LED BY DANCE ARTIST PHILIPPA DONNELLAN and MUSICIAN BRIAN FLEMING A DANCE, DRUMMING AND PERFORMANCE PROJECT JUNE - JULY STRIKING MOVES was an intergenerational dance, drumming and performance project open to people of all ...more
ARMY ANTS was inspired by renowned actress Agnes Bernelle, and the cabaret/theatre world of 1930’s Berlin into which she was born. Set to music by Tom Waits ARMY ANTS combines Jazz, Contemporary Dance and physical theatre. The ...more
In Spring 2013 Creative Steps took part in their third dance film project. Working with film mentor Peter Kelly, the group produced four unique dance films: Run Alice Run, Sugar, All the Kings Men, and ...more
Directed by choreographer Philippa Donnellan and Big Bang Festival's Brian Fleming, The Beat Project was a large scale initiative open to people aged 8 to 80+ with an interest in dance, music and performance. Beginning ...more
This lively and quirky piece choreographed by Emma O'Kane was performed at the Irish Youth Dance Festival in Dun Laoghaire. The show brought together the talents of costume designers Ciara Cramer, Katie Davenport and Naoise ...more
This dance theatre piece explored the themes of online identity theft and internet hacking, including the dark side of social media. Performer Sibéal Davitt writes that the "inspiration for the piece was drawn from Jean Baudrillard and Walter ...more
Creative Steps completed this dance film project with Peter Kelly of FilmCircle Productions as film mentor and Philippa Donnellan as dance mentor, resulting in four short dance films. Filming took place in a variety of locations including ...more
Creative Steps performed the dance theatre piece Ya Wha’ as part of NOISEmoves Youth Dance Festival at The Civic Theatre in Tallaght. The festival was established by South Dublin County Council Arts Office in 2010 and ...more
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEBS is a project exploring modern and traditional debutante norms, demonstrating cosmetic change made common by fake tanning, beauty products, and hair bleaching. The piece culminated in two parts, the first being performed ...more
STRANGE ENCOUNTERS This film project was put on by Philippa Donellan from CoisCeim, Peter Kelly of Film Circle and Tom Swift from The Performance Corporation. In this collaboration with the Kildare County Council Arts Service, ...more
