learn how to irish step dance

How I did it: It was the only dance that seemed appealing when I was nine and had decided I hated ballet, so my mom signed me up. I made a lot of friends and had a lot of fun, but I didn't learn the dance so well because our teacher didn't know all that much of the dancing herself. I could've gone to a school further away that was more serious, but they were more of a competitive school whereas I prefer just performing so when I hit the top of my schoo… Read how I did it…

How I did it: I learned it the non-traditional way, through a dance school that taught Irish soft-shoe and hard-shoe in terms of the french classical ballet as well as tap.  They thought it would be easier to have us learn it that way.However, I started doing tap at the age of four and then joined ballet at the age of nine.  When I was thirteen I auditioned for the beginner's hard-shoe class.  I did not make it.  I went an auditione… Read how I did it…

How I did it: I had to swallow my embarrassment at flailing around like an electrocuted spider. I just loved the music and the steps so much that I kept at it, and little by little I started to improve my form and muscle memory. I did my first competition about six months later and my first team championship after about a year. That was about thirteen years ago. My ceili team and I went on to win the North American Irish Dance Championship a few years … Read how I did it…