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
Dressing for Beginners The second Creative Steps project in 2009 resulted in a film produced that was created by the group - the imaginative Dressing for Beginners, a demonstration of changing room manoeuvres and the ...more
Directed by Muirne Bloomer, the theme of DYING TO TELL is those who would kill to achieve recognition. Who knows who has secrets to reveal, confessions to make and lies to be detected. Watch your back ...more
One Shot Wonders In the first Creative Steps dance on film project, participants collaborated with young film makers to brainstorm, select and create four uniquely engaging short films. The theme involved the challenge of ...more
