Niamh is a performance artist working with movement, spoken word and sound. Her work deals with these three disciplines, and is curious about how they relate to and influence one another. She is interested in what their relationship can reveal and discover 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 and remixing from music production can be applied to movement and writing practices, and how this can then develop into a semi-structured, semi-improvised performance. Initially beginning as a solo dance performance in her third year at Northern School, versions of the project which now involve spoken word and original sound have since been performed in London; at the Chelsea Theatre as part of Resonance Dance, and Jacksons Lane Theatre for Brainfools Poetry Slam Scratchtacular.

There is a dedicated page for the research and development of Sampling > here

other projects/collabrations include:

• ‘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.

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

• 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 research and development stage. 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 has the opportunity to experience and interact with classical music

• with DJ and music producer SUPERMOOBSTER aka Kate Redman-Peat; dance film created and edited to her original track as part of UWE Music Production final-year project