I just love Irish dancing I’m Australian we saw Lord of the Dance when it came out here Last week I went to the Civic theatre in Newcastle NSW we saw a taste on Ireland it was great 😊 Irish dancing is loved here. My grandmother and my great grandparents were Irish I have been to Ireland 3 time the last time we took my granddaughter we stayed down in around Blarney Cork ❤
@CB3944 ай бұрын
I had a £30 dress for Irish dancing. It was plain purple and had a little bit of bling on the collar. It was modest and pretty and I loved it. I gave it to my ex Irish Dancing teacher. I got it on Amazon
@Happy_HIbiscus5 ай бұрын
😊😊😊😊
@1006kathleen5 ай бұрын
The girl interviewing at the end ' my advice to her is enjoy yourself to the max and you'll keep doing the best no matter what .
@1006kathleen5 ай бұрын
Those wigs are awful looking same with the heavy makeup on these awesome excellent dancers ! Lord of the dance has the right idea for the costumes . those poor young girls dancing in those heavy uncomfortable wigs and make up going into the eyes as you sweat " I don't think its right , the boys are the lucky ones lol . But wow these girls are so awesome " love watching them both boys and girls so much fun to watch ! When the men dance it sounds like drums going off , love it ! Went to see River Dance when they came to Connecticut in the U S A Would love to see them 100 more times ! I would have loved to of learned this dancing myself , wish they of had it around here when I was young , but I can enjoy watching its so powerful . 💖⭐
@nunyabiz334 Жыл бұрын
After many vids I'm finally going to say this........... those wigs are hideous. It takes away from the dancer rather than accentuate her beauty (including the dance). Those wigs look like the crazy boofant-ish hairdo's those obsessive mothers have done of their little 5 yr-olds for beauty pageants. Ridiculous.
@_sofia_100 Жыл бұрын
It’s optional you don’t have to have a wig or makeup or tan it’s up to the teacher and parents
@amberslahlize7961 Жыл бұрын
Not a big fan of dancing...but Irish dancing is something different.
@marcusuadonnghaile18552 жыл бұрын
Yeehaw!!! :-)
@Chloe-sq8hi2 жыл бұрын
I am an Irish dancer and I go SO MANY PLACES!
@ghrpayne43962 жыл бұрын
i would like to know what happened to Micheal Flatly? He has the most energetic personality. Just to look at him one can feel his passion. He is brilliant.I never get tired to watch him.
@1nicejackelfan2242 жыл бұрын
He recently stopped dancing, i think
@cathydchurch2 жыл бұрын
Lord of the Dance is still Michael Flatley's production. I understand that his last performance was in 2016. He had to turn over the lead due to many physical issues brought about from intensive dancing for so many years.
@marywilson47382 жыл бұрын
I saw Lord Of The Dance with my daughter. It was the most breathtaking thing I had ever seen. My mothers family was Irish and I have always loved everything Irish despite living in the US.
@davidmaschmeier64802 жыл бұрын
Riverdance at the Fox Theater in St.Louis is when I first saw the Riverdance performance.It impressed me.
@saltyragequit12343 жыл бұрын
who put those terrible clown coustumes on girls should be killed, to be honest :D
@MrJking0653 жыл бұрын
Have you ever wondered why the Irish dance with their arms down by the side. Queen Elizabeth I Demanded the Irish come and dance for her. The Irish were made to dance for her. But the refused to raise their arms for her. They kept their arms rigidly down by their sides in defiance of the Queen. The Irish wanted to show their fellow countrymen they were not enjoying themselves as they were forced to dance for her and the English. Than comes the Catholic Church. The tradition says that the clergy of that time didn’t want the young people to get too carried away with their dancing and this in turn might lead to some smooching. So they made the dancer carry a heavy stone in both hands so that they had to keep them by their sides when dancing with the opposite sex as to prevent them from holding hands during the dances. So The straight arm style dancing is a combination of things that has happened to the Irish. And that is how Straight arm style dancing came to be in Ireland.
@MrJking0653 жыл бұрын
Fun fact. Flat Footing Clogging Buck Dancing (African America) Pow Pow (American Indian) and square dancing which come out of the Mountains of North Carolina. All can trace their roots back to the Irish Dance. If you watch people preform from North Carolina they dance straight armed. Add a little sand to the Floor and you shag dancing which started in Myrtle Beach South Carolina.
@imtweetydiva292 ай бұрын
Thanks for the information about the history of its influence in dance cultures . I am half Native American Indian and African American. That explains why I am attracted to the Irish dancing.
@robloxplayer59424 жыл бұрын
I do Irish dancing where does every one else do Irish dancing I do it a the academy
@aislingtroy88964 жыл бұрын
2020 anyone?
@sweetbeeluvera14505 жыл бұрын
I teared up a bit when that little boy won! I don't know why I'm so into this but I've been watching it for about 2 days now!
@zheyan64285 жыл бұрын
7:53 the tap sound is amazing
@isabellaramirez52625 жыл бұрын
i miss you uncle karl!!
