Team

Adrienne Hart

Adrienne Hart (she/her) graduated from London Contemporary Dance School in 2002 and now work internationally as a choreographer and as Artistic Director of Neon Dance. She has worked in Russia, Belgium, Norway, France, Germany, Kosovo, Japan, USA, and extensively in the UK. Her work has been commissioned and supported by Arts Council England, British Council, Creative England, Sadler's Wells, The Place, Modern Art Oxford, Glastonbury Festival, Reversible Destiny Foundation, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, South West Creative Technology Network, Pavilion Dance South West and Art Front Gallery amongst others.

  • Between 2015-2018 Adrienne was invited to be part of Sadler’s Wells Summer University, a professional development opportunity for mid-career artists. She went on to curate a Wild Card at Lilian Baylis Studio and was commissioned to create a work for Sadler’s Wells resident over 60’s performance group Company of Elders. In 2019 Adrienne was invited onto the Studio Wayne McGregor Questlab, an artist development initiative funded by Arts Council England’s Ambition for Excellence. Dance artists were selected to be part of the programme because they are passionate about technology’s potential to augment artistic creativity and engagement within the arts. In 2022 Adrienne was commissioned by The Place and Wellcome Collection to research dance and robotics with Bristol Robotics Lab and is currently researching wearable robots for enhanced embodied communication with Bristol Robotics Lab and the Bristol based robotics company Air Giants.

Maeve O’Neill

Maeve (she/her) is an independent arts producer and founder of Rua Arts. She is executive producer for Neon Dance and company producer for children’s poet Simon Mole. Maeve manages events, productions, tours and projects for artists and arts organisations. An experienced facilitator of workshops/talks, Maeve’s clients include RADA, Bath Spa University, Roundhouse, Apples and Snakes and The Albany. She trained at The Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin and completed a BA in Modern Drama Studies at Brunel University. In 2024 Maeve contributed an essay for Aurora Metro’s publication ‘Feminist Theatre: Then and Now’.

  • For Neon Dance, Production Credits include: Last & First Men, 2023-2024 (UK preview & international Tour); Prehension Blooms 2022-2023 (UK Premiere and tour); Beyond Body & Things, Setouchi Art Triennale, Japan 2022 (International premiere). 

    Rua Arts Production Credits include: The Great Big Dinosaur Show (National Tour 2023-2025 Simon Mole); Poetry Picnic (National Tour 2021-2022 Simon Mole); Dry Season (National Tour 2022-23 Kat Lyons); Chicken Burger n Chips (Brockley Jack 2020 Corey Bovell); Poisoned Polluted (Old Red Lion 2019 Kathryn O’Reilly); POT (National Tour 2018 Ambreen Razia); WHITE (Pleasance Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 Koko Brown); Vessel (Underbelly Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 Laura Wyatt O’Keeffe); Hidden (Regional Tour 2017 Nicola Werenowska); Screwed (Theatre503 2016 Kathryn O’Reilly); The Diary of a Hounslow Girl (UK National Tours 2016-2017 Ambreen Razia); The Table (Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011 Blind Summit Theatre).  www.ruaarts.earth

Clair Donnelly

Clair (she/her) has worked in marketing and communications for a number of cultural organisations across a wide range of art-forms. Specialising in performing arts, family-friendly culture and national campaigns to champion creativity - Clair's experience spans sector-facing arts communications as well as marketing for large-scale public events and performances.

Naile Muslu

Naile (she/her) is a freelance graphic designer with over 20 years of design experience working from London with UK and international clients.

She studied BA in graphic design and began her professional career working with advertising agencies as well as working with PR companies by creating branding designs and public relations events. She became a partner in the London office of IG Design Studio in 2019.