2023-06-17: Open House
Inisheer Open House & Dance Workshop 2023
- 3-3:30 pm Break for socializing: tea, Irish soda bread and other treats!
- 2-3 pm Sean nós (‘Old Style’) Irish step dance: Sean-nós step dance is characterized by its “low to the ground” footwork, improvised steps, free movement of the arms with high value placed on personal style.
- 3:30-4:30 pm Irish Set dancing – The Connemara Set figures 1 through 4!
![Inisheer Irish Dancers Director Piper Call](http://inisheer.dance/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2017-04-22_Piper300_4968.jpg)
Irish sets are danced by four couples in a square, and are derived from French Quadrilles which were brought to Ireland in the nineteenth century. Irish dancers adapted the figures to their own music and steps to form dances with great drive and enjoyment.
Inisheer Irish Dancers, based in Gainesville, Florida and directed by Piper Call since 2003, performs at festivals around North Florida.
Instructor: Piper Call hamletdance21@yahoo.com
2023-05-28 Florida Folk Festival
![Inisheer Irish Dancers at the Florida Folk Festival 2023](http://inisheer.dance/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/FFF-Inisheer1200_2193-1024x683.jpg)
- Julie’s Back Porch Reel: Jean, Kevin, Sunita, Patrick
- Step It Out Jig: All
- Maggie Pickie: Jean, Cyd, Piper
- Moycullen Set: All
- Step It Out Reel: All
- McGuiggan Jig: Cyd, Piper
- Clare Set/Grace O’Maille/Finale: All
2023-05-17: FFF rehearsals
- Julie’s Back Porch Reel
- Step It Out Jig
- Maggie Pickie
- Moycullen Set
- Step It Out Reel
- McGuiggan Jig
- Clare * Grace O’Maille * Finale
2023-05-10: FFF rehearsals
2023-04-16 Ormond Beach
![Inisheer Irish Dancers post-performance at Ormond Beach Celtic Festival on 16 April 2023.](https://inisheer.dance/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DSC_0755-1024x736.jpg)
2023-04-05 Rehearsals
Full slate of dances for rehearsals:
- Julie’s Back Porch (to ‘Music for a Found Harmonium’)
- Priest and His Boots A New Jig Moycullen Set (to a reel)
- Maggie Pickie (to Flings: Maggie Pickins)
- New Jig (to ‘The Humors of Rahey’)
- Moycullen Set
- Step It Out (to ‘The Honeymoon’)
- Kilfenora Set
- McGuiggan Jig (to ‘The Leitrim Jig’)
- Brush Dance (to ‘Willie Clancy’s Curragh’)
- Clare Set fig 3 / Grace O’Maille / Finale (to ‘The Meek Maids’)
2023-03-10 Melrose Center
Inisheer Irish Dancers performance at the Melrose Center on 10 March 2023
![Inisheer Irish Dancers director Piper Call at 2017 Ormond Beach Celtic Festival](https://inisheer.dance/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2017-04-22_Piper250_3924.jpg)
Piper Call and the Inisheer Irish Dancers performed a series of choreographed dances at the Melrose Center in Melrose, Florida on 10 March 2023. Their two 25″ sets included:
- Julie’s Back Porch (to ‘Music for a Found Harmonium’)
- Priest and His Boots A New Jig Moycullen Set (to a reel)
- Maggie Pickie (to Flings: Maggie Pickins)
- New Jig (to The Humors of Rahey)
- Moycullen Set
- Step It Out (to ‘The Honeymoon’)
- Kilenora
- McGuiggan Jig (to The Leitrim Jig)
- Brush Dance (to ‘Willie Clancy’s Curragh’)
- Clare Set / Grace O’Maille / Finale (to ‘The Meek Maids’)
![Inisheer Irish Dancers perform at the Melrose Center on 10 March 2023. Post-performance: Satisfaction at a job well done](https://inisheer.dance/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/332862546_1199930600721448_.jpg)
2023-02-15 Jig Steps
![15 February 2023 practice](https://inisheer.dance/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_1268-edited.jpg)
2023-02-08 Rehearsals
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