Roche studied at the
Irish National College of Dance and
London Contemporary Dance School; she left school at 15 to pursue dance as a career. As a dancer, she appeared in
David Bolger's
Ballads (1997). Roche founded Rex Levitates Dance Company with her sister Jenny in 1999; it was in 2012 renamed Liz Roche Company. In 2009–12 she was choreographer-in-residence at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the
University of Limerick. She works in
contemporary dance and
video installation art. Awards won by Liz Roche include the Peter Darrell Choreographic Award, Bonnie Bird UK New Choreography Award and the
Dublin Fringe Festival's Jane Snow Award. She has also worked with
opera productions. In 2020 Roche was elected to
Aosdána. ==References==