Róisín Mullins

Róisín Mullins (born 6 July 1982) is a TV presenter, TV talent show judge, professional Irish dancer, stage
show owner and choreographer.

Róisín Mullins

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Mullins at Pinewood studios
Born (1982-07-06)July 6, 1982
West Sussex
High school BRIT School
College University of Surrey
Medal record
Ladies’ Irish dance
Competitor for  England
(An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha)
World Irish Dance Championships
(Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne)
2002 Glasgow
UK Open Irish Dance Championship
2002 Greater London


Biography

Róisín was born in West Sussex, England, and is of English Romany and Irish Romany Gypsy descent.[1] Her paternal family originally hail from Castletownroche, County Cork, Ireland.[2]

Dance career

Róisín began dancing at the age of four. She entered her first Irish dance competition and won her first open title on the same day, at the age of five.[3] Róisín competed at both a National and World level for over fifteen years, as a solo and team dancer. In 2002 she represented England at the An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha World Irish Dancing Championships, achieving a Bronze World Medal, and is also a former An Coimisiún UK Open Irish dance Champion.[4] Over her competitive career she won hundreds of first place awards.

Róisín trained in musical theatre, dance, singing and acting at the BRIT School from 1998 to 2000, along with the late Amy Winehouse.[5] In 2001 Róisín, as a trained Soprano, was selected to sing at the London Palladium.[6]

From 2005 to 2008 Róisín studied dance as a scholarship student at the University of Surrey, where she also lectured as an associate tutor in dance, and received tuition from Royal Ballet principal Jennifer Jackson, and Cats (musical) lead Patrick Wood.[7] Róisín was additionally trained in acting and presenting in London by former RADA principal and TV and Film acting coach Dee Cannon, and by BBC presenter and Film acting coach, Mel Churcher.[8]

Lord of the Dance

In 2004 Róisín joined the cast of the Michael Flatley show Lord of the Dance[9] for a world tour, performing alongside many of the original cast, including Bernadette Flynn and Helen Egan. She was initially placed in troupe four, but after just a few weeks in the show was promoted to Flatley's own troupe one.[10]

Raven

Whilst studying at the University of Surrey Róisín founded her own all-female Irish dance troupe, Raven, and began rehearsing at Dance Attic studios in London.[11] In 2010 they joined Strictly Come Dancing professionals Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace on their 'Fantasia Tour'.[12] In 2010 Róisín was partnered with Declan Donnelly dancing on Ant and Dec's ITV1 game show 'Push the Button', backed by Raven, filmed at Pinewood Studios, Shepperton.[13] In 2011 Raven were selected by Michael Flatley to promote the London release of 'Lord of the Dance 3D' on St. Patrick's week.[14] Róisín also partnered Paddy McGuinness dancing in a pilot for his game show 'Walk the Line' in 2011, again backed by Raven.[15] In March 2011 Róisín began touring her own Irish dance stage show with Raven in London, entitled ‘Raven Dance’, premiering at the ‘Broadway Theatre’ London.[16] In 2012 Raven appeared dancing alongside Louis Walsh and Keith Lemon on ITV1's 'LemonAid', filmed at Pinewood studios, Teddington.[17]

Britain Does Variety

From 2011 to 2016 Róisín has annually been on the judging panel of Sky TV talent show 'Britain Does Variety', alongside judges such as Channel 5 presenter Dave Payne, CBBC's Naomi Wilkinson, and EastEnders' Emma Barton.[18]

A Gypsy Life for Me

In 2011 Róisín was selected to be a judge on the panel of 'Travellers Got Talent', a National Gypsy and Traveller talent contest, also judged by Romany pop star Jentina.[19] The competition was filmed for an eight part series for Sky entitled 'A Gypsy life for Me'. During the series Róisín was contracted to feature more prominently in the show, eventually leading to her being signed as a presenter and judge for a further eight part series for Sky.[20] 'A Gypsy Life for Me' season two was subsequently centred on Róisín, and her co-judges Jentina and singer David Essex, in a new competition searching England and the Republic of Ireland for the 'Gypsy and Traveller Face of the Year 2012'.[21] In 2012 Róisín was interviewed about the show in Dublin by Sinéad Desmond and Mark Cagney for TV3's 'Ireland AM'.[22] Season two of 'A Gypsy Life for Me' began airing on Sky from May 2013.[23]

