Since childhood she’s been driven to master Irish dance

[@nildarodriguez3974]

I'm not Irish, but love the Celtic music and dance. Very lovely!

[@MichaelBrown-zd1zk]

Absolutely beautiful. I am always astonished as to how these individuals are capable of turning their ankles at such extreme angles. Irish dancing is always a treat to watch.

[@hipocampelofantocame]

This amount of extreme athleticism is beyond my ken. She's marvelous, and I would love to watch her performing a complete dance. Kudos!

[@geraldinesera8915]

Her skills are obvious and her passion will help to keep this art form alive for another generation. She's amazing!!!

[@drstew1]

This is like ballet tap. You dance with so much power and grace, it’s incredible. Seeing these steps slowed really gives me the chance to appreciate all the passion that goes into this...

[@joerobinson4898]

Irish dancing is an art so much discipline and dedication is needed to perform at this level

[@eduardoOlima]

I just love this dance. "The bird" is so gracefull, poetic.

[@Ziaberry]

3:08 Her posture is just beautiful, I'm amazed at how well she's able to hold her back and legs just right

[@charlieeliza81101]

Love Irish dancing, love her & her passion!

[@joshszantyr1386]

She's beautiful

[@МарияШамне]

So proud to be an Irish dancer!

[@carmelpule6954]

This woman is very intelligent and she is capable of controlling her feet while she is in mid air at the right height. That can only be achieved over many years of training , That last jump at 3:09 , she jumps using one leg but she does not waste the momentum on the other, where the action is so beautiful. At 3:05 she commences to swing her right leg to give it as much momentum as possible using her hips as the centre of rotation for the right leg , then at 3:06 she rotates her moving right leg upwards to give it momentum upwards while at the same time she sinks a little on her left leg to tension its muscles. Then comes the jump on the left leg with the aid of the momentum on the right leg to aid the lifting of the body. When the time is right the left leg is folded till her left foot is raised to the maximum possibility that her body permits. Beautiful engineering actions with a rate of change so selected to introduce elegance and romance in the action, which is also engineering and mathematics combined to produce art or should I say Irish Dancing.

[@appriicity]

Carmel Pule' Lol the way you over analysed this, it’s just a jump xD

[@hurricanetankersley]

I rate this jump 10-10

[@hildareffold4345]

@@appriicity Ah! but it's a thing of beauty! I think Irish dancing is very spiritual, pure and ethereal. I just love it. This girl's a floating angel.

[@a.katherinesuetterlin3028]

Actually, the way you wrote it, it kind of makes me think of Richard Bach's famous story "Jonathan Livingston Seagull." Camille seeks to master Irish dance the way Jonathan wanted to master flying. To Jonathan, flying wasn't just about survival and getting food. Flying was freedom. Bach wrote Jonathan's inner dialogue to reflect his dedication, his every analysis of what he needed to do to achieve his goals. I watch Olympic figure skating and gymnastics from time to time and I love the analysis that goes on.

[@johnathonwebster5720]

Girls are special the beauty they bring to the world is most welcome!!

[@MrArthurGiles]

You don´t need to be Irish to appreciate sill and grace like this. Bravo from England.

[@xaj1543]

Arthur Giles What in the hell is sill?

[@tonybrogan6439]

Well done young lady love your heart for Irish dance and commitment

[@jennsdcstllblnck5571]

BUT SHE LOOKS LIKE A MEXICAN TOTONACA???? WHAT THE HELL?

[@RogerioCampanhol]

It's an amazing art. I adore watching those performances, it's mesmerizing.

[@sandyeggerstedt3559]

Love Irish dancing And The Bird leap is incredibly beautiful

[@137bob3d]

jean butler is my all-time favorite for her evident single minded focus . it comes to mind as i practice awareness of breath exercises during the day. the ability to withstand efforts of distracting thoughts to de-rail your attention. may ms camille develop this ability as well

[@jkl799]

I have always been mesmerized by dancers. I love the movement and grace.

[@HHHGeorge]

Wow!!! I didn't know there were two types of Irish dance. Soft shoe and hard shoe. This dancer was very elegant in her movement.

[@pitachipenthusiast]

Her birdies are flawless!!

