I’m from everywhere I’ve ever been
deiseil /dʲeʃal (sounds like jay-shal)
Deiseil Airson Dannsa (Scottish Gaelic for “Ready to Dance”) is a new organisation led by Amy Geddes and Alison Carlyle, which aims to promote awareness of and participation in stepdance, Scotland’s indigenous percussive dance tradition.
Alison Carlyle and Amy Geddes first worked together in 1998 as founding members of pioneering group The Scottish Stepdance Company. Its groundbreaking and critically acclaimed work explored the relationship between music, dance and Gaelic song, and performed stepdance as an indigenous percussive artform. Director Gerry Mulgrew joined the company in 2024 as a co-creator of Deiseil: Dancing in Time.
Associate Artists
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Gerry Mulgrew
From his beginnings in community theatre Gerry has gained an over whelming wealth of experience across the performing arts. A self made artist and collaborator, he co-founded Communicado Theatre Company in 1983, going on to direct over thirty shows.
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Mary Ann Kennedy
Mary Ann Kennedy is a Scottish Gael brought up in the urban diaspora of Glasgow, with roots in the islands of Skye and Tiree. She was brought up in the city's multicultural Southside, where a mother-tongue that was not English was the norm.
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Allan MacDonald
A leading figure in the Gaelic musical scene, Allan MacDonald is in demand internationally as a composer, musical director, piper, singer, workshop leader, and lecturer on Gaelic music.
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman is a freelance lighting designer based in Glasgow and London.
He has worked in theatres across the UK and Europe in a variety of projects and productions, and is a creative collaborator with theatre company, Wonder Fools.
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Garry Boyle
Garry Boyle is a Recording Engineer/Mixer/Producer and Sound Designer based at Slate Room Recording Studio, Pencaitland. Garry holds a Degree in Popular Music from Napier University, Edinburgh.
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Jacky Pankhurst
With 10+ years experience as a social media strategist Jacky works across the Scottish traditional music and creative communities. Activities include building audience development and engagement, event and tour promotion, album launches and crowdfunding campaigns.