Dance Artist, Arts Manager and Consultant. Specialising in Creative and Strategic Development.Sheila Creevey is a dance artist, arts manager and consultant, specialising in creative and strategic development. She has worked in dance and arts development, management and production, in various contexts, over the past 20 years. Her interest and experience has crossed borders between Ireland, the UK, and across Europe, having worked with dance companies and agencies in roles that both delivered, and supported the delivery of, professional practice and creative learning. She held the position of Chairperson of Dance Research Forum Ireland from 2010 to 2014From 2015 to 2020 Sheila was Head of Creative Programmes, and then Head of Performance at Pavilion Dance South West, a theatre and national dance development organisation in Bournemouth, UK. She was also the Project Director for Surf The Wave (2017 - 2020), a national project that aimed to initiate a step-change in how dance is showcased, and to build new markets for dance in the UK. http://www.pdsw.org.uk/dance-development/surf-the-wave/Sheila commenced her current role as CEO of Dance Ireland in April 2020.Sheila has a BA(Hons) in Dance Studies and Music (University of Surrey / Roehampton), an MA in Dance Performance (University of Limerick), and an MBA in Arts Management (IT Carlow). She has researched and published in the area of Youth Dance (Dance Ireland, 2008), Dance and Social Media (DRFI, 2009) and Young People and Opera (Practice Journal, 2011). Her MBA thesis examined the role of the Dance Artist as Entrepreneur, and the development of policy from practice (2014).