Anne Maher
CEO / Artistic Director
Martin Lindinger
General Manager
Alyssa diPierro
Marketing & Communications Manager
Dominic Harrison
Rehearsal Director
CEO / Artistic Director
General Manager
Marketing & Communications Manager
Rehearsal Director
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Alyssa brings over a decade of experience in publishing, editorial, and marketing communications to her role as Marketing & Communications Manager at Ballet Ireland. She has held senior positions at Simon & Schuster in New York, where she led marketing strategy for authors at the flagship imprint and Simon Element imprint, as well as support at InkWell Management, one of the US’s leading literary agencies. She holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from New York University, where she also served as Fiction Editor at Washington Square Review, and writes a Substack exploring culture, creativity, and life.
Born in the United States, Alyssa relocated to Dublin in 2025 and has since built a portfolio of communications work across Ireland’s arts and wellness sectors. A lifelong ballet student who trained for fifteen years and has recently returned to the studio, she is passionate about bringing new audiences to the art form and communicating the transformative power of dance.
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Stephanie has worked in digital marketing and web development for almost 20 years, running campaigns in Ireland for Arnott’s, Bank of Ireland, Failte Ireland, Vodafone, and many more. In Ireland, Stephanie worked for Mindshare (Group M), iProspect (Carat), and OMD as well as running The Alignment Collective serving clients in the UK, US, Australia and across the EU.
Born and raised in San Francisco, Stephanie is also an international theatre director and instructor. She was the Artistic Director of Fortune’s Fool Productions, known for Free Shakespeare in the Iveagh Gardens, and she taught movement and theatre history at The Gaiety School of Acting.
Dominic was born in Sheffield and trained at Central School of Ballet in London in 2008. Upon graduating in 2011 he joined Northern Ballet and subsequently Scottish Ballet.
In 2013 he moved to Ireland to work with Ballet Ireland. Working closely with Morgann Runacre-Temple and Ludovic Ondiviela. In 2014 he Joined Theatre Vorpommern in Germany, further expanding his artistic development working with international choreographers such as Brian Arias, Vera Sander and Robert Glumbeck. In 2018 Dominic joined Mainfranken Theater Würzburg under the new directorship of Canadian choreographer Dominique Dumais.
Since 2020, Dominic has been a freelance artist with notable performances including the 2020 Alina Cojucaru Gala at Sadlers Wells by Juliano Nunes, An original creation Rasa by Daniel Proietto with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen and Three Sisters by Ilya Jivoy for Origen 2025. In 2022 he returned to work with Ballet Ireland performing works by Johan Inger, Ohad Naharin, Christopher Bruce, Filipe Portugal, Marguerite Donlon and Morgann Runacre-Temple.
In 2024, Dominic assumed the role of Rehearsal Director at Ballet Ireland.
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Martin was born in Munich, Germany, but much of his life has been spent in rehearsal studios, theatres, airports, and the temporary homes that dancers transfer between one experience and the next. His formal training began at the Royal Ballet School in London, where he learned not only how to dance, but how to endure repetition, resilience, pursue excellence, and trust that thousands of unseen hours of hard work eventually reveal themselves on stage.
Over the following two decades, Martin built an international performing career that carried him from Europe to North America and back again. He danced with Rambert Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The National Ballet of Canada, and Ballet BC, performing works and creations by many of the choreographers who have defined contemporary dance over the last half-century:
Christopher Bruce taught the craft of curation. Crystal Pite taught the power of structure and imagination. William Forsythe challenged assumptions and perceptions. Jiří Kylián revealed poetry and musicality in movement. Mats Ek embraced the humour of imperfection. Ohad Naharin demanded honesty and presence.
Along the way there were premieres, revivals, standing ovations, bruised bodies, and the daily privilege of making a living through dance. In 2003, Martin’s efforts were recognised when he was awarded the UK Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Outstanding Male Artist (Modern).
As much as Martin loved performing, he became equally fascinated by the process behind the performance. He was drawn to rehearsal rooms, where choreography is tested, refined, forgotten, rediscovered, and eventually transformed into something that appears effortless under stage lights. This led him to work as a répétiteur, choreographic assistant, and rehearsal director. He restaged Ashley Page’s full-length ballet Alice with the Croatian National Ballet and served as Assistant Choreographer on productions of Orfeo ed Eurydice for Scottish Opera and Krol Roger for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. These experiences cemented his understanding that great performances are built long before an audience takes its seat.
After years of being coached, challenged, and inspired by others, Martin began passing that knowledge forward. He has taught dancers with Ballet BC, Charlotte Ballet, Scottish Ballet, Ballet Ireland, and numerous independent artists, helping dancers navigate the demanding space between technical mastery and artistic freedom. His approach is grounded in the belief that technique is not an end in itself, but an essential tool for articulation and expression.
In 2015, Martin joined Ballet Ireland as Rehearsal Director, becoming responsible for the artistic preparation and day-to-day life of the company. Two years later, he was appointed General Manager. The transition from studio leadership to organisational leadership was less of a departure than it appeared. Both roles required the same qualities: vision, discipline, collaboration, and an ability to bring people together in pursuit of a shared goal.
Today, Martin’s career spans performance, creation, coaching, curation, management and leadership. What remains unchanged is a lifelong commitment to dance – not simply as an art form, but as a way of understanding people, fostering connection, and creating experiences that resonate long after the curtain falls.
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Dublin-born Anne Maher is one of Ireland’s most respected voices in ballet and dance, with an international career spanning over thirty-five years. Trained initially by Myrtle Lambkin in Dublin, she has worked with the major figures of Ireland’s ballet world, including Irish Ballet Company founder, Joan Denise Moriarty and Dublin City Ballet’s Janet Lewis.
Anne was awarded a scholarship by the late Princess Grace of Monaco, to study at L’Acadamie de Danse Classique in Monte Carlo under Marika Besobrasova. Following her training in Monaco, Anne danced for the British Ballet Theatre in London and as Principal Ballerina touring all over Europe with Wiener Ballett Theater. Her roles include Odette/Odile (Swan Lake), Sugar Plum Fairy (Nutcracker), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Queen of the Willis (Giselle), and a range of various modern works.
Anne returned to Ireland in 1997 to found Ballet Ireland, which she continues to develop as a successful and vibrant national touring company. She also founded Irish Ballet Forum, a resource organisation that provides master classes, intensive courses and information for Ireland’s aspiring young dancers.
Anne continues to be one of this country’s biggest advocates for ballet and dance. She is former chairperson of Dance Ireland and a former board member of Theatre Forum Ireland.