overview
Hello dancers,
For the next three Wednesday evenings, I’ll be leading a guided Keep Her Lit dance session:
September 2, 9, and 16
6:00 PM Pacific
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84235671611?pwd=XQ3CucBEyzT016HK0O4Ts7zKNGiJ2p.1
These three sessions will lead us into our new eight-week fall course, beginning September 23.
I’d like to approach these weeks the way I prepare for a performance. We’ll revisit tunes, tracks, and steps from our library of past material, while also relying on what comes naturally to our own bodies and feet.
I’ll do a bit of both—dancing set steps and simply improvising or freestyling with the tunes.
Practice as much as you like between sessions, or just show up and dance what you’re able to. Come ready to have fun, keep the tunes and steps lit, and be kind to yourself.
See you Wednesday!
Maldon
week 1
Week 1: Accapella Jigs, Accapella Reels, Sunday Set Jigs, Sunday Set Reels
Guided Dance Session
Wednesday, September 2
6:00 PM PT • 7:00 PM MT • 8:00 PM CT • 9:00 PM ET
Join me on Zoom for a guided old-style step and sean-nós dance session. I’ll provide the playlist, and we’ll dance together.
You can dance your own steps or try material you have learned in class. This is a safe place to practice your steps with music.
Keep ’er lit and dance full-out, enjoy the tunes and see what comes out of your feet, or dance one step for the entire session. It is entirely up to you.
This is a chance to bring your steps up to dance speed, play with the music, and see what happens.
Tonight’s Dance Plan
We’ll begin with these dances and steps, then see where the music and our feet take us.
1. Sean-nós Jigs – Elements
Choose from:
- 3 shuffles
- 2 shuffles
- 1 shuffle
- 4 heels
- Step heel step
- Run on – Chicken with shuffle
- Step Drop or Step Lift
- Tip step
- Click
- Side step
2. The Sunday Set as a Jig
Dance the Sunday Set steps to jig music. Notice what changes and what your feet naturally want to do with the different rhythm.
Choose from:
- Stamp & Stamp
- Madness
- Shuffle step (Poric)
- A Toe toe heel (Poric)
- Boffin
- Meave
- Mick Advance & Retire
- Clare Battering Step
- Tricky
- Hips
- Willie Keane
3. Sean-nós Reels
Choose from:
- 3 shuffles
- 2 shuffles
- 1 shuffle
- 4 heels
- Step heel step
- Run on – Chicken with shuffle
- Step Drop or Step Lift
- Tip step
- Click
- Side step
Remember
You do not need to remember or dance everything on this list. Choose what feels familiar, repeat one step for an entire tune, improvise, or simply see what comes out of your feet.
We’ll start here and see what happens. Keep ’er lit!
Open dancing to the playlist if there is time.
Mix and match and pull from all the movement to dance to other tunes.
week 2
Week 2: Connemara Reels, Connemara Jigs, Páraig Ó Haibicín’s Steps, Maggie Pickie
Mix and match last weeks steps and elements with this weeks steps and elements.
Wednesday, September 9
6:00 PM PT • 7:00 PM MT • 8:00 PM CT • 9:00 PM ET
4. Connemara Reels
Choose from:
- Connemara step
- Stamp and stamp
- Heel and toe
- Cross step
- Circle step
- Zigzag or heels step
- Side step
- Heel-toe-heel
- Drum step
5. Páraig Ó Haibicín’s Steps
Choose from:
- Timing step
- Toe-toe-heel step
- Kick-up step
- Heels step
6. Maggie Pickie
Dance one familiar step repeatedly, combine several steps, or dance the whole old-style step dance.
- Cross Step
- Kick and Flick
- Side Step
- Jump Step
- Box Step
- Circle Step
- Run Step
- Clog Step
- Rock
- Slide Step
