Mónica Muñoz

BIO

Mónica Muñoz is a choreographer, performer and educator originally from Barcelona and based in Dublin.

As a dancer she has worked for over 25 years throughout Europe and performed across the globe with choreographers and companies such as: Rui Horta, Helgue Musial, Cie Toula Limnaios, Joachim Schloemer, Cie Drift, Konstantinos Rigos, Irina Pauls, Tabea Martin and Public in Private among many others. She was a long standing member of the Tanztheater Heidelberg-Freiburg. Monica was voted ‘’Young dancer to watch” by the magazine Ballet International/Tanz Aktuell in 2002. In Ireland, she has collaborated frequently with CoisCéim Dance Theatre as dancer, teacher and assistant.

Since 2018 she creates bold, accessible and sensory dance experiences for with children. Her dance productions have been touring nationally (in national venues and festivals: Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, Dublin Theatre Festival, Dublin Dance Festival, Young at Art, Belfast International Festival) and internationally (Germany, Norway, Malta, Spain, UK, Cyprus, Poland, Turkey and Cuba).

Her work is regularly funded by The Arts Council, Culture Ireland and South Dublin County Council.

Monica was supported by Baboró’s artist development programmes GROW and Pathways to Production. She was one of the Irish artists who participated in the Creative Europe project PUSH+ to  initiate new artistic ideas and performances for young audiences and a participant of MEITHEAL; a Branar initiative from 2022-24.

Monica was  The Ark’s John Coolahan Early Years Artist in Residence in 2021-22 and selected to the Pilot Project Arts in Early Learning from the Arts Council in 2023.

She was Artist in Residence at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) 2024-26 and at Dublin City University (DCU) 2026-27.

She has been commissioned to create original work by Tipperary Dance Festival, University of Limerick, Draoicht and most recently by Maiden Voyage Dance, Belfast to create LOOP a dance piece for piece for public spaces.

Monica graduated at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen/Germany and completed an MA in Dance Education from the Frankfurt University of Performing Arts.

Monica’s vision is a world where dance, empathy, play and exploratory movement are central to the lives of children and sees them as audience members, creators and participants.