Michael Seaver
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Michael Seaver is a writer and musician in Ireland. He is the dance critic with The Irish Times
and Irish correspondent with the Christian Science Monitor, as well as principal clarinetist with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra
. He also writes for Ballet Tanz, Dance Theatre Journal, Dance Magazine
and Dance Europe.
Publications include Stepping into Footprints: The Globalization of Irish Dance from Dance in a World of Change (2008). In 2004 he received a New York Times / National Endowment for the Arts
fellowship for his dance writing and was scholar-in-residence at the 2005 Bates Dance Festival. Former vice-president of Dance Research Forum Ireland
, he has also served on the editorial board of the journal Choreographic Encounters.
The Irish Times
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Kevin O'Sullivan who succeeded Geraldine Kennedy in 2011; the deputy editor is Paul O'Neill. The Irish Times is considered to be Ireland's newspaper of record, and is published every day except Sundays...
and Irish correspondent with the Christian Science Monitor, as well as principal clarinetist with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
The RTÉ Concert Orchestra is one of the two full time professional orchestras in Ireland that are part of RTÉ, the national broadcasting station. Since its formation as the Radio Éireann Light Orchestra in 1948, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, has grown from a small studio-based recording group to...
. He also writes for Ballet Tanz, Dance Theatre Journal, Dance Magazine
Dance Magazine
Dance Magazine is an "influential" American trade publication for dance, currently published by the Macfadden Communications Group. It was first published in June 1927 as The American Dancer. William Como was its editor-in-chief from 1970 to his death in 1989. Wendy Perron became its editor-in...
and Dance Europe.
Publications include Stepping into Footprints: The Globalization of Irish Dance from Dance in a World of Change (2008). In 2004 he received a New York Times / National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
fellowship for his dance writing and was scholar-in-residence at the 2005 Bates Dance Festival. Former vice-president of Dance Research Forum Ireland
Dance Research Forum Ireland
Dance Research Forum Ireland was founded in 2003. It is a non-profit inter-disciplinary society for scholarship of dance, in all its manifestations, in Ireland and its diaspora. It was formed by Dr. Catherine Foley of the University of Limerick, who was the initial chairperson, with Michael Seaver...
, he has also served on the editorial board of the journal Choreographic Encounters.