Absolute Beginners - Irish Dancing Footwork Basics ☘️

These are fortnightly drop-in classes focusing on Irish dancing footwork for absolute beginners! ☘️

These are 90 minute classes, with a short break in the middle. It is an opportunity to learn and slowly build your confidence with both light and heavy shoe beginners footwork over each session.

This will be perfect for you if...

• You’re a total beginner and want a quick crash-course in the basics whilst having fun!
• You’re a beginner/improver who has taken a break and wants to refresh the very basics from scratch.
• You’re looking to build your confidence with the very fundamentals of Irish step dancing in both heavy shoe and light shoe at the same time

We'll be covering light and heavy shoe dancing, and each 2-hour session will cover both styles of footwork. Movements we will cover may include:

• The Threes
• The Sevens
• The Rise and Grind
• Sink and Grind
• Jump 23's
• Points
• Heavy Jig Rhythms (simple shuffles, double shuffles, shuffle backs, tips, stamps)
• Treble Reel Rhythms

🎥 Light Shoe Example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vZqknZTIfVRfBqOyW19_Z-GO0O3zFK-C/view?usp=sharing

🎥 Heavy Shoe Example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mDG_9C_Z-oKBqsOQy1agWk1_095ygmlw/view?usp=drive_link

💃🏻 Your teacher will be Jessie Leach - certified Irish Dancer teacher with CLRG, former Riverdance cast member and former All-Ireland, Great Britain and North American champion of Irish Dance.

🥂 This is a social class with optional post-jig swig at a pub round the corner!

FAQ’s

• You don’t need to be fit! Everyone takes it at their own pace.
• We have adults between 18 and 80 years old join our classes - all ages welcome!
• You don’t need any dance shoes - trainers are perfect!
• If you have any accessibility needs, let us know and we’ll support you.
  
• If you have to miss a class, don't worry, we send videos after every class so that you can catch up on what you missed, and we will recap everything the following week.

Note: These sessions are offered as a discounted block booking OR a drop-in 2 hour class.