Zoë Ashe-Browne

Zoë Ashe-Browne is a choreographer, movement director and dance artist from Dublin, Ireland.

Following her professional dance education in 2009 at the English National Ballet School, she has been engaged as a performer with The National Ballet of Ireland, English National Ballet, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (formerly the Royal Ballet of Flanders), and Eastman | Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.

Zoë began choreographing for stage and screen in 2014. Her work is rooted in the principles of classical ballet and incorporates the contemporary practices of her diverse performance experience. Zoë has had her choreographic practice supported by The Arts Council of Ireland, Dance Limerick, Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Royal Museum of Fine Art Antwerp (KMSKA), Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (OBV), and Dance Ireland where she was the Associate Artist for 2021/2022.

Her work for stage has been programmed for the National Ballet of Ireland, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Valencia Dancing Forward 2022, Ghent Festival of Flanders 2021, CUBO Kortrijk Belgium, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater Gala, WhatNext Festival Limerick, and Dancer From the Dance: Festival of Irish Choreography in association with Irish Modern Dance Theatre.

In 2021 she became the first dance recipient of the Countess Markievicz Award from the Arts Council of Ireland and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media. Zoë has been the recipient of The Arts Council of Ireland Dance Bursary in 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2023. In Autumn 2023 she was commissioned by Opera Ballet Vlaanderen for a performance for the Royal Family of Belgium.

Zoë’s work for screen includes choreography for an array of music videos and dance films, as well as movement direction for narrative films. In 2023 she choreographed movement for dance short Oíche which was awarded Best Dance Film at Cannes World Film Festival in July of that year.