Teaċ Daṁsa’s MÁM in Madrid: Michael Keegan-Dolan at his best

By Cristina de Lucas, 11 December 2021

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“Keegan-Dolan’s dance language is a powerful vehicle for such a chronicle of life”

Reviewed at Teatros del Canal: Sala Roja, Madrid on 9 December 2021

MÁM (Michael Keegan-Dolan)

Teaċ Daṁsa

Michael Keegan-Dolan, Director

Sabine Dargent, Set Designer

Hyemi Shin, Costume Designer

Adam Silverman, Lighting Designer

Michael Keegan-Dolan’s Teaċ Daṁsa in Mám: a cracker of a show!

Deborah Weiss, 20th February

Mám transports the viewer into another world, surreal yet identifiable at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury.

*****

Pure genius: How to be a Dancer in Seventy-two Thousand Easy Lessons

Deborah Weiss, 17th September

A most entertaining evening of dance theatre from Michael Keegan-Dolan and Rachel Poirier at Sadler's Wells East.

*****

A strangely unique work: Michael Keegan-Dolan's MÁM

Graham Watts, 5th October

MÁM is a performance that demands attention through an extraordinary chain of surreal events.

***11

Faust finds salvation thanks to jump-in soprano

Mark Pullinger, 11th April

A devilishly fun performance of Gounod's take on Goethe, saved when Mandy Fredrich flew in at short notice to take over the role of Marguerite.

****1

Swan Lake Loch na hEala

Christopher Curtis, 26th November

A feast of imagination and excellent performance. This modern Irish take on the classic ballet is funny, profound and moving.

*****

NYDC: Original, Rich and Extraordinary

Christopher Curtis, 7th April

In-Nocentes is wonderful. Michael Keegan-Dolan and his team have drawn from the gifts and commitment of these young dancers to create original, rich and extraordinary dance.

*****

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Cristina de Lucas

After a career in the legal field where she combined her job as an Attorney at Law with collaborative roles in various local and international cultural enterprises, Cristina de Lucas turned to dance research and criticism in 2009, when she moved to London. She obtained her doctorate from the Department of Dance at the University of Roehampton (London). Her fully-funded thesis focused on the confluence between dance and narrative in the repertory of the British choreographer Kenneth MacMillan. Her research has received several awards, such a full Vice-Chancellor scholarship and the 2014 SDHS Graduate Student Travel Grant. She also reviews dance and cinema, contributing regularly to several publications in Spain and UK.