“That distraction is pretty huge, even today,” Howard said. The franchise undoubtedly popularized and commoditized Irish dance, providing one pathway for dancers to have a career beyond competin ...

An Chomhdhail is the largest Irish dance organization in Ireland. The U.S. Chapter, the USA IDA, is one of 29 branches ...

The athleticism of it – for me, it’s a sport. … All of our dancers are pretty good athletes because Irish dancing is pretty similar to jumping rope, where you’re hopping up and down.

A Gig Harbor teen is now one of the top Irish dancers in the world. 17-year-old Kaden Scheller placed 12th in his division at the World Irish Dance Championships in Dublin. He spoke to KIRO 7 News ...

The whole dance is ingenious as the Irish dance group use their steps and clap their hands to stamp out the iconic tune with some pretty great acting appearing close the end when the evil voices ...

“Only one percent of Irish dancers ever get the qualification, so it’s a pretty big deal,” Shannon Ryan-Stamper with Craoi na ...

In Irish dancing, there is also a solo style using ... and if they practice hard and start to advance, they can move up pretty fast.” Many of Keenan’s students do rise to the competition ...

it's pretty incredible to watch. This is a really big month for them. Lacing up shoes and lining up, the Nashville Irish Step Dancers ran out onto their rehearsal space, their feet thundering on ...

the Irish dance." This level of high-octane performance takes the best in the world. "It's grueling, it's grueling!" Cian smiled. "You kinda have to be as pretty as a ballerina as well as fit as a ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Both Anna Napora and Teagan Rossitto come from self-identified “super Irish” families. When Rossitto was two, her mom brought her along to an Irish dance group in a local ...