Catherine Donnelly
Professional
An independent dance artist working with a diverse range of organisations, age groups and abilities.
Based in the West of Ireland, Catherine is interested in facilitating opportunities for people, especially those new to dance, to explore movement and dance, engage with the artform and in a creative process, using the body as medium.
She has worked on Artist in Schools programmes with Roscommon County Council, Teacher Artist Partnerships and BLAST residencies, with Athlone and Mayo Education Centes and her residency in St Patrick's Boys National School, Castlebar, was part of RTE's Creative Schools documentary, 'Creative Kids'.
In 2007 she founded The Elderberries weekly creative movement and dance workshops for over 55s, based in Roscommon Arts Centre and was Dancer in Residence for Bealtaine 2018 with Mayo Arts Office.
She produced two short dance works on film during her Scaffolding Dance residency in 2018 in Irish Manufacturing Research, Mullingar, supported by Westmeath County Council and Dance Ireland.
During her 2008 residency in Bank of Ireland, Roscommon (a Roscommon Arts Office Art@Work initiative) she produced a short dance work on film entitled 'Dance Works and Money Matters' which was screened to the public in branch during opening hours.
She recently completed working on her first Commission, 'Navigating a Future', awarded by Mayo County Council and is currently a Dancer in Residence with Ballina Arts Centre, part of their Arts Council Dance Artist Residency Scheme.
Headshot by Alison Laredo
Performance image by Karen Cox
Press
'Flash Mob in Westport': see here.
'Dance and engineering make happy bedfellows': see here
