as an artist, niamh’s work centres a curiosity about the meeting point between movement, music, and text…

…working spoken word, dance improvisation, and in collaboration with musicians

Her work as a performance artist deals with these three disciplines, and how they relate to and influence one another. She is interested in what the investigation into their relationship can reveal about human creativity, ways of being, and both the collective and the individual experience of meaning and connection.

Her current research project, as of now titled ‘sampling’, is an investigation into how the practice of sampling from music production can be applied to movement and writing practices, and then developed into a semi-structured, semi-improvised performance. Initially beginning as a dance solo in her third year at NSCD, versions of the project that now involve spoken word and original sound have since been performed in London; the Chelsea Theatre as part of Resonance Dance, and Jackson’s Lane Theatre for Brainfools Poetry Slam Scratchtacular.

Other projects/collaborations include:

  • With oboist Ross Williams (RCS/RCM); performance exploring the relationship of live improvised oboe, with live improvised dance. performed at Siobhan Davies Dance, London

  • With cellist Theo Tinkler (RCS/RCM), ongoing collaboration project looking at revitalising Baroque music and movement. Originally performed in Cambridge at Off-Quay Collective ‘Green Groove’ event, and now in further R&D. Using Bach cello suites and traditional Baroque dance forms as a base, and combining these with contemporary and street dance freestyle practices, the project aims to present our findings in a way which transforms how an audience can experience early classical music and it’s traditional dance form

  • ‘Same Same But Different’; dance film with dancer and poet Tian Sewell-Morgan, exploring contemporary and hiphop freestyle inspired movement to original spoken word pieces meditating on love in all forms. future screening at Chisenhale Dance Space

  • ‘B2B: Back 2 Being’; duet dance performance to jungle music, collaboration with Emily Lillian Dodd (Boy Blue, Shockout). First performed at Chisenhale Dance Space, London as part of Company Jinks ‘Many Faces of Love’ fundraising event for Choose Love.

above images l-r:

‘back 2 being’ with emily dodd, by lizzie parker; with theo tinkler at ‘green groove’, credit unknown; still from ‘same same but different’ film

above images: jorden brooks

below image: jon barrett

above image: jorden brooks

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