCET /PBS Kidding Myself, Beyond Baroque, Venice Beach, CA
2011-12 Legs & Legends – Irish Folk Tales told through Dance, California Libraries
2009 Book of Kells, children's workshop, Every Picture Tells a Story, LA Irish Film Festival

Journalist Credits
2017 The Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/growing-up-irish-in-london-i-lived-a-double-life-1.3172656
2009-12 Contributor, The Artist Chronicles, published by Los Angeles Performing Arts Center
2003-04 Writer and broadcaster for KPFK FM radio, Los Angeles
2002 Compiler and presenter Revolver, world music program for BBC World Service, London
1995-2003 Contributing journalist to the Irish Post newspaper, Radio Telefis Eireann, BBC Radio Suffolk, BBC London Radio, GLR, BBC World Service and Riverside FM, specializing in the arts

Miscellaneous
2021 Adjudicator, US National Championships Irish Dancing, Phoenix, AZ
2020 Multiple Voice Actor credits for business training, videogames, charity fundraisers
2020 Development of online theatre and dance productions
2016-22 Screenplay in progress
2017 Adjudicator, World Irish Dancing Championships, Dublin, Ireland
2016 Adjudicator, Irish National Championships, Dublin, Ireland
2015 Adjudicator, North American National Championships, Providence, RI
2015 Successful Kickstarter international fundraising campaign to 'Send The Bad Arm to Edinburgh'
2014 Professional Voice Actor; voiceover, TGMD Talent Agency, STARS agency www.mauraclerkin.com
2012 Adjudicator, Great Britain Championships, West Sussex, UK
2010 Recipient of 'Green Card' – permanent resident alien status, US Government
2008 Guest Speaker, Dance Research Forum International Conference, County Kerry, Ireland
2006-07 Dance Director, Celtic Arts Center, Los Angeles, California
2003 Assistant Editor, arts degree syllabus, WAC Performing Arts and Media College, London
2002-2003 Coordinator, Talent Unwrapped, Roundhouse, London, 02; Publicist 'WAC 25'
2000 & 01 Host, Blazing and Summer on the South Bank festivals, Royal Festival Hall, London
1999-2000 Ceili caller / dancer with Jacket Potatoes, Slip Gigolos, Irish music events, UK
1997 Research & Development Project with multi-instrumentalist Steafan Hannigan / London Arts Board
1996-03 Ceili Caller, Greenwich Dance, Blenheim Palace, Hammersmith Irish Centre, Royal Festival Hall
1991 Adjudicator, All-Ireland Championships, Dublin, Ireland
1991-2000 Funding from Arts Council of England, London Arts Board, Greater London Arts
1988-2018 Dance Adjudicator: N. America, Australia, Europe; World, GB, British/Irish Nats & All Ireland
1984 Member, Anstey Mac Clown Trio, Edinburgh Festival & Covent Garden Entertainment
1980 & 88 Certified teacher and adjudicator awards with An Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha, Dublin

Training, Certification & Qualifications
2020 US Center for SafeSport Training
2012-13 Voiceover / Acting for Advertising: Nancy Wolfson, Braintracks Audio
2000-2010 Comedy improvisation training: Improbable Theatre, Told by an Idiot Theatre Company, LA Theatresports, LA Connection, Impro Theatre
2004 Professional Designation in Arts Education (LACA Ed / Music Center Ed Division), California
2001-02 Post-Graduate Diploma, Broadcast Journalism, London College of Printing
1988 Adjudicating ADCRG Diploma, Irish Dance Commission, Dublin
1981-84 BA (Honours) Performing Arts, Dance major, Middlesex University, UK
1980 Teaching TCRG Diploma, Irish Dance Commission, Dublin
1962-80 Irish Dance Academies: Clerkin, Kavanagh, Maguire-Way, Griffin-O'Loughlin, UK

Selected References
Dr Liam Lillis O'Laoire, Loyola Marymount University, CA, Universities Limerick & NUI Galway
Dr Fergal O'Doherty, Professor of English, Palomar College, San Diego, California
Diana Cummins, Professor of Dance, LMU, Pierce College, LACC, CalArts, Past President CDEA
Colin Dunne, Dancer / Choreographer, Riverdance, Dancing on Dangerous Ground, The Bull, Out of Time

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