DANCE ARCHIVE
Ninth
Annual Irish Arts Center NYC Dance Festival
Sunday, May 2
Riverside Park South
Pier 1 at W 70th Street
Rain or shine.
Come out to the pier to enjoy a day of great Irish dancing!
Led by Artistic Director Niall O’Leary, T.C.R.G., the Festival will
once again kick off the Summer on the Hudson series at Riverside Park South!
This celebration of Irish dance and culture is not to be missed, featuring performances
from top Irish dance companies from New York and around the country, dance workshops
for children and adults, music sessions, Irish language classes, a singing circle,
children’s face painting and a lively evening-ending céilí for
all!
Come with or without your dancing shoes - the entire day is free and
open to all!
TIME MAIN
STAGE – Area 1
1:00pm Niall
O’Leary School of Irish Dance (Performance)
1:15pm Children’s
Céilí Dancing: everyone out on the floor!
1:45pm Keltic
Dreams (Performance)
2:00pm Niall
O’Leary Fun Dance (Non-competitive Solo Dancing)
Learn
some Irish Step-dancing moves, suitable for beginner-intermediate Irish dancers!
All
ages!
3:00pm Petri
School of Irish Dance (Performance)
3:15pm Donny
Golden Fun Dance (Non-competitive Solo Dancing)
Learn
some Irish Step-dancing moves, suitable for beginner-intermediate Irish dancers!
All
ages!
4:15pm Niall
O’Leary Irish Dance Troupe (Performance)
4:30pm Adults
Ceili / Set Dancing: everyone out on the floor!
5:30pm Darrah
Carr Dance (Performance)
5.45pm Donny
Golden Dancers (Performance)
6:00 pm-8:00pm Céilí: Set and Céilí Dancing for All:
everyone out on the floor!
TIME TENT
2
1:15pm Irish
Language Conversation Circle
2:00pm Traditional
Irish Music Session – All Welcome!
3:30-4:15pm Irish Song Circle Workshop
4:30-5:15pm Panel Discussion
TIME TENT
3
1:00pm-4:00pm Children’s Face Painting
1:00pm-4:00pm Arts & Crafts for Kids
For a detailed schedule/information visit www.irishartscenter.org or www.nyc.gov/parks/soh
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Arts Center and Darrah Carr Dance Present
ModERIN: Darrah Carr Dance’s Annual New York Season
Featuring Guest Choreographer Seán Curran
November 13-15 | Friday - Saturday 8:00 pm | Sunday 3:00 pm
Family Show: Saturday 11:00 am
General Sale: $25 general sale/$20 members | Family Show: All tickets $15
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here to buy now or call Smarttix at 212-868-4444
IAC members at all levels may book directly through Irish
Arts Center and avoid ticket processing fees. Call 212-757-3318
ext. 204 from 10 - 6 Monday through Friday.
“Carr’s immensely likable and skillful
dancers move with a space-gobbling buoyancy and openness that looks as if they
might take flight.”
Jennifer Dunning—The New York Times |
Darrah Carr Dance returns to the Irish Arts Center stage with ModERIN:
its signature blend of traditional Irish step and contemporary modern dance,
featuring guest choreographer and Bessie Award-winner Seán Curran.
“The best of both traditions…to watch these performances
is to see Irish dance in a whole new way… a glorious mélange of
sound and movement that’s breathtaking…”
Bridget English— Irish Dancing Magazine
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Featuring champion Irish step dancers in a dazzling display of lightning
fast footwork, Darrah Carr Dance seamlessly integrates Irish step and spatial
patterns within contemporary choreography. Highlights of the weekend-long program
include salon style discussions with Darrah Carr and Seán Curran, guest
performances by Irish Arts Center’s dance students, and a specially priced
Family Show.
“All delightfully and exquisitely rendered…a respectful
reworking of what is familiar mixed with a bold experimental representation of
the American contemporary dance scene…pushing the boundaries well into
the future…”
Ursula Traynor—The Irish World
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Photo © Lois
Greenfield
 Alpine Céilí-on-the-Hudson 2009
Sunday, June 7
Dancing
3:00pm – 6:00pm
Alpine Boat Basin,
Alpine Pavilion,
Alpine, NJ
For further information, please call 212.757.3318 ext. 209.
Click here for driving directions
Music provided by the Pride of Moyvane Céilí Band, featuring musicians John Reynolds and Margie Mulvihill
An Irish Arts Center tradition! Join us for our Spring Picnic and Céilí-on-the-Hudson. Whether you play Irish music, know a few Irish dance steps, or just enjoy watching and listening – don’t miss it! Fun for all the family! Donations appreciated.
 EIGHTH ANNUAL
NEW YORK CITY
IRISH DANCE FESTIVAL 2009
Sunday, May 3
Riverside Park South |
Pier I at West 70th Street
12:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Led by Artistic Director Niall O’Leary, T.C.R.G., the Festival
will once again kick off the Summer on the Hudson series at
Riverside Park South! This celebration of Irish dance and
culture is not to be missed, featuring performances from top
Irish dance companies from New York and around the
country, dance workshops for children and adults, music
sessions, Irish language classes, a singing circle, children’s
face painting and a lively evening-ending céilí for all!
