'I didn’t want any special treatment': Dancer Joanna Banks on touring Ireland aged 86

The founding member of Dance Ireland had to relocate to sheltered accommodation after anti-social behaviour forced her out of her previous home in Cork, writes Sarah Horgan

86-year-old dancer Joanna Banks who is travelling around Ireland as part of Philip Connaughton’s production of TROJANS. Picture: Luca Truffarelli

At the age of 86, she literally has the world at her feet after making a name for herself as one of Ireland’s oldest and most revered professional dancers.

However, Joanna Banks, who lives in Dublin and is currently touring Ireland with the contemporary Irish dance company Luail, has revealed that extreme anti-social behaviour forced her out of her previous home.