Benefits of Crawling
Crawling is so much more than a mode of movement for babies before they can walk. It’s a physical milestone, ...
Choosing A Studio
We live in a world saturated with choice. And while some choice gives us freedom, too many choices debilitate us. ...
Shared Rhythm
A few weeks ago, I attended an Aramba gathering (Arabic Zumba), and it was a lived experience of shared rhythm, ...
What Is Irish Dance?
At the Irish World Academy, one of my tutors shared about answering a casting call for “Irish dancers.” She went ...
Muckross House Archives
Between 1980 and 1950, Muckross House Folk Museum commissioned collectors to go out into County Kerry to collect the music, ...
Growth Mindset
There are ideas or phrases that get a bit tangled for my liking. They become buzzwords that pervade everything and ...
Fall Equinox
Today marks the Fall Equinox; one of two days in the year when night and day are equal in length. ...
Irish Dance Costumes
I remember my first dance costume very fondly. It was a blue, embroidered dress, lined with bright yellow fabric. It ...
Tradition and Béaloideas
The Irish language has a beautiful word for folklore: béaloideas, which is literally, “mouth education.” It means learning by listening. ...
Lughnasa
“To win from the soil the bread of life is [humanity’s] most primitive task.”[1] It was a task woven into ...