Category: Irish Sean-nós Dance

Feet & Voice

We will be learning to dance to the human voice. Through song and lilting we will explore the voice repertoire. The voice is the oldest instrument. It has been said that if there was music there was dancing. In areas where instruments were hard to come by dancers often danced to lilting. Ronan Regan recently came and talked at our tea time where he spoke of house “parties” and homes where there might only be one fiddle. Players would pass the fiddle along each taking a turn to play. There was a lot of listening and conversation about the music. Rather than formal teaching. This term we will look lilting and dancing to the voice.

Both the beginners class and the intermediate class will be covering the same material. Please feel free to join both classes if you’d like extra accountability. There will also be a woodshed for each level. Woodsheds are a place for you to practice the material.

Many of the link and notes for this class are the same as the beginners class 1. Here is a link to that page for your reference.

We will start with the song Cúnla

Sometime spelled Cúnla, Cúnnla, Cunla and Cunnla. You will find the song in English, in Irish and Macaronic (English/Irish). 

• Maldon’s Cula Playlist on Spotify
• Cunla on wikipedia
• Cunla resource page on this site.You will find the playlist for YouTube and Spotify. Also included here all the links and the lyrics in one place.

6pm PST | 7pm MST | 8pm CST | 9pm EST on ZOOM Class | Intermediate Feet & Voice: the intermediates continue to work with the song Cúnla. Beginners, you are welcome to come along for some extra practice!