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Independent Irish choreographers and dance companies are making a big impression on the world stage, writes MICHAEL SEAVER

CHOREOGRAPHERS might reasonably expect to have their moves copied by others. Few expect to see their company copied. When Ella Clarke and Julie Lockett established the Genesis Project in Dublin six years ago, their ambitions could hardly have included replica companies set up by American dancers in Philadelphia and Los Angeles.