@dawash70125 жыл бұрын
I LIKE WATCHING IRISH AND SCOTTISH DANCERS ON HERE. PLUS IRISH AND SCOTTISH ARE PART OF MY FAMILY BACKGROUND. THE KILTS SUITS AND WOMEN COSTUMES ARE PRESENTABLE, HAND MADE WITH HIGH QUALITY AND RHYTHM OF SHOES ON STAGE. IT BRINGS OUT THE BEST AND BEAUTY OF BOTH CULTURES. I LIKE THE SOUND OF BAGPIPES AND SWORD DANCING. IT IS GOOD TO SEE MALES PARTICIPATING IN DANCING. IT BUILDS STRONGER LEGS, INCREASE YOUR REFLEXES AND YOUR AGILITY. IT WILL HELP MALES TO PERFORM BETTER IN BOXING, MARTIAL ARTS AND MORE.
@zarahdaly75396 жыл бұрын
I’m only in dancing a year and I’m in a really high grade and I won the nationals and the worlds ❤️👯♀️ Irish dancing is my life I would give up anything for it! ❤️
@debbierodden5506 жыл бұрын
For god sake the wigs and dresses are not stupid some irish dancers wear them because of tradition i think the dresses are beautiful for the people who slag of irish dancers because of the wigs and dresses then its your problem
@paulinemegson8519 Жыл бұрын
No one is slagging the dancers if they dislike the damn wigs. The wigs ARE ridiculous. And there is tradition and there is fashion. The wigs are fashion, traditionally a Colleen that was dancing would have her hair loose. How natural hair can even be compared to a huge, curled to within an inch of its life helmet of artificial hair is beyond me.
@scoutz0rs8 ай бұрын
Tiny skirts and drop waist dresses covered in leopard print are not tradition lol they’re just ugly. I see too many kids with legs tanned nearly black, and more bronzer than a kardashian. If it won’t change, then we as an irish dance community need to accept that the competition look is truly garish. Because it is.
@shekeyra1006 жыл бұрын
2mins of time on stage the rest waiting
@shekeyra1006 жыл бұрын
would not want the lally to teach mine as they are so negitive
@shekeyra1006 жыл бұрын
whati noticed again at 2012 worlds was no boys and no irish won
@twirbyy2336 жыл бұрын
I wish I started when I was younger. Because then I would’ve gotten all of the technic down by the time I started doing bigger/ longer dances. I’m 14 down and I’m only a beginner and I dance with 6-12 year olds but I still try to do my best.
@stacischuck38446 жыл бұрын
Claire is Stunning ... Reminds me of a Prima ballerina only more beautiful!
@juliahughes9436 жыл бұрын
At 6:39 you can see Julia O’rourke
@richardbowles55856 жыл бұрын
Your amazing
@dancer_22666 жыл бұрын
I know some of you think that Irish dancing is ruined by the dress and wigs and makeup. That's your opinion. But it's not about that at all. If someone walked on the stage in a black skirt and leotard and no make up and their normal hair they would get judged the exact same. Irish dance is beautiful with or without makeup,wigs and the dresses.
@reginacano-gonzales92074 жыл бұрын
Dancer_ 22 UNDERSTOOD! Check out all star cheerleading in the U.S.We get judged the same way. however the athleticism in the sport is insane. So know you all have Many who understand and respect you for WHAT YOU DO not how you look doing it! 😘
@mattfisher85534 жыл бұрын
yes true
@simosc23 жыл бұрын
@Dancer_22...I am American and just discovered these awesome videos. The dance is amazing. Everything about this art is amazing. I am curious about the wigs. Do they represent something about the dance?
@superhetoric Жыл бұрын
@@simosc2 pretty sure they're supposed to emphasize the jumping and bouncing
@paulinemegson8519 Жыл бұрын
So….leave off the makeup and wigs then. It IS about the dance after all. Irish dance was a peasants dance, it was working people that danced so the mad outfits are both understandable(hey, when else would they get to dress up like that) and ridiculous, and nowadays there’s no real reason for it. If Riverdance did anything for Irish dance hopefully it softened that “competition look”. I mean, let’s be honest, there is nothing graceful or attractive in 10 year old girls dancing in wigs bigger than their heads and makeup that’s been applied with a paint roller
@aucourant99987 жыл бұрын
Drake obviously thinks he is up there with Michael Flately. LOL. Well at least he loves himself.
@mywhimsylifed.30557 жыл бұрын
I have wanted to scream this from the roof tops, an American teacher featured. Body shames dancers, gossips on how ugly they are, horrible person. I'm a parent and stood toe to toe. Why do the need to scream and intimidate? Is anybody hearing me. If you want to shout out a great teacher, say it. She was not my daughter's teacher but a shout out to Myra Watters.
@kimberlywoodyard52847 жыл бұрын
I tried getting my daughter into dance but she was built more for sports. So she is a basketball player for her School.
