Kathy Young - Dance Tutor

Kathy Young began her dance training in ballet at the age of four, moving on to join Dublin Youth Dance Company at sixteen where she studied, trained, and performed in contemporary dance. This led to her studies at University of Limerick and was awarded with a first-class honour’s degree in Voice & Dance in 2017.
During her time at University, Kathy had the opportunity to study ballet and modern at Inchicore College of Further Education. She also travelled to Kuopio, Finland to study dance pedagogy and worked at Kuopio Dance Festival. Since then, she has performed with the Step-Up Dance Project working with well-known dance artists in Ireland. She has been teaching ballet, musical theatre, hip hop and contemporary within various performing arts centres and schools in Leinster. More recently, Kathy has been awarded a Certificate in Ballet Teaching with the Royal Academy of Dance and is also an Acrobatic Arts certified teacher.