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Irish stepdance

Index Irish stepdance

Irish stepdance is a style of performance dance with its roots in traditional Irish dance. [1]

56 relations: American traditional informal freeform solo folk dancing, An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha, Breandán de Gallaí, Cara Butler, Ceili dance, Celts (modern), Colleen Ward, Comhdháil na Múinteoirí le Rincí Gaelacha, Conor Simpson, Dance, Dance Lexie Dance, Dean Crouch, European herring gull, Festival Irish dance, Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust, Got to Dance, Green Fields of America, Guinness Brewmasters, Harvest Storm, History of the Irish Americans in Philadelphia, Ira Bernstein, Irish dance, Irish set dance, James Morrison (fiddler), Jean Butler, Joanne Doyle, Julia O'Rourke, Leonid Kozlov, List of dances, List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin, List of Jimmy Fallon games and sketches, Margaret Pearse, Music of Ireland, National Heritage Fellowship, Oglebay Institute, Oireachtas (Irish dance), Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne, Reel (dance), Republic of Ireland, Royal Military College of Canada Bands, Scottish highland dance, Sean-nós dance, Sean-nós dance in United States, Slide (tune type), Slip jig, St. Patrick's Day Parade Scranton, Step dance, Talang 2007, Tap dance, The First Snow of Winter, ..., The Outside Track, Tori Pena, Winifred Horan, World Irish Dance Association, Xenogears Original Soundtrack, 1994 in Ireland. Expand index (6 more) »

American traditional informal freeform solo folk dancing

American traditional informal freeform solo folk dancing is a form of dance oriented to spontaneous individual dancing, where self-expression and creativity are expected.

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An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha

An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha (CLRG, English:The Irish Dancing Commission) is the oldest and largest governing body for competitive Irish step dancing globally.

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Breandán de Gallaí

Breandán de Gallaí, a.k.a. Brendan de Gallaí or Brendan Galway (born 10 June 1969), is a former professional Irish dancer who is most famous for his lead role in Riverdance and as a TV personality on TG4.

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Cara Butler

Cara Butler is an American stepdancer and choreographer.

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Ceili dance

Ceili dances, or true ceili dances (fíor céili) are a popular form of folk dancing in Ireland.

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Celts (modern)

The modern Celts (see pronunciation of ''Celt'') are a related group of ethnicities who share similar Celtic languages, cultures and artistic histories, and who live in or descend from one of the regions on the western extremities of Europe populated by the Celts.

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Colleen Ward

Colleen Ward is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Wolcott, Connecticut, who was crowned Miss Connecticut 2015.

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Comhdháil na Múinteoirí le Rincí Gaelacha

Comhdháil na Múinteoirí le Rincí Gaelacha (English: The Congress of Irish Dance Teachers), also referred to as An Chomhdháil (the Congress), is a global governing body for Irish stepdance.

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Conor Simpson

Conor Simpson (born 1994) is a competitive performer of Irish stepdance from Canberra, Australia.

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Dance

Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement.

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Dance Lexie Dance

Dance Lexie Dance is a short film made in Northern Ireland, and released in 1996.

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Dean Crouch

Dean Crouch is an Irish dancer and musician.

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European herring gull

The European herring gull (Larus argentatus) is a large gull (up to long).

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Festival Irish dance

Festival dance is a form of Irish dance traditionally associated with Northern Ireland.

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Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust

Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust was a mockumentary television comedy broadcast on the American cable channel Comedy Central in Spring 2003.

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Got to Dance

Got to Dance, originally titled Just Dance, is a British dance competition that was broadcast on Sky 1 in the United Kingdom and Ireland from 20 December 2009 to 28 December 2014.

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Green Fields of America

The Green Fields of America is an ensemble which performs and promotes Irish traditional music in the United States.

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Guinness Brewmasters

The Guinness Brewmasters are animated advertising icons of Guinness beer used since 2004.

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Harvest Storm

Harvest Storm is the third studio album by Altan, released in April 1992 on the Green Linnet label.

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History of the Irish Americans in Philadelphia

People of Irish descent form the largest ethnic group in the city of Philadelphia and its surrounding counties.

