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About Maureen

Maureen is the Director of the Teelin Irish Dance Company and Owner/Director of the Teelin School of Irish Dance. In addition to Irish Step, her extensive dance training ranges from modern, ballet, tap and jazz to salsa and Appalachian clogging. After attending a performing arts high school in New Jersey, Maureen received her BFA degree in Dance Performance from Towson University.

Highlights of Maureen’s career include full-time performer with Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble and… more
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"Slainte": An Irish Dance Show

Journey to a place where Irish dance fuses heart-pounding rhythms with cutting-edge choreography, and traditional steps are performed with innovative style. Under the direction of Baltimore's own Maureen Gately, the Teelin Irish Dance Company is proud to present a new production, Sláinte! This show's celebration of Irish culture unites locally renowned musicians and dancers to create a show to remember.
  • Gaol
    This piece called "Gaol" was premiered in my last shoe "StepDance". This will give the idea of how I mix Irish dancing with cultural themes such as the oppression in the North of Ireland and modern music.
  • Knock Knock
    Knock Knock
    This is one of our signature Irish dance numbers called Knock Knock that was featured in our last show "StepDance". We use drumsticks to go with the rhythm and sounds of our hard shoes.
  • Wipeout
    Wipeout
    This photo taken of a surfer on the West Coast of Ireland was the inspiration for the dance called "Wipeout". As a paddleboarding racing champion, I am tickled that I found a way to connect Irish dance and surfing!
  • Accordion
    Accordion
    All my projects and shows include live music. I have hired the best irish musicians baltimore has to offer. I also hired a blues band from Baltimore's Best Band Rehearsal for our Clogging piece. I personally play the accordion and djembe and look for any opportunity to incorporate live music in my projects.
  • StepDance Irish Dance Show
    StepDance Irish Dance Show
    Premiered at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore 2013. The show included a beatboxer from Baltimore City, A local singer, 2 ballerinas from Towson, and Collegiate Stepping from Step Afrika! This collaboration with these artists gave me the platform needed for my next project "Slainte"
  • Graffiti Warehouse
    Graffiti Warehouse
    This photo is from the Station North photo shoot in our traditional Irish costumes. This is the part of town where I found our beatboxer, Sho'dekeh Talifero. It's amazing how two very different cultures can come together so beautifully.
  • Patterson Theater
    Patterson Theater
    As you can tell by the look on my face, I absolutely love this style of traditional Irish dancing. I danced with O'Malley's March around St. Patrick's Day and debuted one of the pieces slated for our new show " Slainte".
  • Irish Softshoe
    Irish Softshoe
    Although our show features hardshoes and accapella rhythms, we also incorporate graceful traditional softshoe. Ireland is one of the the only cultural dance forms that has both hard and soft-shoe dancing.
  • Station North Photo Shoot
    Station North Photo Shoot
    The location for the photo shoot for our principal dancers was at the Station North Graffiti Warehouse. The space was very inspiring given that our Irish dance show has some pieces with an urban feel to it.
  • Slainte Irish Dance Show Promo
    This is our promo for our upcoming Irish dance show, "Slainte", which will premiere Winter 2014. The show will feature a variety of Baltimore artists. Director, dancer, and choreographer Maureen Gately, takes Irish dance to a new level of collaboration.
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