Kelly Keesing

Kelly Keesing
5 to 9 January 2026
Dance Studio

Speak to Me is a dance theatre work exploring the fragile space between inner and outer worlds. Set within a shared, domestic environment, the work moves through shifting states of memory, perception, and emotional proximity. Moments of connection emerge and dissolve. Bodies move together, yet remain distinctly alone. At its core, Speak to Me traces shifting senses of self, moments of recognition, disorientation, and return. The self appears in fragments, reflected in others, never fully held, always in flux.

Developed across a series of residencies in Ireland and internationally, the work continues to evolve through an ongoing exploration of sound, presence, and the relationship between individual and shared experience. During her residency at Uillinn, Kelly Keesing focuses on deepening the physical and sonic language of the work.

Kelly Keesing is an Australian–Irish dance artist based in Ireland, working across performance, choreography and direction. She trained at the Tanya Pearson Academy in Sydney and the Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden, and has performed internationally with companies such as Ballet National de Marseille (LA)Horde, Bern Ballett and Ballett Theater Basel.

Alongside her work as a freelance performer, she is currently developing Speak to Me (2026), a new dance theatre work created across a network of residencies in Ireland and internationally, in collaboration with performers Ben Sullivan and Saoirse Lambkin O’Kane.

Website: https://kellykeesing.com
Instagram: @kellykeesing

All images are by Gabriel Xhumari

West Cork Arts Centre acknowledges the financial support of The Arts Council  / An Chomhairle Ealaíon in making these residencies possible.