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Ira Bernstein

Ira Bernstein (b. Malverne, New York, 1959) is a dancer and teacher in the United States who specializes in traditional American dance forms such as Appalachian-style clogging, flatfoot dancing, tap dance, and step dancing.

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Irish dance

Irish dance or Irish dancing is a group of traditional dance forms originating from Ireland, encompassing dancing both solo and in groups, and dancing for social, competitive, and performance purposes.

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Irish set dance

Irish set dance, sometimes called "country sets", is a popular form of folk dancing in Ireland.

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James Morrison (fiddler)

James or Jim Morrison (3 May 1893 - 1947), known as "The Professor", was a notable South Sligo-style Irish fiddler.

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Jean Butler

Jean Butler (born March 14, 1971), is an American stepdancer, choreographer, and actress.

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Joanne Doyle

Joanne Doyle (born 1973) is a former professional Irish dancer who is most famous for her lead role in Riverdance.

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Julia O'Rourke

Julia O'Rourke is a former competitive Irish stepdancer.

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Leonid Kozlov

Leonid Kozlov (born 1947 in Moscow, Russia) is a former principal dancer of the Bolshoi and New York City Ballet.

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List of dances

This is the main list of dances.

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List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin

This is a list of dances grouped by ethnicity, country, or region.

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List of Jimmy Fallon games and sketches

The following is a list of recurring games, sketches, and other comedy routines from the NBC late night talk show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and its predecessor, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

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Margaret Pearse

Margaret Pearse (née Brady; 12 February 1857 – 22 April 1932) was an Irish politician.

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Music of Ireland

Irish music is music that has been created in various genres on the island of Ireland.

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National Heritage Fellowship

The National Heritage Fellowship is a lifetime honor presented to master folk and traditional artists by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Oglebay Institute

Located in Wheeling, West Virginia, Oglebay Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization"".

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Oireachtas (Irish dance)

In modern competitive Irish dance, an oireachtas (plural: oireachtais) refers to an annual championship competition.

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Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne

Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne (English: The Irish Dancing World Championships; often simply the Worlds) is an annual Irish stepdance competition run by An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha (the Irish Dancing Commission).

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Reel (dance)

The reel is a folk dance type as well as the accompanying dance tune type.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Royal Military College of Canada Bands

The Band of the Royal Military College began in 1953 as a small Highland contingent consisting of bagpipers and drummers.

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Scottish highland dance

Highland dance or Highland dancing (dannsa Gàidhealach) is a style of competitive solo dancing developed in the Scottish Highlands in the 19th and 20th centuries in the context of competitions at public events such as the Highland games.

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Sean-nós dance

Sean-nós dance (old style dancing) is an older style of traditional solo Irish dance.

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Sean-nós dance in United States

Sean-nós dance in America has its roots in Irish culture, but may be practiced differently from how it is danced in Ireland.

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Slide (tune type)

In Irish traditional music, a slide is a tune type in akin to, and often confused with, a single jig.

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Slip jig

Slip jig refers to both a style within Irish music, and the Irish dance to music in slip-jig time.

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St. Patrick's Day Parade Scranton

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Step dance

Step dance is the generic term for dance styles in which the footwork is the most important part of the dance.

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Talang 2007

Talang 2007 was the first season of the show Talang, the Swedish version of Got Talent.

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Tap dance

Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion.

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The First Snow of Winter

The First Snow of Winter is an animated television film produced by Hibbert Ralph Entertainment and Link Entertainment and first aired on the BBC on 25 December 1998.

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The Outside Track

The Outside Track is a Pan Celtic group that performs Scots, Irish and Cape Breton songs and stepdance.

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Tori Pena

Victoria "Tori" Peña (born 30 July 1987) is a pole vaulter with dual American and Irish citizenship who competes for Ireland in IAAF competition.

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Winifred Horan

Winifred Horan is an American violinist/fiddler of Irish descent.

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World Irish Dance Association

The World Irish Dance Association (WIDA) is an Irish stepdance organisation founded in 2004.

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Xenogears Original Soundtrack

The Xenogears Original Soundtrack is the official soundtrack to Square's role-playing video game Xenogears.

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1994 in Ireland

Events from the year 1994 in Ireland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_stepdance

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