Category: Dance Styles

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Clare Battering, Classes, Irish Set Dancing, Past Classes

2024 Sept | Set Dance | Advance & Retires

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Willie Keane’s Advance & Retire Step

  • Level 1 – with a pause
  • Level 2 – with a heel
  • Level 3 – orginal with 4 heels
  • Version 4 – orginal with 3 heels
  • Willie Keane Page – videos of Willie dancing

Woodshed – Left Side

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Hornpipes, Old-Style Step Dance, Steps

Old Style Step Dance | Set Dance | Job Of Journeywork | Step 1 Lead Out

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Step 1  – Lead Out

Tip down Tip down shuff-le 1 2 

Hop tip down shuff-le 1 2

Hop tip down shuff-le 1 2

Hop tip down shuff-le 1 2

Hop tip down shuff-le hop back

Tip down tip down shuff-le hop back

Tip down tip down treble hop tip down treble hop 

tip down shuff-le hop back

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drills

Drill 1 – “Hop tip down shuff-le 1 2”

Drill 2 – “Tip down tip down shuffle-le hop back”

Drill 3 – Second half of step

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Classes, Irish Set Dancing, Past Classes

Class | In-Person | Calling for Sets

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Calling for Sets

Dive into the art of calling dances with our energizing 8-week course! Whether you’re a dancer looking to take the mic or simply eager to master the craft, this step-by-step program will guide you through everything—starting with calling your very first dance and building up to creating an unforgettable night of calling. Are you ready to bring the dance floor to life? Let’s do this!

Saturdays 11:30 AM

1/18 – 3/8

$120 for 8 weeks

2400 NE Alberta Street, Portland, OR

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Irish Set Dancing

2024 | Keep Her Lit | Battering for Sets

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52 Weeks of Battering for Sets

You have the freedom to choose your desired level for this course or challenge. I will be providing weekly lessons to guide you in learning, and I will also post video lessons for each step. By the end of the year, my aim is for you to have a collection of 52 weeks of Set dance and battering for sets lessons. The approach to this course is entirely up to you – whether you prefer to learn one step per month or per week.

Some of you might be keeping past material lit and some may be learning it for the first time. Where ever you are at we have the support you need.

  • Week 1 – Clare Batter #1
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Irish Sean-nós Dance, Old-Style Step Dance, Past Classes

2023 June | Thu 6pm | Hornpipes!

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We will explore hornpipes, both traditional old style and Sean-nos inspired steps. Over the month each of will work on creating our own steps and style for dancing to hornpipes.

week 1

WEEK 1 | Class notes

week 2

WEEK 2 | Class notes

week 3

WEEK 3 | Class notes

Week 3. Find a tune that you like dancing to and put steps to the tune. Hornpipe steps, reel steps, jig or slide steps. You can create steps or create a routine or just improv to the tune.

week 4

WEEK 4 | Class notes

week 5

resources