Maldon Meehan is a performer, teacher and scholar of Irish Sean-nós and set dance. Maldon holds a BA in Irish Studies/Theater Arts from The Evergreen State College and a MA in Ethnochoreology from the University of Limerick, Ireland. Maldon has over 18 years experience dancing, teaching and performing. She is a 2008 Regional Arts and Cultures grant recipient.
As a sean-nós dancer Maldon has appeared on the nationally televised 2005 Oireachtas at the Cork Opera House in Cork City (TG4) as well as on Connemara Community Radio and Raidió na Gaeltachta (RTÉ). Maldon placed 3rd in the 2005 Comórtas Chóilín Sheáin Dharach, a sean-nós jig competition held annually in Connemara. In 2005 Maldon and Ronan Regan released an instructional DVD of Sean-nós dance. Today the DVD has been sold in more than 17 countries.
Maldon has studied sean-nós dance with Róisín Ní Mhainín, Pádraig Ó hOibicín, Mulkerrin, Mairéad Casey, Pádraig and Gearóid Ó Dubhain. She has performed on stage with Johnny B Connolly, Dale Russ, Hanz Araki, Kevin Burke, Foghorn Stringband, Danu, Jackie Daily, Ronan Regan, Kieran Jordan, Shannon Dunne and Alicia Guinn.
Maldon has performed and or taught at the Boffin Arts Festival (Ireland), the Friday Harbor Irish Music Camp (Washington), Aladdin Theater (Oregon), Irish Connections Festival (Massachusetts), Sean-nós Milwaukee (Wisconsin) and the Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College (Massachusetts).
Maldon is a founding member of Sean-nós Northwest, a non-profit organization dedicated to presenting dance, song and language in the Pacific Northwest. Maldon Meehan currently lives in Portland, Oregon where she teaches weekly classes, performs and tours nationally.
Awards
2008 Regional Arts and Culture Council Grant
2005 3rd place, Comórtas Chóilín Sheáin Dharach
Discography
2005 DVD: "Dance Sean-nós”
2004 CD: Riff Raff: Whisky fingers & Happy feet
Studied Set dancing with: Patrick O'Dea, Pádraig and Róisín McEneany, Pat Murphy, Séamus Ó Méalóid, Aidan Vaughan and Pat O’Connell
Studied Sean-nos dance with: Róisín Ní Mhainín, Pádraig Ó hOibicín, Mick Mulkerrin, Mairéad Casey, Pádraig and Gearóid Ó Dubhain
Maldon Meehan's Muse Letter
www.maldonmeehan.com
Sean-nos PDX Blog
Booking: 503.206.9311
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