The Dance Of The Week for this week is a very easy Irish ceili dance An Rince Mor or The Big Dance. It’s a round dance for four couples though in a ceili setting you can easily make the circle as big as you like. You just need an even number of dancers.
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The dance for this week is an easy two hand that’s good for formal dances as well as more energetic ceili’s. You can dance it straight with as much decorum as you like, or raise the energy level up a few notches and give yourself a dancing workout.
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The dance for this week is an easy Irish ceili dance called the Siege of Carrick.
It’s a classic Ar Rince Fiorne dance in progressive form that’s good for any ceili.
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This is an odd bird of a set in that it mixes reels and marches in the final figure. Also, unlike most modern sets this one uses the elbow ceili hold (right hand in right with the right elbows bent and the hands in front with left hands cupping your partner’s right elbow).
If anyone has any video of this set being danced, let us know!
The dance for this week is another easy ceili dance that’s good for as many people as you can get up onto the floor.
You’ll need a minimum of four people for Rince Fada, two opposite two lined up down the hall. Click through for notes and video links.
The dance for this week is an easy to learn ceili dance from Ar Rince Foirne called the Haymakers Jig. It’s got plenty of swinging and opportunities to work together as a group. The Link Arms movement will keep you on your toes.
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The featured dance for this week is the Kenmare Polka Set, also known as the Black Valley Set, it’s a relatively easy set with some great opportunities for battering with a number of polka, slide and hornpipe figures.
The Dance Of the Week for this week is a fun ceili dance The Sweets of May. It takes four couples and a fair level of attention but is a good dance for fun and performance.
The Dance Of The Week for this week is the Duke Reel, a fun intermediate ceili dance for three couples in a ring formation (really, kind of a pyramid). It’s danced for fun and in competition so you have the option to dance it low and slow or kick up high and fast! Click through for notes (full and crib) and video links.
The Dance Of The Week for this week is a ceili dance The Antrim Reel. It’s a good dance for four people and can also be danced progressive with dozens of people. Click through for notes, crib view and links to music and video references.