Róisín O'Brien Dance

Róisín O’Brien is a choreographer, dance educator & writer from Edinburgh, Scotland. She is also a qualified yoga instructor. From 2024-2026, she was based in South Bend, IN, USA.

Her expertise lies at the intersections of contemporary dance, ballet and physical & visual theatre. Her choreographic works are comprised of intricate yet propulsive technical sequences, focusing on group interactions and patterns. She works often in a collaborative way with dancers, bringing out each individual’s unique personality and ability.

Her first choreographed work in America, cantgo (2024), was shown across Michigan and Indiana. Subsequent creations include [Creatures of Prometheus] (2025) and Nearest exit (2026), which was created for New Industry Dance. In South Bend, she taught modern and creative dance at Dancenter and yoga for Bend Yoga and University of Notre Dame. She collaborated and performed with New Industry Dance for numerous dance showcases, and dance and art festivals.

In 2023 & 2022, Róisín was commissioned with composer Rowan McIlvride to create new site-specific and cross-disciplinary performances for Hidden Door Festival: lux asunder (2023) and Parliament of Ghosts (2022). She was part of L20, an artist attachment programme with The Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh.

Her previous works include: Female Rock Ballet (2022-2023), A falling ballet (2019-2021), Great (2017) / Some People Say (2018) and Entrails (2016).

Róisín writes for numerous publications, including The Guardian, Springback Magazine, Fjord Review, and The Skinny, and collaborates with dance artists and companies on show programmes. She is a 2016 Springback Academy graduate.

She has worked as a producer for DanceLive Festival and MANIPULATE and as an independent producer for artists/musicians duo Long Green Jaws and choreographer Malcolm Sutherland.