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Category: Irish Sean-nós Dance
Class | Online | Sean-nós Dance
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Sean-nós Dance
This course welcomes all skill levels and focuses on dancing in jig time. Sean-nós is a grounded, often improvised style of dance. You’ll learn dance steps, routines, and improvisation techniques through fun exercises and games.
Mondays & Wednesdays 7:30 AM
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week 1
Week 1
Drills
- Stuff-les 8/4/1
- Stuff-les with tap 8/4/1
- Heels 1234 / 123
- Balls 1234 / 123
Advance & Retire – Right / Left
week 2
Week 2
Advance & Retire – Right / Left
week 3
Week 3
- Creep along
week 4
Week 4
Woodsheding all three steps and working on transitioning between steps.
- Drills
- ball catch drop (123’s forward)
- ball drop drop (heels back)
- Woodshed
- All the steps
week 5
Week 5
- All the steps!
week 6
Week 6
week 7
Week 7
week 8
Week 8
November Triplets
2024 February | Sean-nós Dance | Brush Dance
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
- Past Course covering Murray’s #1 (Class video week 4, Video of Joe dancing under the week 6 tab)
week 5
resources
- Old-Style Step | Joe’s Drums
- Old-Style Step | JOJW Bunny Hops
- Old-Style Step | “2 tricks” rocks/heels
- Old-Style Step | Joe’s Ground Cuts
- Old-Style Step | Leadout | JOJW inspired
- Old Style Step Dance | Set Dance | Job Of Journeywork | Set 1
- Old Style Step Dance | Set Dance | Job Of Journeywork | Step 1 Lead Out
- Video Playlists
- 1-26-2021 Winter 1 Woodshed 4 Old-Style
- 1-21-2021 Winter 1 | Class 3 | Old Style Step
Tune | Swallow’s Tail | Reel
2023 May | 6pm Thur | Sean-nós Reels
2022 September | Your Ultimate Guide to Practicing
2022 Summer 2 | Sean-nós Beginners | Tue 5pm
week 1
- Connemara Jig Basic
- Stamp and Stamp
- Heel and Toe
- Cross Step (left and right)
week 2
- Circle Step
- 3 Heel and Toe Side Step
- 2 Heel and Toe Side Step
- 1 Heel and Toe Side Step
- Heel Toe Heel
week 3
week 4
week 5
Final Order of Steps
A | Angle Step Right and Left |
A | Stamp and Stamp in place |
B | Side Step 3 Heel and toes |
B | 2 Heel and toes in place and 2 heel and toes turning |
A2 | Heel toe heel |
A2 | Cross clock |
B2 | Slide |
B2 | Single Heel and Toe in place |
A3 | Cross to the left |
A3 | Circle Step |
B3 | Cross to the right |
B3 | Lead around in a circle |