Dancers start with a soft shoe, similar to a ballet flat, and then progress to a hard shoe, similar to a tap shoe. Step dancing can be done to any music with an eight-bar count, Gollin said, including ...

This dance session focuses on some of the main characteristics of traditional Irish dancing: posture - upright with straight back, arms down by the sides; footwork - light, energetic steps ...

At 26, she now blends Irish dance with genre-bending music and moves. “I’ve been an Irish dancer for 20 years, and now I mix Irish dance with hip hop, dancehall and whatever I can figure out ...