Laura is an award winning choreographer, a performer and a teacher. Taking an expansive approach to dance, she has developed a multi-disciplinary dance practice, working in stage performance, film, installation and large scale socially engaged projects. With her trademark all female casts, her work has been described as gentle and eccentric. Laura Murphy Dance has been widely presented to include Tanzmesse (DE), Fira Tàrrega (ES), Edinburgh Fringe (UK), Judson Church (US), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest (RO), Shenzhen (CN), Dublin Dance Festival and Cork Midsummer Festival (IRL). Laura has been a recipient of numerous National Arts Council awards, and several prestigious national and international residencies. She was awarded Best Movement Director, The Irish Times Theatre Awards 2017. Most recently, Laura premiered her new multi-media work ‘Dance Stories’, and toured her large scale outdoor work ‘Abacus’ to festivals in South America.