"I source from two genres, traditional Irish step and contemporary modern dance, and define my style as ModERIN. I feel two pulls, one toward tradition and another toward innovation, and seek to create dance in the space between. Dance in Ireland traditionally happened at a crossroads - a reminder to respect the road that led me to a place of intersecting genres, while simultaneously remaining curious about the path that lies ahead..." Darrah Carr
Darrah Carr Dance has enjoyed numerous performances in New York City and has toured extensively both nationally and abroad. New York City performance highlights include: NBC’s “The Today Show,” Darrah Carr Dance’s 10th Anniversary Season at the Irish Arts Center, “The Yeats Project” at the Irish Repertory Theatre, The Duke Theater on 42nd Street, Celebrate Brooklyn, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, the annual NYC Irish Dance Festival, Symphony Space's “Dance Sampler,” the Dancenow/NYC Festival, and a guest appearance with Mick Moloney at the Skirball Center. The company has performed at venues throughout the United States including Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, The Yard at Martha's Vineyard, Wesleyan University (Connecticut), The Center for Performing Arts and SUNY Orange (upstate New York), The Dance Complex, the ICONS Festival, and the JFK Museum (Massachusetts), The Goose Route Dance Festival (West Virginia), The Valentine Theatre (Ohio), and the San Jose Fleadh (California). They have also appeared at the Toronto Fringe Festival and at the Bank of Ireland Arts Center in Dublin.
Darrah Carr Dance has received funding from numerous sources, including commissions from Trinity Irish Dance's Junior Company and the One World Foundation, a fellowship from Summer Stages Dance, and grants from the Fund for Creative Communities, the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, The Brooklyn Arts Council, the Davenport Fund, and the Outer/Space program administered by Dance Theater Workshop.
“Ms. Carr’s immensely likable and skillful dancers move with a space-gobbling buoyancy and openness that looks as if they might take flight... Carr is a smiling, exuberant performer with an open upper body and fast flying feet, straight out of Irish step dancing... Putting a new wrinkle into New York modern dance with a program of pieces that add Irish step dancing to the modern mix... ”
– Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times
“Other standouts were Darrah Carr, a radiant performer who has a terrific chemistry with her longtime partner, Mr. O’Leary.”
– Claudia La Rocco, The New York Times
