MÁM is Teaċ Daṁsa’s largest and most ambitious creation to date. With a cast of 21, it brings together the virtuoso, Irish traditional concertina player Cormac Begley, the European classical, contemporary collective, stargaze, 12 international dancers from the Teaċ Daṁsa company, and 1 young actor.  MÁM is a meeting place between soloist and ensemble, classical and traditional, the local and universal.  MÁM acknowledges how life's polarities can on occasion collide, come together and on occasion find resolution.

Teac Damsa - Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre

Michael Keegan-Dolan changed the name of the company Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre to Teaċ Daṁsa in 2016 as a way to make deeper connections with the traditions, language and the music of Ireland. The name Teaċ Daṁsa ‘House of Dance’ in Classical Irish, is about creating places and spaces, both real and imagined, where artists can work, create and play, making dance and theatre that has both the potential to beneficially transform the audience and beneficially influence the way the performers feel about themselves, their work and their relationship with reality.

Michael Keegan-Dolan

Michael Keegan-Dolan gained national and international recognition as a choreographer, director and writer as the artistic director of Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre (founded in 1997), changing its name to Teaċ Daṁsa in 2017. Productions include Giselle (2003), The Bull (2005), The Rite of Spring (2009), Rian (2011), The Stravinsky Double Bill (2013), Swan Lake/Loch na hEala (2016) and MÁM (2019).

Awards – include

• Irish Times Theatre Awards - Giselle 2004 and Swan Lake/Loch na hEala 2017
• Critics Circle, Dance UK Award for The Bull 2008 and Swan Lake/Loch na hEala 2017
• Bessie Award, (a New York Dance and Performance Award) for Rian 2013
• MÁM was nominated for an Olivier Award 2020 and two Critics Circle, Dance UK Awards 2021

Teaċ Daṁsa has built relationships with presenters and audiences in the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New Zealand Festival of the Arts, Sydney Festival, Dublin Theatre Festival, Perth Festival, New Visions Arts Festival, Hong Kong, Nomad and Nasc Touring Networks, the Pavilion Theatre, Sounds from a Safe Harbour Festival, Cork and Sadlers Wells Theatre, London amongst many others.