World Gypsy Dance championships

In July 2014 Róisín was announced as the primary judge, founder and organiser for the inaugural World Gypsy Dance Championships, hosted in London.[24] The World Gypsy Dance Championships is open to dancers from the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community, worldwide. Championship entrants compete in a variety of traditional and modern dance forms, including Stepdance, Irish dancing, and Flamenco. Podium finalists are awarded Gold, Silver or Bronze world medals, with the overall winner holding the title of World Gypsy Dance Champion for that year.[25] In July 2014 Róisín was interviewed about the competition at RTÉ studios in Dublin, by RTÉ presenter Derek Mooney and All Ireland Talent Show judge Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh.[26]

Competitive titles

References

  1. ↑ Bowers, Jake. "Steps ahead – Róisín is inspired by her Gypsy roots". Travellers' Times magazine, winter 2010, issue 44, p6.
  2. ↑ Bannon, Aoife. "Gypsy life doesn't revolve around big, fat weddings". The Sun. Sunday 17 June 2012. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4377131/Gypsy-life-doesnt-revolve-around-big-fat-weddings.html
  3. ↑ Ruston-Thorpe, Tracy. "Centre Stage – Irish inspiration". Dance Review magazine, March 2011. p25.
  4. ↑ Cattrall, Chris. "The rise of Raven". Dance dynamic magazine. January 2010. p30.
  5. ↑ Mullins, Róisín. "Letter to my Younger Self", Ireland's Big Issue Magazine, Issue 135 Vol 9, 8 February 2012, p5.
  6. ↑ "West End girl". The Crawley Observer. Wednesday 2 May 2001. p2.
  7. ↑ Marsden, Shelley. "Lady of the Dance". The Irish World. 26 February 2011. p34.
  8. ↑ Róisín Mullins official website biography. http://www.roisinmullins.co.uk/biography/
  9. ↑ Kelleher, Lynne. "Travellers got talent in abundance". The Irish Examiner. Monday 14 November 2011. p5.
  10. ↑ Ruston-Thorpe, Tracy. "Centre Stage – Irish inspiration". Dance Review magazine, March 2011. p25.
  11. ↑ Audley, Fiona. "Revitalising Irish Dance with Raven". The Irish Post. p1. Ri-Ra. p1. 11 October 2008.
  12. ↑ Marsden, Shelley. "Raven in Fantasia". The Irish World. 20 March 2010. p18.
  13. ↑ Marsden, Shelley. "Raven get TV's Dec reeling!". The Irish World. 3 April 2010. Issue 1203. p8.
  14. ↑ Róisín Mullins official website biography. http://www.roisinmullins.co.uk/biography/
  15. ↑ Róisín Mullins official website biography. http://www.roisinmullins.co.uk/biography/
  16. ↑ Marsden, Shelley. "Raven on Broadway". The Irish World. 9 April 2011. Issue 1256. p16..
  17. ↑ Marsden, Shelley. "Raven join Louis for Lemonaid". The Irish World. 19 May 2012. p15
  18. ↑ Marsden, Shelley. "The Irish Do Variety". The Irish World. 4 June 2011. Issue 1246. p11.
  19. ↑ Stephenson, David. "Big Fat Gypsy Talent Show". The Sunday Express. 9 October 2013. p46.
  20. ↑ O'Connor, Madeline. "Sky TV searching for 2012 Face of Travellers". The Irish World. 23 June 2012. p9.
  21. ↑ Welsh, Sarah. "We're not ALL big fat brides". The Daily Star. Saturday 4 May 2013. p35.
  22. ↑ O'Connor, Madeline. "Sky TV searching for 2012 Face of Travellers". The Irish World. 23 June 2012. p9.
  23. ↑ Welsh, Sarah. "We're not ALL big fat brides". The Daily Star. Saturday 4 May 2013. p35.
  24. ↑ Mitchell, Laura. "Gypsy Come Dancing! New sequin clad competition set to waltz on to TV". The Daily Star. 16 July 2014. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/real-life/389299/Gypsy-dancing-competition
  25. ↑ Falconer, Daniel. "World Gypsy Dance Championships to come to UK screens in new television series". www.femalefirst.co.uk . 16 July 2014. http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/tv/news/world-gypsy-dance-championships-coming-soon-503639.html
  26. ↑ The Mooney Show, http://www.rte.ie/radio1/mooney/

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