[@LionTheHeart]

Love watching this kind of dance, it must be a case of practice practise practise! Love the Irish accent too!

[@wannabe8487]

Lovely dancing... Thank you for bringing joy into my world.

[@NancyLynn]

Wow, I love watching Irish dancers....thank you!

[@Mr91495osh]

Celebrating Ireland in the most wonderful way.

[@opiskelu6097]

I jist cant tell, how much I appreciate this!

[@LiaHeartz]

Gosh. I am always so astounded by the amazing footwork and the amount of muscles these girls probably have in their legs to get themselves enough air for (i believe what she called it) the Bird with such small-step movements. All at the same time keeping their back straight, head high, and upper body so .... unmoved? My mother's side is from the Polynesian side so I grew up doing Polynesian dances and hulas. To see Irish dancing makes me want to get up and just jump around like an idiot. I really hope that one day I can see a live performance in a theater.

[@kennethhowell5291]

Irish dance a great tradition. Good for you!

[@azmike1956]

A beautiful young lady pursuing a most beautiful discipline that is most captivating to witness!! Carry on!

[@idaksnatur8316]

Nur vom Bild her bekomme ich unendlich Gänsehaut.

[@TheSponge33]

I could watch her dance all day, moves in perfection. The bird......love it. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@carolynklenk8467]

I love watching dance!! Irish dance is truly amazing!! Its definitely an art!!

[@tonygadaleta7446]

The world is in good shape particularly when young ladies like Camille Slaght exist. Credit to herself, parents and teachers

[@patriciaeddy7629]

What a darling. Very, very good! May you keep those brogans tapping your whole life through♥️

[@cecilhenry9908]

Something good from the CBC. How rare.

[@robinjackson7882]

Murdoch’s Mysteries is goog

[@lynettefrancis2940]

What ever people say it's still beautiful to watch and the costumes cost packet all hand sewn

[@brendanoconnell9620]

So cool. Imagine her on ice skates or on skis in a terrain park with those springs and balance. Superb athlete. Go.

[@breigesheppard8339]

You r amazing just love watching u keep been amazing

[@katiephalen3483]

Beautiful girl inside and out. Very impressive dancing.

[@frankciborski835]

Dance to the rythym of your heart.

[@jrholmes79]

Loved your video! So interesting to see art and athleticism mixed. I’m Inspired by your talent and dedication.

[@maya_unplugged]

As a dancer I used to slow down speed to watch the steps an learn from foreign dance-arts. But for this even 0,25xspeed isn’t enough to see what happens on the dance floor! 😂😳 Mind blowing!

[@johnlee4249]

Outstanding and very well done Camille :-D

[@juliattube]

as an irish dancer myself this is a super cool video

[@itsmarco6340]

I don't get why Irish dance is considered a sport but ballet is not. I'm not saying Irish dance is easy, I know it's not. But why is ballet not considered a sport? I respect Irish dancers for the work they put in and I would assume they respect ballet dancers, so I really hope me just asking a question doesn't offend anyone.

[@VictoriaMonkee]

Honestly, everyone I know who does Irish dance considers ballet a sport as well!

[@thayrathyn]

I'm not even sure why you think ballet isn't considered a sport. Competitive ballet dancers and anybody remotely knowing anything about this consider it a sport

[@julietthedancer8524]

Dancer Kenna I'm a dancer too!! And I consider all forms of dance a sport, especially ballet. Most of my friends probably couldn't make it through five minutes of that. But I understand what ur saying bc a lot of times, non-dancers (like my brother) like to bash dance and say it's easy and say it's not a sport. The best are those long endless hours of ballet class when you come home and see your strong legs. That's what keeps me going when I feel like quitting (which rarely ever happens). Lol sry just got a little passionate and off track here, but ya anyway, I definitely consider ballet a sport!!

[@littlerockymtns]

Dancer Kenna ,Ballet is an art, not a sport. :)

[@lorrygeewhizzbang9521]

in Ireland by most kids it's considered a punishment 😂😉

[@thirdopinion8708]

The bird is out of this world. Like the bigger sister of the high-kick. Much more mature and graceful.

[@stevenfuruya6113]

I really adore Irish dancers!

