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Darachphotography, is an award-winning Irish photographer specialising in dance, movement and performance arts. Over 15 years he has worked with more than 15 dance schools and many other performing arts groups, from local school shows, Macnas, to members of “Lord of the Dance” and “Riverdance”, and his work has been featured by RTE and many other national and international media organisations.

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As a professional award-winning photographer who specialises in dance, movement and performance photography.  He has worked with over 15 dance schools and multiple other performance arts groups and schools over the last 15 years covering dance shows, annual musicals, dance rehearsals, behind the scenes work, dance portfolios, creative dance shoots, studio dance work, dance library pictures, dance group shoots, dance videos, dance events as well as supporting individual dancers and charities through the medium of photography.  His dance school customers include schools from the East of Ireland, right across the midlands and the West of Ireland along with other musical societies including:

Youth Ballet West, Regina Rogers School of Ballet, Corrib Dance Academy, Turning Pointe School of Ballet, Shannon Dance Academy, Ciara Beach Dance Academy, Dance Concepts, Trisha McDermott School of Ballet, Laura Geary School of Dance, Dionysus school of dance, Mullingar Arts Centre School of Classical Ballet, Broadway Dance School and Bronagh McNally School of Dance, Ultraflex Dance School, Genevieve Ryan Dance Academy, HRC Mountbellew, Calasanctius Secondary School, and nationally acclaimed performance groups like Macnas, to name but a few.

He has a broad range of work in this arena covering professional performers from international shows including members of “Lord of the Dance” and “Riverdance” to supporting talented semi-professional dancers and performers on their journey to becoming professionals in their speciality.  Dance portfolios include ballet as a speciality, but also a vast array of contemporary dance, Irish dance, and many other dance and performance styles.  This coupled with covering many large scale live shows, street performances and annual musicals with a keen understanding of live show lighting and making sure to capture both individuals and groups at their best is central to his skills.  He is also an accomplished studio photographer for actors, dancers and other professionals who need these skills to further their portfolios.  He has also been nominated for Irish dance photography awards.

Testimonials of his work can be found at - https://www.darachphotography.com/review . His work has appeared on many national publications and media outlets including the RTE on many occasions with highlights including the Six One news coverage of Culture Night, RTE annual report,  and expanding to other international and national publications and widespread traditiaonl media and online media.

Darach has just under 19,000 followers of his work on Facebook and Instagram where his followers include other international dance schools, professional dancers, performance goups and other professional dance photographers. He has attracted compliments for his dance photography work from international magazine editors, including “Vogue” editor based in New York. 

He is both passionate and generous about supporting dance as his favourite art form and enabling the next generation of talented artists to reach their goals in both performance and life, along with charitable specific projects and programmes over many years.