Why Kaleidoscope
I must confess that I love etymology. I am a bit of a language nerd, so it’s common for me ...
Practice Makes Permanent
I once had a professor whose favourite reminder was “practice makes permanent.” He prompted us constantly that what you practice ...
Rooted in Community
From April 9-14, I was at the Leitrim Dance Festival in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, Ireland. It was my first ever ...
Rooted in Rhythm
From the moment a baby comes into existence, it is surrounded by rhythm – thump-thump, thump-thump, thump-thump. They are surrounded ...
North Kerry Style
Last week I finished the latest four-week online class of North Kerry style Irish dance. One of the things that ...
The BrainDance
If you have taken a dance class with me in the past 2 years, you will likely have done a ...
Descended from Dublin
PART 1 As part of my MA in Irish Dance Studies, I did a lot of research into my own ...
Dance for Joy
When I was a child, I delighted in dancing. Before formal lessons began, I starred in my own living room ...
Hobnails and Horse Skulls
I often think about shoes to dance in and floors to dance on; certainly, this isn’t a mystery. As a ...
Move More; Dance More
Nearly two years ago, I began a journey into a more integrative approach to understanding the mind and body (you ...