Workshop facilitator & Masterclasses:

As a facilitator Jade leads workshops in voice, dance, movement and physical theatre with many companies, choirs and community groups including: SUSO choir, Macushla Dance Club, Cois Céim, Direct Provision Centres throughout Ireland, Ramallah Arts Centre in Palestine, Catherine Young Dance Company, the creative schools scheme and NEWKD - dance & singing masterclasses.

Her workshops focus on the embodiment of mixed performance skills. With a focus on an intuitive voice, text and movement practice. Designed for creatives, artists and performers or to simply engage with your creativity. For more information please email: jadeoconnor85@gmail.com

She works with multidisciplinary artists, companies, individuals interested in using movement & voice in their practice or project.

Jade is also deeply interested in the body and holds ITEC & FETAC Diploma’s in Anatomy & Physiology, I.S.T.D Modern Dance & Ballet Diploma’s and is a certified Polestar & PTTI Pilates practitioner. She has been mentored by various movement experts including: Alan Herdman, Susan Church & Liz Bussey. Jade holds a BA in Performing Arts from Millennium Performing Arts, London, it was here she cut her teeth as a multidisciplinary performer studying techniques such as Ballet (Cecchetti & R.A.D), Contemporary (Martha Graham & Cunningham), Jazz - (Matt Mattox), Classical Music & Musical Theatre, Meisner & Method Acting. Jade’s earlier training began Bow Street Ballet School, London, then at the Leinster school of Music & Drama, Kerry School of Music and later The Irish Institute of Dance & Choreography at The Firkin Crane Theatre, Cork.