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Maldon Meehan Dance has a monthly membership where you get unlimited access to dance classes and resources. The emphasis is on Irish sean-nós, old style step dance, and set dances with live lessons offered either streamed or at your own pace after the original class date. Everything will be posted online 24 hours later so take it as fast or slow as you like! For only $55 a month, you will have access to hundreds of hours of classes and lessons. Including guided practice sessions to help you get the most out of your lessons.
A Maldon Meehan Dance Membership is a fantastic way for any dancer to keep up on their craft. Get access to every class with this membership! With a Maldon Meehan Dance Membership you can attend Zoom classes live or view them at your own leisure. Access previous years’ courses as well as music, videos and supplemental material. Woodshedding sessions will help you hone your skills even more by revisiting the term’s core material. Choose from one class or take it all! A Maldon Meehan Dance Membership makes it easy to maintain the love of dance season after season.
Weekly Classes – If you’re looking to really get your feet on the ground, this is for you! In just one hour a week, you’ll be learning all about these step-by-step steps and synthesis of Irish dance. This will get your body moving and shaking in time with traditional tunes while also giving some tricks along the way. It’s a great place to make new friends while beginning a journey of personal exploration through physicality, culture, and music.
- Sean-nós Dance – Weekly classes in Irish sean-nós dance. Course in reels and jigs.
- Old-Style Step Dance – The month of September we will be learning hornpipes from the dancing of Joe O’Donovan. In October we will learn Maggie Pickie and in November the Priest in his Boots.
- Sets and Steps – We will be focused on reels in particular Clare Battering and the Connemara set. The emphases in this class is learning advance and retire steps as well as traveling and dance at home steps and then incorporating them into the set and moving on the floor. We start out slow and work our way up to full dance tempo. Get ready for the when the dance floors open again!
- Percussive Dance – courses in dancing the tune. Reels, jigs, slides, polkas, waltzes and hornpipes.
- Music for Dancers –
Guided Practice – Woodshedding! – This is not a wood chopping party! Actually, we call this Woodshedding. Practice has never been so fun! We have guided practices for you to choose from and all you have to do is press play or join a live session. For those of you with limited time, we’ll handle the planning and make sure your practice gets done in a low key environment. Think of these sessions like a science lab for your weekly class, a chance to hone what you have learned. Like a science lab for your dance class.
Guided Practice – Keep Her Lit! This Practice Dance Session is a guided, 30 minute zoom of choreography from one of our past classes, perfect for the dancer who has been diving into the bonus material on the site. These practice sessions are best for those who have done our classes before or taken the pre-recorded material on the site. It’s also great for those looking to keep what they learned fresh in their mind before St. Patrick’s Day! Go ahead; lose yourself in dance this month by getting into shape with these Practice Dance Sessions.