Moira Leslie, chairwoman of Friends of Highland Music, said: "We exist to promote traditional music skills in their many forms from fiddle to clarsach, to Gaelic and Scots song and
step dancing, and we want to encourage more young people to come to us for support to develop and maintain those skills in fun and creative ways.
On stage were performances from Abhinaya's Dance Academy, Scottish
step dancing, Bollywood-style dancing and a display of Carnatic vocal music from South India.
The event showcases talented dance groups from across Lake County and the Chicago area, and features a variety of styles, including ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, hip-hop, Irish
step dancing, and more.
She started
step dancing at age three and fiddling at age six.
* A wildly popular interactive video-tutorial on
step dancing, featuring Step Afrikal, Washington, DC's much-in-demand touring troupe, teaching classic step-dance moves
Great fun, a sense of humour and
step dancing from a champion makes for a great show.
One With the Music: Cape Breton
Step Dancing Tradition and Transmission
Burnes is a member of the school's Latin Club and enjoys Irish
step dancing. She is the daughter of Elizabeth Burnes of Paxton.
Michael Flatley is back The simple and exuberant marriage of music and dance uses roughly 20 routines; all variations on Irish
step dancing and is set to pounding arrangements of Irish folk music.
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STEP Dancing on the street in Ballycastle SWEET TREAT Child gets a first look at yellow man CLOP TOIT A lad takes to the street on horseback yesterday
Irish
step dancing joins traditional Christmas music this weekend when a Nashville family of young singers and the Eugene Concert Choir merge their voices to put on "A Celtic Christmas" at the Hult Center.
Le
step dancing a Terre-Neuve et au Labrador a subi un important changement contextuel afin de conserver sa pertinence en tant qu'objet culturel et genre performatif ; et le contexte dans lequel il se developpe, ainsi que sa fonction, continuent d'evoluer a l'heure actuelle tout en collant a l'identite collective de Terre-Neuve.