[@bobbiemay6867]

River dance just knocked me out. I love ballet too!

[@seanlynam9055]

I think that you are an exceptional Irish dancer you have grace and beauty in your art in fact I think that you are better than most Irish dancers here in Ireland My niece is an Irish dancing teacher Sean Lynam

[@aoifekelly3281]

Brings back memories💓

[@BeThrifty2]

I have great appreciation for Irish dance now.

[@tonycollins5890]

A very STUNNING art.

[@jameslawlor1635]

I don't look at Riverdance. I just love our Irish Step-dancers, with good music, there's nothing to beat them. I enjoyed your video. Thanks.

[@keiraholloway3288]

I had to quit Irish dance even though I loved it because my family couldn't affford lessons and competitions

[@alisongallagher695]

Keira Holloway I do an online course on Udemy with Martin Percival’. You can pause, rewind, and fast forward with the tutorial videos when you need to to learn the moves. There’s no charges except for buying the whole course.

[@dkhdkjhskj]

That was me with highland.

[@mimosaparkkonen8296]

Keira Holloway Don't worry, in the future you'll be affording it yourself. It's never too late to start or start again. Also, like the first responder said, there's a chance learning from the internet. But otherwise than the first responder said, for FREE. Just type "irish dance basics" etc on youtube. Many cool youtubers teach for free.

[@22grena]

They lied. It was the time commitment

[@DisneyLov4evr]

I had to quit because the studio I with with moved far away and was never able to find another I clicked with :/

[@chuckguerin8141]

It is pure passionate and beautiful. Lucky man that takes your love!

[@deborahmalaise8410]

Absolutely beautiful dancing!

[@lexie02jones25]

Wow she’s good!!

[@Chameleam]

I’m obsessed with her

[@bridgetodonnell1926]

Irish people don't consider it a sport so much as a competitive art.

[@declanknight4594]

No one's saying irish dance isn't a sport just like how no one says ballet isn't a sport. However, attitudes towards it are less about a number on a timer or distance, but about the gracefulness and performance of the dance.

[@EezeeListen]

It is certainly a beautiful, disciplined athletic dance art. I would not call it sport at all - and I am Irish, West Cork.

[@katinss9983]

I'm Irish from Donegal and no one in Ireland consider a it a sport or does it for competition. The Americans turned it into that. It is honoured as part of our cultural heritage and we dance to create community and we dance to create joy in our spirit.

[@ramywiles]

@@katinss9983 "No one in Ireland does it for competition" -- do you mean that nobody in Ireland competes just for the sake of competing? Because Irish people definitely compete -- most of the top dancers are still Irish, and there are I don't even know how many competitions at the national, regional, and local level... and even within traditions like Sean-nos and festival dancing, there are competitions.

[@22grena]

@@EezeeListen Tooreennagrena is in my name

[@Serua1]

dont know how you do it but 1 word Awesome what a great talent .

[@mawg7598]

Beautiful! God bless you.

[@p.m.dolgalev7393]

Красота!В ней всё прекрасно!!!

[@ER-nj3uz]

When I was a champion no one wore wigs, we used benders and rags,slept in them, and they were quite uncomfortable. Dresses were longer and very heavy(just above knee) handmade with exquisite embroidery, there was no fake tan. We wore poodle socks and our dance schools custom hard shoe buckles, soft shoe dominated over hard shoe and dancers were all about high on toes and super curved points. ‘The bird’ never existed, it wasn’t about how high you could jump it was all about the actual complicated footwork. How things have changed in 20 years lol

[@christinepoynter5810]

Me too!!!!

[@lumauve7807]

How times have changed indeed, thanks for sharing us some info!

[@Townchild1]

This is Irondance. It looks soo beautifull.

[@misterbracks]

you wouldn't think that something with so much discipline in its performance could be so emotive.....

[@jimeckenrode1271]

awesome, keep it up. love that kind of dance must be my Irish blood.

[@katywuste9054]

You are obviously very focused and passionate and it shows in your dancing

[@HungerGamesLover101]

As an Irish dancer and irish citizen she is really good

[@LL-fq4rx]

You are so good in dancing

[@boomerlady]

She really excelled.

