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IRISH DANCES. IN CORK. Irish dance learning. WHAT KIND OF DANCE? An exemple of music. The blackbird song. Do you want to have a short lesson?. Let’s listen to Shoe the donkey And have a look or on the dance But we can dance such as. SHOE THE DONKEY.
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IRISH DANCES IN CORK
WHAT KIND OF DANCE?An exemple of music The blackbird song
Do you want to have a short lesson? • Let’s listen to Shoe the donkey • And have a look or on the dance • But we can dance • such as
SHOE THE DONKEY This is a dance for couples using Mazurka music and stepping. The Irish Mazurka step uses an up movement with the leading foot.
SHOE THE DONKEYHarper Collins Advance along line of dance. # Open waltz hold with partner facing along line of dance, # weight on inside foot and outside foot raised - hop- step-step hop-step-step hop-step-step and turn (step in inside foot turning toward partner, # then stamp outside foot continuing turn to face against line of dance while changing to a reversed open waltz hold against line of dance). 4 bars
Advance against line of dance # Reversed open waltz hold, # weight on inside foot and outside foot # raised - hop-step-step hop-step-step hop-step-step and turn 4 bars
Repeat advances # Advance along line of dance and turn + # Advance against line of dance and turn 8 bars
Singles and turn # Open waltz hold with partner facing along line of dance, # weight on inside foot and outside foot raised - hop-step-step and turn to face against line of dance + # hop-step-step and turn to face along line of dance + repeat 3 more times 16 bars
Repeat dance Repeat for as many repetitions as the music dictates... 32 bars
IF YOU’RE NOT IN THE MOOD FOR DANCINGJUST LISTEN TO WONDERFUL IRISH SONGS
What’s the aim? • To know some culture about Ireland through music • To share an experience together
MATERIALS MATERIALS: CD (A taste of Ireland, Irish traditional music.) Irish Book (Everything Irish, Anmarie O’Grady. Publisher O’ Brien. http://pybertra.free.fr/ceol/ceolrinc.htm#top http://www.ceolas.org/dance/ http://www.angelfire.com/on2/ceili/ http://irelandseye.com/dance.html
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