Outstanding 👏👏✨💃🔥🔥

There are vague references to the early history of Irish dancing but evidence shows that its first participants were the Druids. They danced in religious rituals honoring their pagan gods. Around 400 A.D., after the conversion to Christianity, the new priests adopted the pagan style of art in creating their beautiful manuscripts, and the peasants kept the pagan style of music and dancing. The circle dances of today began after the Anglo-Norman conquest in the twelfth century. The Carol was a popular Norman dance where the leader sang and a circle of dancers replied with the same song. Three Irish dances are often referenced from the sixteenth century: the Irish Hey, the Rinnce Fada and the Trenchmore. One of the first mentions to dance was in a letter written to Queen Elizabeth I in 1569 in which the dancers were described as being very beautiful and magnificently dressed first class dancers. During the mid-sixteenth century, dancers performed in the great halls of newly built castles, and some of the dances were brought to the court of Queen Elizabeth. The Trenchmore was an adaptation of an old Irish peasant dance, and the Hey was a predecessor of the present day reel. Irish dancing was accompanied by the music of the bagpipes and the harp.The dancing master appeared in Ireland in the eighteenth century. He would wander from village to village to teach dance to peasants. Each dancing master had his own district and never trespassed into another master’s domain. When they met at fairs, they challenged each other to dancing competitions that ended only when one group was left standing. Each master had his own style, so several versions of the same dance would be found in different areas of Ireland. Over the centuries, Irish dances were modified into the jigs, reels, hornpipes, sets, half sets and polkas performed today. Solo dancing, or step dancing, first appeared at the end of the eighteenth century. There are dancing competitions in all four Irish provinces and winners qualify for the All Ireland Championships. The international competitions are held in Dublin at Easter and the dancers from other countries compete for the world title. The success of Riverdance , Lord of the Dance and Rhythm of the dance has placed Irish Dance on the international stage. Dancing schools in Ireland and all over the world today are filled with youngsters imitating the dancing styles which Most women in Ireland, until over a century ago, would have danced barefoot; which gave them a natural grace and lightness which today’s dancers strive to maintain. Girls began wearing softshoes, known as ghillies, in 1924 while dancing jigs, reels, and slip jigs. Men worked on the land, and therefor wore hand-made rawhide shoes which were light and suitable for dancing. Fishermen on the coasts of Ireland wore wooden soled shoes, and when teaching traditional music was outlawed, the rhythms of the various dance tunes were maintained by tapping the hard shoes on the flag stones and tiles. Today’s modern Irish dancers wear specially made ‘hard shoes’ and soft shoes. After black stockings were forbidden by the Church for being seductive, female dancers switched to white socks- poodle socks- which are still worn today, especially in competition where they contrast the black shoes. Tights are however slowly gaining popularity due to theatrical presentation

What I like about this is that it is real. There are a few very slight mis-timed moves but it is better because of them. Even better than that is the reaction by them when they've made a mistake. It is brilliant. Well done ladies👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Beautiful! And in Galway City!

I Love it !!! And i Reposted it and I stole it ! Please vorgive me !

And in twenty years European heritage will be replaced with twerking due to Europe being surrender to those who want to destroy it

Unfortunately, this beautiful art will disappear because Muslims will prohibit it with their Sharia law, because it is not halal.

The First time i have seen it was in the " Crazy Professor " With JL Lewis 😉 But nothing compares to this Beautifull Riverdance Girls! 👍

A beautiful thing and an enjoyable coordination dance. All the movements are studied and at the same time, and you have good strength to send the clicks at the right time. Thank you for this beautiful dance.🌹🙏🏻

簡単そうに見えたので、ちょっとやってみようと思った。 実際にやってみたらこのテンポで3連符を踵とつま先だけで表現するって1小節も出来なかったｗｗｗｗ

Très agréable dans les deux sens,salutations de Fribourg en Suisse👍💓...!!

Excellent foot work!!!

Beautiful!!! I'll never get tired of it!❤️❤️❤️

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Beats twerking …just saying

This culture will disappear within a hundred years and be replaced with women in burkas who will be forbidden to dance.

crap music 💩👎

Me enamoré de ese baile hace años... con Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance. Me sigue poniendo los pelos de punta de emopción y de maravilloso.

Such an amazing dance troop

It will be gone soon, enjoy it while you can.

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Really impressive. I´ve had the opportunity to see Riverdance and Michael Flatley live several times. It´s something you never forget.

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Did they vote for the communist government?

Not Highland dancing but similar.

Impressive.

Sooo good 👍 ❤️ hours of practice there no doubt

Fantastic

Just amazing 👏 👏👌❤️❤️❤️

What do you think of this dance?

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wow more beauties. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Amazing

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