Irish step dancers know how to make an entrance with their swift footwork, glittery costumes and pounding, synchronized movements. Step dancing, an Irish folk dance with different styles, is a series ...

Sadie Breault doesn't get stage fright anymore. After 12 years of step dancing in parades, ballparks and competitions, the 15-year-old says she no longer feels nervous performing in front of crowds.

Children participate in a variety of activities that develop motor skills, promote cohesive group dynamics and exercise growing bodies. Locally, they have hockey, orchestra and Irish step dancing, ...

WEYMOUTH – Caitlin Condon started Irish dance at just four years old after watching her older sister and cousins perform. Now Condon will take the world stage next month at the Irish Step Dancing ...

Siblings and fellow Tufts students Claire and Conor O'Brien each won this year's New England Oireachtas, a regional Irish step dancing competition, earning places to compete in the 2012 World Irish ...

Black History Month is ending and St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, so perhaps it makes sense that a pair of Irish stepdancers hit it big by sampling Beyoncé’s history-making hit “Texas ...

TODAY, MANY STILL WORK TO HONOR THOSE TRADITIONS. IT’S FAST, IT’S ELECTRIC, AND IT’S FILLED WITH HISTORY AND HEART. I’VE TAUGHT DANCING NONSTOP FOR 70 YEARS, BOTH HERE IN IRELAND. THE SHARP RHYTHM OF ...

Mitchell O'Hara was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, but he lived the first six years of his life in Ireland. So he picked up Irish dancing more or less from the ground up. O'Hara started dancing ...

Now in its 13th year, IrishFest Atlanta has grown into a vibrant celebration of Irish heritage, gathering roughly 4,000 people for a three-day festival at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center and Roswell ...

The first time Mark Howard appeared on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” was in 1989. Howard had been coaching teams to victory at the world championships for Irish step dancing — the first ...