Irish choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan and the company he founded in 1997, the Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, are famous for their amazing Giselle of 2003, adapted by them to an Irish setting. His present company, Teaċ Daṁsa, works even more intensely on connecting dance with Irish language, traditions, and music. The company is an ensemble of international artists, whose curriculum includes a Swan Lake / Loch na hEala production that shocked the audience in its attack to the Catholic Church.

MÁM, their 2019 show, has been the first show entirely created, rehearsed, and produced in West Kerry Gaeltacht, and has been nominated for an Olivier Award in 2020 and two UK Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards in 2022. The piece draws its name from the Gaelic word for ‘mountain pass’, the potential place of meeting between solo artist and ensemble, classic and traditional, local and universal.
Immersed in the Irish landscape, MÁM embraces the slopes of Cnoc Bréanainn as a portal to the unknown, the magic, and the wonderful. Cormac Begley’s enchanting concertina music accompanies, together with Berlin-based group stargaze.