Teaċ Daṁsa is a dance and theatre company rooted on the cliffs of the West Kerry Gaeltacht, creating work shaped by the wild energy of its surroundings.
Our work celebrates movement, music, and ritual, crafting transformative experiences that deepen connections with ourselves and bring us closer to each other.
Committed to empathy and authenticity, Teaċ Daṁsa has built a unique reputation for powerful and intimate performances that resonate globally—from Ireland’s Atlantic coast to stages across the world.
Teaċ Daṁsa is a home for dance.
A home where body, mind and spirit are interwoven. Where we work with rhythm and with great attention. Where we care for our thoughts and feelings. Where our time is well spent.
This home creates and transforms with kindness, friendship, and compassion. It affects the quality of the work.
Teaċ Daṁsa sustains dancers. It holds memories.
Michael Keegan-Dolan is the founder of Teaċ Daṁsa (est. 2016) and a leading voice in contemporary dance-theatre. Michael rose to acclaim as the artistic director of Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre (1997–2015). His work is raw, lyrical, and profoundly moving.
With Teaċ Daṁsa, he has continued to explore the power of collaboration and place through critically acclaimed productions, such as MÁM, How to be a Dancer in Seventy Two Thousand Easy Lessons, and Nobodaddy.
A former associate artist at Sadler’s Wells and the Barbican Centre in London, Michael also teaches and leads workshops internationally, sharing his experience and creative practice with artists around the world.
Gary Dunne is a musician, cultural producer, and creative consultant with a diverse background in performance, programming, and creative leadership. He played a key role in developing and enhancing the London Irish Centre’s cultural programme and strategy, helping to expand its reach and impact. As Creative Programmer of the London St. Patrick’s Festival, he curated large-scale celebrations of Irish heritage, and during the 2012 London Olympics, he programmed 17 days of Irish cultural events at Irish Olympic House.
Recognised as a Global Cultural Ambassador by The Irish Times, he holds the Freedom of the City of London and is a Fellow of the RSA. His work is grounded in collaboration and a commitment to fostering cultural innovation. Currently, Gary works with cultural organisations in the UK and Ireland on strategy, fundraising, and capital campaigns.
Appointed to the Teaċ Daṁsa board of directors: 2024
Allen hails from Ennis Co Clare and is co- managing director of the Flynn Hotel collection with hotels in Cork Waterford Kilkenny and Ennis. Graduating from NIHE limerick with a degree in finance he moved to New York where he spent 7 years with PriceWaterHouse Coopers. He returned to Ireland in 1995 and has been actively involved in the tourism and hospitality sector since. He is a past board member of the Drama League of Ireland, Glór Theatre Ennis and the Ennis Arts Festival Ltd and is actively involved arts sector in Co. Clare.
Appointed to the Teaċ Daṁsa board of directors: 2021
Angie is CEO and Co-Founder of Helping Irish Hosts, a vital initiative launched in response to the Ukraine invasion. The organisation has matched over 2,700 displaced Ukrainians with 1,300+ Irish homes, providing practical resources for hosts and guests and pioneering a new model of refugee welcome.
A serial social entrepreneur, Angie has led Business Development, Communications, and Event Management for Special Olympics, BBC Children in Need, and Self Help Africa. She serves on the board of Dublin Youth Theatre and founded The #Artskickers Awards.
Passionate about community resilience and positive change, Angie is dedicated to harnessing the power of people and communities for the greater good. She enjoys the sea, having the craic and being inspired by courageous people who do creative things.
Appointed to the Teaċ Daṁsa board of directors: 2024
Yvonne Mc Guinness is an Irish artist known for her socially engaged practise, her work often develops through close engagement with communities in place and the particular conditions that arise within these contexts. Her research interests explore art as a social and relational practice and the critical and contextual debates that evolve from this area of study. With an emphasis on collaboration and ethnographic approaches she is particularly interested in our sense of belonging and embodied experience of place and with spectator as participant. Her work involves a variety of media: film, performance, collage, sculptural and textile elements, sound and writing. Recent commissions include Fingal Public Art Infrastructure programme, Park project commission Lough Key, Co Roscommon and South County Dublin Public Art Programme ‘In Context 4’. She is a graduate of The Royal College of Art London and Crawford Art College Cork. Her work is represented in the Arts Council of Ireland Collection.
Appointed to the Teaċ Daṁsa board of directors: 2021
Originally from Dublin, Sinead has made West Kerry her home since 2003. Sinead practices as a Psychotherapist and clinical supervisor, and is the clinical manager at Kerry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre. Formerly an assistant lecturer in the BA in Psychotherapy in MTU Cork, Sinead also was the Co-ordinator of Kerry Response to Violence against Women and Children. She has worked in community development with Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta, with a particular focus on youth development and youth mental health, and was a TV presenter and reporter for many years on RTÉ, TG4 and Virgin Media. Sinead is Co-founder and artist with MOTHU, a street spectacle group in West Kerry. Appointed to the Teaċ Daṁsa board of directors: 2025
Des Power was born curious and that curiosity along with a talent for leadership has been a driving force in an executive career marked by innovation, growth and talent development. Des held senior executive positions with Philips, Harman, Fitbit and Google. His global leadership journey took him to Eindhoven, Knoxville, Atlanta, Amsterdam, Shenzhen, Dublin and finally home to Strandhill.
Des recently graduated from INSEAD Business School with a certificate in Corporate Governance (IDP-C). Today he serves on the Boards of Enterprise Ireland, The Model and Teac Damsa. Previously, he was a Director of Fitbit International and Hawk’s Well Theatre.
Appointed to the Teaċ Daṁsa board of directors: 2024