Irish dance
Riverdance-style footwork performance
Irish dance encompasses traditional folk and performance dance forms from Ireland, characterized by rapid footwork, a relatively still upper body, and intricate stepping patterns.
Styles range from social céilí dancing to competitive step dance, where dancers perform complex rhythms in hard or soft shoes.
She's been doing Irish dance since she was five.
The tradition gained global visibility through shows like Riverdance.
- hornpipeSailor's traditional dance
- jigSpirited folk dance
- slip jigIrish dance in 9/8
- bodhránIrish handheld drum
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
set dancing · fiddle · tin whistle · wigs · soft shoes · hard shoes · treble · ghillies · straight back · traditional patterns · harp · St. Patrick's Day · stage performances · Gaelic · regional variations · Riverdance · arms · local festivals
- Celtic DiasporaCeltic heritage, potato famine, coffin ships, immigration waves, heritage societies
- danceballet, breaking, folk dances, b-boying, ballroom
- performing artsacting, music, drama, theater, theatre
- dancesballet, waltz, tango, salsa, hula
- Irish cultureshamrock, shamrocks, leprechaun, leprechauns, Celtic cross
- cultural presentationscultural festival, ethnic music, folk music, traditional music, puppet show
Irish dancebelly dance
Torso-focused Middle Eastern movement
hula · flamenco · African dance · samba · salsa