After 12 Years of dedication and transformative leadership, Trinity Irish Dance Company founder Mark Howard stepped onto the stage of The Auditorium in Chicago during the company’s 35th Anniversary home season celebration and introduced Chelsea Hoy as the company’s Co-Artistic Director.
At age 30, Chelsea, who has been with the troupe for the past eight years, has become one of the youngest artistic directors in the performing arts industry.
“Chicago - you have no idea what you’re in store for in the coming years,” said Howard.
He added: “Although Chelsea often speaks in soft tones, there is a great power to her. She is a game changer for our company and the Irish dance vibrant and expanding arts scene."
Dancing since the age of six, Hoy says she's looking forward to her latest artistic adventure. “The legacy of Trinity Irish Dance Company – as a trailblazing force for our cultural form and as an authentic community for artists to evolve – is deeply important to me," she said.
Hoy and Howard have been partnering to revitalize the organization and enchant audiences for the past 12 years, expanding on TIDC’s international reputation as the most innovative and forward-thinking Irish dance company in the world.
Trinity Irish Dance Company continues to gain acclaim and momentum as they advance Howard’s distinctive movement genre of “Progressive Irish Dance.” Their 35th Anniversary Season alone brought Irish dance to places it’s never been before – from the Museum of Contemporary Art to Jacob’s Pillow, making TIDC the first full program of Irish dance to be presented on the Ted Shawn Theatre stage there.
