PURPLE DOOR
explore. create. share.
About
Purple Door, led by Kasia Eliasz, is an inclusive performing group dedicated to creating a welcoming space for artistic and social dialogue. Our mission is to cultivate an environment that encourages perpetual, critical learning and exploration at the intersection of Performing Arts and various artistic genres. Through sounds, movements, words, and visual arts, we celebrate the diverse creative expressions of young individuals with Down syndrome, showcasing the boundless potential within this vibrant community.
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Purple Door, led by Kasia Eliasz, is an inclusive performing group dedicated to creating a welcoming space for artistic and social dialogue. Our mission is to cultivate an environment that encourages perpetual, critical learning and exploration at the intersection of Performing Arts and various artistic genres. Through sounds, movements, words, and visual arts, we celebrate the diverse creative expressions of young individuals with Down syndrome, showcasing the boundless potential within this vibrant community.
“get together” is a collaborative project that brings together people with down syndrome and established artists in various art forms. the project is designed to explore creative dance, drama, visual arts, and music.the goal of the project is to provide opportunities for individuals with down syndrome to engage in artistic expression and to promote inclusivity and diversity within the arts community. by collaborating with established artists, the project aims to facilitate the sharing of ideas and techniques, and to encourage experimentation and innovation in the creative process.“get together” aims to offer more than just activities for individuals with disabilities; it strives to provide a truly professional art experience by collaborating with renowned artists in ireland.
Monica Munoz - Dance
Monica Muñoz is a dance artist originally from Barcelona and based in Dublin since 2014.
She graduated at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen/Germany and completed an MA in Dance Education from the Frankfurt University of performing Arts. As a dancer she worked for over 20 years throughout Europe and performed across the globe with choreographers and companies such as: Tanztheate, Heidelberg-Freiburg , Cie Toula Limnaios, Rui Horta, Joachim Schloemer, Cie Drift, Konstantinos Rigos among many others. In Ireland, she has collaborated frequently with CoisCéim Dance Theatre.
She was selected from the international dance magazine Tanz Aktuell “Young Dance to Watch” in 2002. She received the Docklands Arts Funds from Business to Arts to bring access to dance to schools from the Docklands area. She created Groovy Movers, a dance participation program of intergenerational dance supported by Dun Laoghaire County Council. Her dance show for young audiences, Princesses Can Be Pirates, toured nationally to 12 venues supported by the Arts Council, and to Germany supported by Culture Ireland. She was selected by The Ark to participate in their Creative Europe Project PUSH +. She has received a commission from Tipperary Dance to create a new dance work for school audiences: UP-CLOSE. Along her choreographic work she facilitates dance in education and community settings such as: Creative Schools Programme, Dance Ireland, Dance Theatre of Ireland and the BA of Contemporary Dance at the University of Limerick. Currently she is the third John Coolohan Early Years Artist at The Ark
Patrick Stefan - Music
Patrick stefan is an award-winning Irish/Dutch songwriter from Co. Clare & Dublin who released his debut album Wayfare in September 2022, an urban-folk document of Patrick’s unique & colourful travels from Scandinavia, Brazil, to west Africa and back home.
A once-Fulbright scholar, Patrick opted to follow the path of his father’s folk-singing- footsteps after building up an impressive list of collaborators like Niwel Tsumbu, rising stars Aby Coulibaly & Monjola, fiddler Martin Hayes (with the award-winning instrumental group Ensemble Ériu), Loah, Lisa Canny, Fehdah and 2017 Eurovision winner Luisa Sobral.After racking up 400k+ streams on ‘Superman’ – a star-studded 2020 soulful collaboration featuring Uly & Rob de Boer Patrick was tipped as by the likes of Nialler9, The Last Mixed Tape, and BBC’s Across The Line for his unique sound.In 2022 Patrick opened concerts for Niamh Regan, Gemma Dunleavy, Kean Kavanagh & Melina Malone, and was supported by Music Network & the Arts Council.
STEREOSTEREO is a performance with live music by Purple Door which explores the themes of identity and categorisation, with a focus on challenging stereotypes.Supported by Kildare County Council Arts Service’s First Fortnight Award 2024, in partnership with First Fortnight.This event is part of Riverbank's programme for First Fortnight 2025.https://riverbank.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873650859
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