Book Description
Collection of the most popular set dances in easy-to-use notations.
Author : Pat Murphy
Publisher : Mercier PressLtd
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,88 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781856351157
Collection of the most popular set dances in easy-to-use notations.
Author : Helen Brennan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 18,78 MB
Release : 2022-04-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1493069985
From early accounts of dance customs in medieval Ireland to the present, Helen Brennan offers an authoritative look at the evolution of Irish dance. Every type of dance from social to traditional to clergy is included. Brennan takes care to explain the different styles and traditions that evolved from different parts of Ireland; which results in some lively discussions as people reminisce over old favorites. She also discusses how dance evolved to become such an important part of Ireland's culture and history. An appendix is offered to help explain the various steps involved in each style of dance including the Munster or Southern style, Single Shuffle, Double Shuffle, Treble Shuffle, the Heel Plant, the Cut, the Rock or Puzzle, the Drum, the Sean Nos Dance Style of Connemara, and the Northern Style.
Author : Larry Lynch
Publisher :
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 16,24 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Country dancing
ISBN : 9780951484807
Author : Pat Murphy
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,79 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Dance
ISBN : 9781856353083
A second collection from Pat Murphy, the author of Tos the Feathers, Which also features popular set dances.
Author : Arthur Flynn
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 13,4 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781565544123
This book traces the history of dance in Ireland, with chapters on music, dance costumes, competitions, and the phenomenal revival. There are instructions and illustrated steps to two elementary dances.
Author : Catherine E. Foley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 12,37 MB
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1317050053
For many people step dancing is associated mainly with the Irish step-dance stage shows, Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, which assisted both in promoting the dance form and in placing Ireland globally. But, in this book, Catherine Foley illustrates that the practice and contexts of step dancing are much more complicated and fluid. Tracing the trajectory of step dancing in Ireland, she tells its story from roots in eighteenth-century Ireland to its diverse cultural manifestations today. She examines the interrelationships between step dancing and the changing historical and cultural contexts of colonialism, nationalism, postcolonialism and globalization, and shows that step dancing is a powerful tool of embodiment and meaning that can provoke important questions relating to culture and identity through the bodies of those who perform it. Focusing on the rural European region of North Kerry in the south-west of Ireland, Catherine Foley examines three step-dance practices: one, the rural Molyneaux step-dance practice, representing the end of a relatively long-lived system of teaching by itinerant dancing masters in the region; two, Rinceoirí na Ríochta, a dance school representative of the urbanized staged, competition orientated practice, cultivated by the cultural nationalist movement, the Gaelic League, established at the end of the nineteenth century, and practised today both in Ireland and abroad; and three, the stylized, commoditized, folk-theatrical practice of Siamsa Tíre, the National Folk Theatre of Ireland, established in North Kerry in the 1970s. Written from an ethnochoreological perspective, Catherine Foley provides a rich historical and ethnographic account of step dancing, step dancers and cultural institutions in Ireland.
Author : Tom Quinn
Publisher : Harpercollins Pub Limited
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 16,55 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780004720692
Provides instructions for over 150 Irish dances, bringing together ceili, set and two-handed country dances; explains basic steps, progressions and terminology used in dance instructions.
Author : Anna Burgard
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 18,13 MB
Release : 2005-02-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
Based on a true tale, two master dancers compete for the chance to teach the people of Ballyconneely, Ireland, how to dance.
Author : Frank Whelan
Publisher : Appletree Press (IE)
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 39,98 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :
Irish dancing has never been more popular. In recent years, the success of Riverdance and Lord of the Dance has enthralled audiences worldwide. The Complete Guide to Irish Dance offers a comprehensive history of all aspects of Irish dance, from its ancient origins right up to the present day. The book gives detailed information about Irish dancing from the first day a dancer enrolls at a dance school, right through the different levels of competition up to the World Championship. Special attention is paid to music, costume, embroidery and shoes. With clear and simple instructions and diagrams for 30 popular Irish dances, as well as step-by-step photos demonstrating arm and body positions for reels, jigs and hornpipes, this book will be of great benefit to anyone with an interest in or a love of Irish dance.
Author : Michael Flatley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 39,26 MB
Release : 2007-01-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0743293002
The international star and creator of "Lord of the Dance" and "Celtic Tiger" Irish step dancing shows pens a no-holds-barred autobiography that reveals the person, the passion, and the drama behind his astounding rise to stardom.