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Celtic Knotwork Irish Step Dancer An intricate ring of Celtic Knotwork surrounds this dancer in several different colors. See all of the variations. Personalization available! Email me: Magiross@aol.com ! |
FLIP Mino Camcorders WOW !! Get the Irish Dancer FLIP Camcorder to photograph all those important dance meets. Great for practice sessions, too! Several different designs, see all of them!! |
Bodhran The bodhran is a shallow, one-sided drum. Its use in modern traditional music is mainly due to its adoption by the late Sean O Riada, who preferred it to the snare-drums used in ceili bands. |
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Line of Irish Step Dancers Seven Irish Step Dancers kick back in a perfect line. Celebrate your love of the dance with this festive design on clothing and gift items! |
Irish Step Dance The modern form of Irish dancing dates back to the appearance of Dance Masters about 1750. Each step is eight measures or bars of music, hence the term step dancing. |
Irish Dancers Rock My friends and I went to see Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance, and I was inspired to create this design for the shop. A line of dancers steps in perfect unison. . .Wow! |
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Annual Irish Dance Wall Calendar Annual Calendar features a different Irish Step Dance image for every month. Keep track of all your appointments, recitals, lessons! |
Craic In Irish English, the word crack or craic means fun, enjoyment, abandonment, or lighthearted mischief; often in the context of drinking or music. |
Irish Step Dancer in Pink Irish dancing was accompanied by music played on the bagpipes and the harp. In the houses of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, the master often joined with servants in some of the dances. |
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Celebrate Irish Dance Wildly celebrating the art of Irish Dance, confetti flies amid the shamrocks in this design. Hard shoe step on a field of green. Celebrate! |
Celebrate Irish Dance The feet of a male dancer celebrate the art of Irish Dance, confetti flies amid the shamrocks in this design. Hard shoe step on a field of green. Celebrate! |
Celebrate Irish Dance Wildly celebrating the art of Irish Dance, confetti flies amid the shamrocks in this design. Soft shoe step on a field of green. Celebrate! |
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Killarney Dancers Custom Design ! Killarney Dancers custom design, may we design one for you? eMail me Magiross@aol.com and we can work together! |
Dance, then, wherever you may be. . . Lovely chorus from the S. Carter song. . .shouldn't we all dance, then, wherever we may be! Offered in several colors on Clothing and gift items. |
Custom Designs Custom designs created for Dancers and Dance Schools. May we create a design for you? No charge for personalization. Email me: Magiross@aol.com |
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Irish Dancer Dance! Gaelic Rince says it all. Hard Shoe Irish Dancer on a graduated background. All the energy and pride of Irish Dance comes through in this design. |
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Irish Dancer Dance! Gaelic Rince says it all. Soft Shoe Irish Dancer on a graduated background. All the grace and beauty of Irish Dance are invoked by this design. |
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Irish Dancer When royalty arrived in Ireland, they were greeted at the shore by young women performing native dances. When King James landed at Kinsale, County Cork, in 1780, he was welcomed by dancers. |
Irish Dancer - Hard Shoe Dance! Gaelic Rince says it all. Hard Shoe Irish Dancer on a graduated background. All the energy and pride of Irish Dance comes through in this design. |
Irish Dancer Group dances were developed by the masters to hold the interest of their less gifted pupils and to give them the chance to enjoy dancing. The standard of these dances was very high. |
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Irish Dancer The Trenchmore, which was an adaptation of an old Irish peasant dance, was one of the first dances brought to the court of Queen Elizabeth I. |
Irish Dancer During the mid sixteenth century, dances were performed in the great halls of the newly built Irish castles. Some of the dances were brought to the court of Queen Elizabeth I. |
Irish Dancer One of the first references to Irish Dance is in a letter written by Sir Henry Sydney to Queen Elizabeth I in 1569. They are very beautiful, magnificently dressed and first class dancers. . . |
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Sailor's Hornpipe The Sailor's Hornpipe is choreographed to be performed in the confined space on board ship to the tune of a simple Hornpipe. |
Sailor's Hornpipe The movements in this dance portray actions used in the daily work routines of a sailor's life, such as pulling ropes, climbing the rigging, and looking out to sea. |
Sailor's Hornpipe The Sailor's Hornpipe is a caricature dance developed from the traditional English version. |
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Irish Dancer Irish dancing was accompanied by music played on the bagpipes and the harp. In the houses of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, the master often joined with servants in some of the dances. |
Irish Dancer In 1929 the Gaelic League established an enquiry into the state of Irish dancing. They organised examinations for the qualification of teachers and established rules of order. |
Irish Dancer The Irish word céili originally referred to a gathering of neighbours in a house to have an enjoyable time, dancing, playing music and storytelling. Today it refers to an informal evening of dancing. |
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Irish Dancer There are two distinctive forms of Irish dancing; solo dances and figure dances. Solo dances are performed nowadays mainly in exhibition or competition and require a great deal of skill. |
Irish Dancer Irish dance and the music of Ireland are inextricably linked over centuries. An assortment of instruments has provided the music for dancing throughout the centuries. |
Irish Dancer Today, jigs, reels, hornpipes, sets, half sets, polkas and step dances are all performed. Solo dancing or step dancing first appeared at the end of the eighteenth century. |
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Irish Dancer The Anglo-Norman conquest in the twelfth century brought Norman customs and culture to Ireland. The Carol was a popular Norman dance in which the leader sang and was surrounded by a circle of dancers. |
Celtic Dancers Irish Step Dancers in a Celtic Knot design. This image shows two female dancers within the colorful and complex knot. |
Irish Dancer Each dancing master had his own district and never encroached on another master's territory. It was not unknown for a dancing master to be kidnapped by the residents of a neighbouring parish. |
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Irish Dancer The feis, which combines competitions in dancing, music and singing, has for a long time been an important part of the cultural life of rural communities. |
Brian Boru Harp The Brian Boru, or Trinity College harp is probably the oldest intact wire-strung frame harp in existence. It is the national symbol of Ireland, and is depicted on coins and passports. |
Irish Dancer The costumes of today's dancers reflect the clothing of Ireland from the eighth century. CLICK here for a dancer with Blonde, Brunette or Red Hair. |
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Irish Dancer Traces of the Druids' circular dances survive in the ring dances of today. When the Celts arrived in Ireland from central Europe over two thousand years ago, they brought with them their own dances. |
Feis Feis (fesh) or Festival is what a Dance meet is usually called. The road to a feis starts with enrollment in a step-dancing school run by a teacher who is certified by the Irish Dancing Commission. |
Irish Dancer There are only vague references to the early history of Irish dancing, but there is evidence that among its first practitioners were the Druids who danced in religious rituals honouring the oak tree. |
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Irish Dancer When the Celts arrived in Ireland from central Europe over two thousand years ago, they brought with them their own folk dances. Dancers may be personalized. |
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Dance Seven Irish Step Dancers kick back in a perfect line. Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Dance and this festive design on clothing and gift items! |
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Images of Ireland Click Here for photographs from one of my trips to Ireland. Beautiful country. . .a total joy to visit. |
