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'''Michael Seaver''' (born 1967) is a writer and musician in Ireland. He is the dance critic at ''[[The Irish Times]]'' and Irish correspondent with the ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'', as well as principal clarinetist with the [[RTÉ Concert Orchestra]]. He also writes for ''Ballet Tanz'', ''Dance Theatre Journal'', ''[[Dance Magazine]]'' and ''Dance Europe''.

Publications include ''Stepping into Footprints: The Globalization of Irish Dance'' from ''Dance in a World of Change'' (2008). In 2004 he received a ''[[New York Times]]'' / [[National Endowment for the Arts]] fellowship for his dance writing and was scholar-in-residence at the 2005 Bates Dance Festival. Former vice-president of [[Dance Research Forum Ireland]], he has also served on the editorial board of the journal ''Choreographic Encounters''.

==External links==
* [http://www.michaelseaver.net/ Official website for Michael Seaver]
* [http://www.irishtimes.com/ ''The Irish Times'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070220214326/http://www.rte.ie/music/rteco/about.html RTÉ Concert Orchestra]

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