Irish Dancing
Brittany WhiteMrs. Reed
Physical Science Period 5Spring 2010
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Soft Shoes
– Referred to as “reel” shoes
– Somewhat uncomfortable
– Irish Dancing shoe sizes and street shoe sizes are not the same.
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Hard Shoes
– The bottom of a hard shoe, the sole, can have many different levels of flexibility depending on if it is black suede, gray suede or plain leather.
– Hard shoes with leather bottoms are perfect for beginners
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Costumes
• Can range between $500 - $12,000
• Very elaborate and very detailed.
• Hand-maid or custom design
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History
• most people probably think of the formations of groups
• evolved near the end of the 18th century.
• This dancing tends to nearly defy logic
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Feiseanna
• The feis been an important part of the cultural life of rural communities.
• They have world competitions in Ireland every Easter.
• National competitions all throughout the country called The Oriachteus
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Bibliography
• http://beasterb.personal.asu.edu/wordpress/?tag=halmor
• http://www.centralhome.com/irish-dance.htmhttp://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/culture/music/dance/compet2.shtm
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