[@Feeoryne]

WOW!!! Awesome, I am sure it is hard thing to jump without the help of your arms!!!

[@scoutz0rs]

Solo dresses are so short now! And the white laces on softshoes (and hardshoes) are so so odd. I started Irish dance almost 20 years ago and all this pageantry is really frustrating.

[@mackenzieailes]

*rolls eyes*

[@madisonedmondson3515]

Man I miss this sport

[@nicoleward9325]

What do u mean u miss it I am an Irish dancer now are u ?

[@lee5353]

i miss it 2 i used to do Irish dance

[@unagavin2209]

So why did you stop?

[@georgesirius712]

Very nice. Come to Romania to see, may be to learn something about our dances. Good luk!

[@lubomirkotik8870]

What a beautiful woman she is, inside and out. :-)

[@karrisajoss4271]

Unfortunately, I never got to do it professionally. I am proud of the excellence of dancers trying to perfect these beautiful art forms and sports.

[@sylsalmon4649]

So amazing 👏😍 Superb thanks 😊👍

[@johnzx14rk94]

Your Fantastically Great. Thanks for your honesty. Great Talent.

[@Bearwoman2024]

Watching from Canada 🇨🇦. 👏👏

[@nevem8584]

I miss this so much! I had done it for 7 years when my achilles tendon tore and I had to quit.

[@espr7564]

She's awesome ❤👍👍👍

[@tamarap1988]

Обожаю ирландские танцы!👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Dutchfruitjar]

I had to quit because my studio closed and the next nearest one is 3 hours one way. Before I was only able to go according to schedule which was once a week for 45min then back 1.5 hours home. It was worth it but I wish I could have danced more. I'm 30 and still dance what I know but have given up on mastering it because it just seems like I'm not meant to. It makes me want to cry. I love it so much.

[@danyamozdzen591]

JenZ you can master it at any age it doesn’t matter of you’re 70

[@augustvansuchtelen1723]

BEAUTIFUL

[@jonnarobinson7541]

Thank you for this interesting video. Irish dancing is phenomenal. It was nice to see close-ups of the footwork. Their feet are often turned out. I would if this has a ballet history connection?

[@emilyb5307]

Jonna Robinson As far as I understand it, Irish dance developed independently, but maybe more recently there could be some overlap. There is also a huge difference in atmosphere from competitive Irish dance and the old style "Sean nos" dancing. Competitive dance, partially thanks to Riverdance and other factors, has become very specific. Turn out has become more exaggerated recently, the arms are more rigid, the dancers further up on their toes, and even the traditionally unchanging "set dances" have pieces that have become further stylized to catch attention and changed offically for competition standards. I can't count the number of times my teacher has been teaching a step to the younger ones, and the older kids become confused - "that's not how you taught us to do it" - when the standards are updated. I never got into competing though, I prefer to push myself and improve on my own time, so I don't have exact specifications, just what I've observed.

[@tiarajones7237]

This is so cool and it also kinda combines tap and pointe

[@RoyGJones]

It's a beautiful thing

[@tikitiki7610]

WOW!!!! AMAZING! THANK YOU

[@kenishahammond3935]

This is just awesome!

[@shonasmullen5661]

I do irish dancing and i love it

[@CP-lb3xt]

I CAN SO RELATE TO THIS GIRL!!!

[@angargoy7181]

it is a beautiful art form

[@donbaker4441]

Stunning then you add a beautiful lady to the mix. Very nice

[@dianadobson2154]

Very beautiful i love irish music

[@chrissythornhill]

Wonderful to watch . I do hope the poor knees and hips , etc . don't get too stressed as age progresses , this type of exercise can be very wearing on the joints . Take care !

[@thebardisashieldmaiden1754]

Christine Thornhill it does.

[@robintraina217]

thank you

[@hayleymarse2853]

This makes me miss Irish Dance. I quit because the teacher disliked me and wouldn’t teach me the new dances so I would just watch the older girls and learn the dances myself so by the time I would learn them I had no problem doing them

[@ririjamsata9114]

luv doing the drum

[@onlyhuman1954]

Absolutely outstanding! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@alangardiner7250]

Hell i can't tap my fingers as fast as she does her feet! Brilliant😊😊