Artist in Residence

We’re delighted to welcome Michael McEvoy as this year’s Artist-in-Residence.

Michael McEvoy, is a Belfast based Dancer Artist & Theatre Maker. Specialising in contemporary dance performance and choreology, Michael has had the great pleasure to work in TV, Film, Musical Theatre, Traditional Theatre, Opera and most commonly Contemporary Dance.

An Alumni of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, Michael graduated in 2019 with a First Class BA(Hons) Degree in contemporary dance and was awarded The Sylvia Bodmer Memorial Fund for exceptional research into Choreology.

His production The Gate House was one of the stand outs of our 2024 edition inside St Anne’s Cathedral. Most recently he presented the world premiere of Tá Brón Orm at the D-CAF Festival, Cairo as part of  the major international dance exchange project Our Voice Together Now.

Tá Brón Orm (Irish for ‘grief is upon me’) will receive its European Premiere at BIAF in 2026.

At this year’s festival, Michael will present The Fallen as part of a double bill with Salma Ataya’s Everynothing at The Crescent on 31 October and 1 November.

Other upcoming work include performing in Oona Doherty’s international tour of ‘Specky Clarke’.