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Irish Old-Style Dance
Irish old-style step dance classes focus on teaching the traditional dances that paved the way for modern step dance and the Riverdance style. These dances share a similar structure but are performed close to the ground. Unlike sean-nós dance, old-style step dance incorporates choreographed steps executed on both the right and left foot, usually lasting 8 bars each and repeated on both sides for a total of 16 bars. Join us to learn these timeless dances that have been passed down through generations.
The class recording tab included all the live zoom classes for this course. Each dance we will cover has it’s own page as well so you can go directly to that tab to work on each dance. The members only page had links to additional material related to this course. The tunes tab has streaming playlists and recording that you can download for practicing.
Online
Mon & Wed 5:30 PM
- 8 Weeks (starts 9/30)
- Zoom Link
In-person
Tue 7:30 PM
- 8 Weeks (starts 10/1)
- 2400 NE Alberta Street
class recordings
All the live zoom classes
JOJW
Job of Journeywork
The job of journeywork with Céline Tubridy and Michael Tubridy. Music by Michael Tubridy, flute. Recorded for the DVD ‘Irish Traditional Step Dances’, Dublin : Michael Tubridy, 2007.
- 01:53 Slow tempo with voiceover 05:12
- First step – the leadout 05:13 Set – right foot
- 05:54 Set – left foot
- 06:37 Finishing step
Céline and Michael Tubridy learned this dance from the Clare dancing master Dan Furey.
Helpful links and resources
- My youtube Playlist of the Job of Journeywork – this playlist had videos of other versions as well as the Tubridy’s video.
- The Job of Journeywork – Link to the Tubridy’s instructional video.
- A selection of Irish traditional step dances / Michael Tubridy – Michael donated the book and DVD of old-style step dances and you can have access to the written notes here. This is a very useful tool as it has all the steps written out with words, dance notation and the sheet music. Job of Journeywork is on page.
- Full Tubridy Playlist
joe's hornpipes
Joe’s Hornpipes
choreography
Step creations or choreography
| TUNE | STEP |
| A1 | |
| A1 | Lead out – JOJW first half 2x |
| B1 | Joe – ground cuts |
| B1 | |
| A2 | 2 tricks rocks / heels |
| A2 | |
| B2 | JoJW Bunny Hop |
| B2 | |
| A3 | Joe – Drum |
| A3 | |
| B3 | JOJW Finish stamp |
| B3 | |
| A1 | 1234 patern |
| A1 | |
| B1 | heels / drums / heels |
| B1 | |
| A2 | tip down shuffle 12 hop back stamp |
| A2 | |
| B2 | Cut & Kick |
| B2 | |
| A3 | drums / ground cut |
| A3 | |
| B3 | 3 full shuffles / heels / JOJW ending |
| B3 | |
| A1 | Murry #1 / Classic Joe (Murrary side & heels) |
| A1 | |
| B1 | Ground Cut or Cross with tips |
| B1 | |
| A2 | Rock |
| A2 | |
| B2 | tip cut / ground cut / kick cut |
| B2 | |
| A3 | Heels |
| A3 | |
| B3 | Murry #2 |
| B3 | |
| A1 | Ground cut / heels / rock |
| A1 | |
| B1 | tip cut / cut & kick |
| B1 |
members only
Membership links related to this course
- Course: Job Of Journeywork – Full course page
- Dance: Job of Journeywork – Dance page
- Hornpipe Page
- Hornpipe Creations
- Joe O’Donovan hornpipes course
tunes
Downloads
Job of Journeywork practice music – A part only, B part only, Full tune with an extra A. These are in a google folder. You can download them or save them to your own google drive.
Playlists or Streaming
Spotify Playlist for the Job of Journeywork. Feel free to save it to your own Spotify account for future reference.
