Irish dance

Steps are developed by Irish dance teachers for students of their school.

Plus there are plenty of activities for the whole family including Irish dance shows and live music.

A group Irish dance performance was part of the wedding ceremony.

At that time there was no established Irish dance festival.

"It was mostly the girls learned the Irish dances," he said.

He previously did stage work, but stopped to pursue Irish dance.

It reached number one on the Irish dance singles chart.

This shared interest in continuing Irish dance sparked the idea to create a university group.

Ultimately, she plans to use her business education to open her own school of Irish dance.

It is the most popular tune-type within the Irish dance music tradition.

Irish dance companies in the festival also gained from working with international contemporaries.

A competitive spirit helps, too, because competitions are big in the Irish dance world.

Scottish and Irish dances are normally done to traditional tunes.

Children danced between bookshelves, practicing steps learned at Irish dance school.

Competition dresses have changed in many ways since Irish Dance first appeared.

Officially registered student organizations focused on Irish dance may join the college network.

"I took Irish dance to another level," he recalled with typical brio.

If the calculation included all members of Irish dance companies, who mostly work part-time as actors or teachers, the total might reach 60, she said.

She began Irish dance lessons at the age of six, which she quit promptly.

But one would hate to see such shows obliterate subtler kinds of Irish dance.

The society organizes Irish dance courses during the festival.

Céilí dancing is a specific type of Irish dance.

About a year into Irish dance, she became very serious with it and quit the soccer and baseball teams.

She also teaches Irish dance and judges step dance competitions.

That brief performance started Irish dance on its path to becoming the rage that it is today.