The recently incorporated Tipperary Dance Company Limited by Guarantee held its first board meeting in Thurles, County Tipperary, facilitated by John O’Brien.

Participants (left to right):

• Brownell O’Connor (board member): Engineer, PhD in international business. Entrepreneur, global business Director. Director of customer service, EMEA & JAPAC at Oracle.

• Mary Wycherley (board member): Curator, Dance Artist, Choreographer, Filmmaker. Co-curator of Light Moves Festival.

• Roisin Putti (board member): LL.M.(InternationalLaw), Master. Legal and policy analyst, in the areas of human rights, equality, artistic freedom, immigration policy and humanitarian law. Policy and Research Analyst at Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.

• Alexandre Iseli: Msc biology. Choreographer, Dance Artist, Curator and programme manager. Co-founder and Artistic Director of Tipperary Dance.

• Jazmin Chiodi (board member): MA Festive Arts. Curator, Choreographer and Dance Artist, co-founder of Tipperary Dance. Artistic Director of Dublin Dance Festival.

Absent from the picture:

• Dylan Quinn (board member): MA in Peace and development Studies. Choreographer, Dance Artist. Artistic Director at Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre.

• John O’Brien (consultant and facilitator with overall leadership of the Tipperary Dance incorporation process): MSc. Business and Management. Independent strategy and policy consultant.