{{Short description|Irish choreographer, dancer and stage director (born 1968)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox artist | name = David Bolger | image = | image_size = <!-- if image is smaller than 250px --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different than name --> | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1968}} | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | alma_mater = | parents = | elected = Aosdána (2007) | known_for = choreography | notable_works = ''The Wolf and Peter''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2022/0427/1294656-once-upon-a-dance-floor-coisceims-francis-footwork/|title=Once upon a dance floor – CoisCéim's Francis Footwork|date=27 April 2022|via=www.rte.ie|work=RTÉ Culture}}</ref> | style = | movement = contemporary dance | spouse = | children = | website = {{URL|coisceim.com}} | embedded = <!-- For embedding other infoboxes in this infobox --> }} '''David Bolger''' (born 1968) is an Irish choreographer, dancer and theatrical director.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F6E7JCmrZvYC&dq=%22david+bolger%22+dance&pg=PA83|title=Dancing at the Crossroads: Memory and Mobility in Ireland|first=Helena|last=Wulff|date=2008|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-1-84545-590-3 |via=Google Books}}</ref> He is a member of Aosdána, an elite Irish association of artists.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6J38DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22david+bolger%22+dance&pg=PT112|title=That Was Us: Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance|first1=Fintan|last1=Walsh|first2=Willie|last2=White|date= 2013|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781783195343 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
==Early life== Bolger was born in Dublin in 1968 and grew up in Sandymount;<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XOO_rlSlqQC&dq=%22david+bolger%22+dance&pg=PA13|title=Dance Theatre in Ireland: Revolutionary Moves|first=A.|last=McGrath|date=2012|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781137035486 |via=Google Books}}</ref> he lived next to the singer Agnes Bernelle and actor Christopher Casson. His father was a haulage contractor.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/family/upfront-david-bolger-on-dance-a-magical-childhood-and-the-power-of-the-dog-41646392.html|title=Upfront: David Bolger on dance, a magical childhood, and the power of the dog|website=independent|date=15 May 2022 }}</ref>
==Career== Bolger enrolled in Dublin City Ballet aged 16.<ref name="auto"/>
He founded the dance company CoisCéim (Irish: "footstep") in 1995.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EkuBDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22david+bolger%22+dance&pg=PA209|title=Performing the Body in Irish Theatre|first=B.|last=Sweeney|date=2008|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-58205-7 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXdvDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22david+bolger%22+dance&pg=PA126|title=The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance|first1=Eamonn|last1=Jordan|first2=Eric|last2=Weitz|date=2018|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-58588-2 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coisceim.com/touring/|title=Performance History|website=CoisCéim Dance Theatre|date=July 2024 }}</ref>
In 2001, he co-wrote and choreographed the film ''Hit and Run'', which won the Paula Citron Award for Choreography for the Camera at the Moving Pictures Festival, Toronto and the Jury Prize at the Dance on Camera Festival. He was nominated at the American Choreography Awards.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/hit-and-run-1.23936|title=Hit and Run|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref>
Bolger was the choreographer for the film ''Dancing at Lughnasa'' (1998).<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/25511534|title=Lughnasa 'After' Easter: Treatments of Narrative Imperialism in Friel and Devlin|author=Clutterbuck, Catriona|year=1999|journal=Irish University Review|volume=29|issue=1|pages=101–118|jstor=25511534 }}</ref>
He created ''A Dash of Colour'' for the opening ceremony of the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/members/bolger/|title=Aosdána|website=aosdana.artscouncil.ie}}</ref>
In 2007 he was elected to Aosdána.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artscouncil.ie/News/Aosdana-elects-15-new-members-including,-for-the-first-time,-choreographers_/|title=Aosdána elects 15 new members including, for the first time, choreographers.|first=Arts Council|last=webmaster|date=27 May 2013|website=www.artscouncil.ie}}</ref>
In 2011 he won an Ivey Award for his work on the Guthrie Theater's ''H.M.S. Pinafore''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.startribune.com/performance-in-the-swim-of-things/162121785/|title=Performance: In the swim of things|first=Rohan|last=Preston|website=Star Tribune}}</ref>
In 2022 he directed ''Orfeo ed Euridice'' at the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2022/0404/1290276-blackwater-valley-opera-festival-orfeo-ed-euridice-at-lismore/|title=Blackwater Valley Opera Festival: Orfeo ed Euridice at Lismore|date=17 May 2022|via=www.rte.ie}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|coisceim.com}} *{{IMDb name|1808327}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bolger, David}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Irish choreographers Category:Dancers from Dublin (city) Category:Aosdána members Category:People from Sandymount Category:Contemporary dance choreographers