What is Old Style Irish Dance
I reconnected with a friend from college recently. After an intervening twenty plus years, we had a lot of ground ...
Stepping out of the Archive
When I first started learning old-style Irish step dancing, I got quite excited because it integrated my love of history ...
KaleidoKitty Christmas 2024
Community has always been at the heart of Kaleidoscope Studio. Our hope is that everyone who comes through the door ...
Samhain
Ancient people marked their lives by the turning of the sun and the changing of the seasons. Modern pagans have ...
Masters’ Steps
Classes will be resuming in a little over a week, so this post is going to share a bit of ...
On the Cusp of Season 5
In my office, I have a circular photo collage. Each of the photos shows an element of firsts from the ...
Authenticity
“Irish Dance” as a genre has a complex history. There is no one pathway from which it came to us.
From 99 Days
The earliest days of the studio were shaped by research into brain development; how brains grew and the importance of ...
New Year Intentions
Samhain is the beginning of the Celtic year. It is the celebration of October 31, Halloween, but it is also the month of November in Irish. In the spirit of the new year, I am setting intentions for myself.
