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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

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

joe's hornpipes

Joe’s Hornpipes


choreography

Step creations or choreography

List of choreographed steps

TUNESTEP
A1
A1Lead out – JOJW first half 2x
B1Joe – ground cuts
B1
A22 tricks rocks / heels
A2
B2JoJW Bunny Hop
B2
A3Joe – Drum
A3
B3JOJW Finish stamp
B3
A11234 patern
A1
B1heels / drums / heels
B1
A2tip down shuffle 12 hop back stamp
A2
B2Cut & Kick
B2
A3drums / ground cut
A3
B33 full shuffles / heels / JOJW ending
B3
A1Murry #1 / Classic Joe (Murrary side & heels) 
A1
B1Ground Cut or Cross with tips
B1
A2Rock
A2
B2tip cut / ground cut / kick cut
B2
A3Heels
A3
B3Murry #2
B3
A1Ground cut / heels / rock
A1
B1tip cut / cut & kick
B1

members only

Membership links related to this 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.