Nearly 4,000 sets of tightly curled wigs, sequined dresses and fiberglass-tipped shoes will make their way into Anaheim next week for the North American Irish Dance Championships. The competition, ...

There’s an image that will be forever imprinted upon my cerebral cortex: it’s a photo from summer 2024, in which Chloë Sevigny is wearing a Dauan Jacari skirt (made entirely of checked boxer shorts), ...

With a mix of childlike enthusiasm and surprising maturity, 11-year-old Erin Mayo is moving up in the Irish dancing world. She’s got the trophies — and the blisters — to prove it. The Lewes sixth ...

If you've never been to an Irish dance competition, then going to one is a bit like stepping onto another planet where wigs and rhinestones and loud shoes making rhythmic, percussive noise is the norm ...

Today is Tap dancing day! Here at IrishCentral we're often asked what's the relationship between Irish dance and tap. So here it is from Riverdance and Irish step dancing to the Sean nós style - ...

Even her name is Irish — and a little bit bubbly, ready to celebrate her recent worldwide win. Trea Champagne of Iowa City, who owns and operates Champagne Academy of Irish Dance in North Liberty, is ...

IRISH DANCING IS a significant part of Irish culture, but some former competitive dancers and parents have reservations about the Irish dancing world, describing it as “akin to beauty pageants”. Wigs, ...

Sarah and mother Maria Taylor share a love of Irish dancing. Maria grew up in Northern Ireland with Irish dance and now Sarah, a freshman at Destrehan High School, does Irish dance. (Courtesy of the ...