Details
$165 general / $135 membersDate(s)
Jan 30, 2020 – Mar 19, 2020
7:30pm
Contact
Box Office
888-616-0274
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
Phone hours:
10am-6pm, Monday-Friday
In person:
Opens 60 minutes before the performance on show days
Location
Please note this class is NOT at Irish Arts Center.
Venue:
Pearl Studios
519 8th Ave
12th floor, Studio H
New York, NY 10018
Overview
Michelle Esch, Thursdays, 7:30pm—8:30pm
8 weekly sessions beginning Thursday, January 30, 2020
A boot-camp introduction to the basics of hardshoe Irish step dancing. Some prior Irish or percussive dance experience (tap, flamenco, etc.) is recommended. Dancers will learn the fundamentals of Irish percussive dance, starting with posture and alignment, conditioning, and basic sound patterns and progressing to treble reels and jigs.
Students in all dance classes should wear shorts or workout pants and a t-shirt. For footwear, sneakers, ballet shoes, or ghillies are best.
Our Supporters
Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Dead Rabbit; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.