@erinelizabeth32547 жыл бұрын
Kimberly Woodyard Irish dancing is a sport
@kimberlywoodyard52847 жыл бұрын
If I didn't have a weak ankle I would of kept dancing to get into Irish dancing when I was younger. Part of my heritage and love it!
@amandaread11927 жыл бұрын
I do Irish dancing
@alanclifford38267 жыл бұрын
I'm a champion of intermidea
@naoimhoconnor62537 жыл бұрын
I starting dancing when I was 4 and I'm now 14. I broke my foot 13 months ago and had to undergo 2 oparations to try and fix it. I had to give it up because my foot would never be able to come with it. I was so sad I cryed for hours. I got 2 compeate in 3 worlds and never got to do any more
@amberslahlize7961 Жыл бұрын
Isn't there a more causal version of Irish dancing? I'm a noob, pardon my forward question. :)
@paulinemegson8519 Жыл бұрын
@@amberslahlize7961 ofc there is. Many Irish people and people of Irish descent(and folk with no Irish heritage at all for that matter) may have done a bit of Irish dance in their youth, and haul it out on social occasions. People step dance at parties. There are many places where folk still dance so called “folk dances” and can throw out a jig or a reel or a clog dance.
@Leah-sm3jg7 жыл бұрын
Soooooooo good
@keevas7 жыл бұрын
The most annoying thing of being an Irish dancer is probably the heavy make up you have to wear and the wigs,,I have been Irish dancing for 8 years and I came 2nd in World Championship
@RRLnext7 жыл бұрын
Michael Flatley created Riverdance too...
@TheMemeturtle7 жыл бұрын
RRLnext no idiot
@Toofu_s7 жыл бұрын
My mom doesn't want me to where the wig :/
@TheMemeturtle7 жыл бұрын
RandomLiv 101 why?
@twirbyy2336 жыл бұрын
Aw that sucks. They’re a pain to put on and keep there. (They hurt after an hour) but they top off the whole outfit
@scarlettanderson98167 жыл бұрын
I'm joining soon
@queensavage13197 жыл бұрын
I have been Irish dancing for 9 years btw I'm fully Irish from cushendall and I have a green and black dress
@noelosullivan61177 жыл бұрын
celines doughter and my partner with 5 times world champ Claire on the same floor I done my dancing I cant believe its still there and going stronger how many dancers have gone through celine hessians hands its mad
@philhyland98892 жыл бұрын
All great Dancers a credit
@williamsutherland30158 жыл бұрын
Having watched this it just reminds me all the painful hard work over all the years these dancers endure so we might have the pleasure of watching you all i feel very humble watching you.Thank you all so very much
@nbenefiel8 жыл бұрын
My niece studied Irish dancing for many years. Today, at 24, she walks with a cane. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, now known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome comes from constant small injuries, the kind of thing common when your feet are constantly striking the ground with great force. I love Irish dancing, but if your child complains of pain, take it seriously.
@thebluetrinity2 жыл бұрын
I have scar tissue in my hips.
@patriciajones7869 Жыл бұрын
Yes, Irish dancing is a sight to behold; However, what I have seen in their study of this Irish Dancing, is they are forgetting the 'Ballet' study as use strengthen all of your muscles wrapped around the tendons, feet, ankles and leg bones. Due to my upbringing, my gramps knew native Gail and Dutch and he stated "Your in America, you need to speak English."
@nbenefiel8 жыл бұрын
I love Irish dancing but I loathe the dresses and, especially, the wigs.
@debbiehughes80268 жыл бұрын
spot the difference IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIII
@fattyboomber12658 жыл бұрын
Why can't you use your hands in Irish dancing? Just curious? Is it a cultural thing? The wigs remind me of Fran Drescher in the nanny. They gots to go
@mntlhlthaddtnstilltrying8 жыл бұрын
the church said no dancing so you leave hands by sides and upper bony totally still so as if they clergy happened by the pub they wouldn't see any dancing
@fattyboomber12658 жыл бұрын
Anna Clinch Really??
@weeardguy8 жыл бұрын
The funny thing is that you will find more than one explanation why we won't use our arms during dancing. What 'that one Aussie mum' explained is one of 'em. The 'church-theory' is actually a theory that has quite a lot of truth in it: all the waving the arms around would only seduce the other sex (with all possible 'side-effects' there could be) so a solution was to keep the arms steady during dancing. But, there are also theories about space being the simple reason: in old Irish homes and Irish pubs, there simply was not much room to wave your arms around during dancing, so the best thing was to keep them stationary. And then there is also a theory a contestant from the US-version of So You Think You Can Dance brought into the world (although a professional dancer has said this as well) and said that the occupation by the British is to blame for the steady arms.
@fattyboomber12658 жыл бұрын
weeardguy ahh so many theories! Thanks for the info...regardless though, there are many of us non irish who love irish music and dance, whatever it's origins.;)0
@weeardguy8 жыл бұрын
Oh you can be sure about that ;) I'm an Irish dancer myself and I'm as Dutch as can be ;) (about the dancing: nowhere near the level in this documentary ;) )