Thursday 4 February 2016


Ireland: Irish dancing is a form of dancing and it originates from Ireland and it could be spilt in two groups, social dances and performance dances. social dancing can be divided into two more things which are the ceili and set dancing. It is danced by four couples, two facing each other. Irish social dance is the national Irish dance that Is performed on special occasions. it varies in dances while set dancing is repeated once you get with another two couple facing you. Irish set dancing became popular in 1994, it became popular in a famous show called the Riverdance. It has many movements that involves foot, legs, arms and a straight back. The solo dances can be preformed with soft shoes which are called "ghillies or pumps" or hard shoes are similar to tap shoes. the Ghillies are only wore by girls and the boys wear black leather shoes called "reel shoes".  

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