Meet and Greet the Young Stars of the hit Broadway show BILLY ELLIOT from 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm, before learning to dance like a star yourself! Irish dancing champion Trent Kowalick, with fellow cast members David Bologna, & Heather Burns will be on site to talk to you! Check “Tent 2” below for further details.
Live music by Caitlin Warbelow, Margie Mulvihill and John Reynolds
SCHEDULE*
*Subject to change
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| Main Stage—Area 1 |
1:00pm |
Niall O’Leary School of Irish Dance (Performance) |
1:15pm |
Children’s’ Céilí Dance: everyone out on the floor! |
1:45pm |
Keltic Dreams from PS 59 in the Bronx (Performance) |
2:00pm |
Fun Dance with Niall O’Leary (Workshop)
show material only |
2:45pm |
Donny Golden Dancers (Performance) |
3:00pm |
Darrah Carr Dance (Performance) |
3:15pm |
Fun Dance with Donny Golden (Workshop)
show material only |
4:00pm |
2009 Senior Ladies World Champion Ashley Smith: softshoe |
4:05pm |
Solas an Lae Dance Company (Performance) |
4:20pm |
2009 Senior Ladies World Champion Ashley Smith: hardshoe |
4:30pm |
Adults Set Dancing Workshop w/ Kathleen Collins |
5:30pm |
Niall O’Leary Irish Dance Troupe (Performance) |
5:45-8:00pm |
Céilí: Set and Céilí Dancing for All |
| Tent 2 |
12:30pm-1:00pm |
Meet the young stars of Broadway hit musical BILLY ELLIOT: Champion Irish dancers Trent Kowalik, David Bologna, & Heather Burns. |
1:15pm-2:00pm |
Irish Language Circle |
2:00pm-3:30pm |
Open Music Seisun |
3:30pm-4:15pm |
Irish Song Circle |
4:30pm-5:15pm |
Panel Discussion Irish Dance Past & Present:
Donny Golden, Niall O’Leary, Darrah Carr, Ashley Smith, Deirdre Lowery |
| Tent 3 |
1:00pm-4:00pm |
Face Painting for Kids |
1:00pm-4:00pm |
Arts & Crafts for Kids |
 Irish Arts Center and Darrah Carr Dance
Present a Special Salon Series
ModERIN: The 10th Anniversary of Darrah Carr Dance
October 23-October 26 |
Thurs, Fri, Sat 8pm, Sat 11am**, Sun 3pm.
Admission: $25 general sale/$20 members | ** Family Show – all tickets $15.
Click here to buy now!
In commemoration of its 10th Anniversary Season, Darrah
Carr Dance brings its signature blend of traditional Irish step
and contemporary modern dance to the Irish Arts Center stage.
Renowned for seamlessly integrating Irish dance within
contemporary choreography, the company blends Irish music,
step dance footwork, and spatial patterns to create high energy,
rhythmically based work that is performed by a cast of champion
Irish step dancers. Featuring a mix of new works and company
favorites that span the decade of Darrah Carr Dance,
highlights of this weekend-long program include
salon style discussions with artistic director and
choreographer Darrah Carr; special guest performances
by the Irish Arts Center’s dance students,
a ModERIN workshop with company members,
and a specially-priced family show.
Darrah Carr Dance has performed at venues in the United States and around the world, including The Duke Theater on 42nd Street, Celebrate Brooklyn, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, The Yard at Martha’s Vineyard, Wesleyan University, The Center for Performing Arts and SUNY Orange, San Jose Fleadh, the Toronto Fringe Festival, the Bank of Ireland Arts Center in Dublin, Symphony Space, and the Annual Irish Arts Center New York City Dance Festival. Named “One of the Top 100 Irish Americans of the Year,” by Irish America Magazine, Artistic Director Darrah Carr holds an MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wesleyan University.
www.darrahcarrdance.com
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The critics on Darrah Carr Dance:
“ModERIN is a combination of the best of both traditions, essentially creating a new language of movement from two distinct vocabularies of dance. . . a glorious melange of sound and movement that’s breathtaking,” Bridget English, Irish Dancing Magazine
“A smiling, exuberant performer with an open upper body and fast-flying feet straight out of Irish step dancing. Her immensely likable and skillful dancers move with a space gobbling buoyancy and openness that looks as if they might take flight,”
Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times
This project is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund and The Fund for Creative Communities, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.For more information, please call (212) 757-3318
Alpine Céilí-on-the-Hudson 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Dancing
3:00pm – 6:00pm
Alpine Boat Basin,
Alpine Pavilion,
Alpine, NJ
For further information, please call 212.757.3318 ext. 209.
Click here for driving directions
An Irish Arts Center tradition! Join us for our Fall Picnic and
Céilí-on-the-Hudson. Whether you play Irish music, know a
few Irish dance steps, or just enjoy watching and listening –
don’t miss it! Fun for all the family!
 Alpine Céilí On-the-Hudson 2007
Sunday June 1
Dancing 3:00 – 6:00 pm.
Alpine Boat Basin, Alpine Pavilion, NJ
An Irish Arts Center tradition! Join us for our Spring Picnic and Céilí on the Hudson. Whether you play Irish music, know a few Irish dance steps, or just enjoy watching and listening - don’t miss it! Fun for all the family!
For further information, please call 212. 757–3318 ext. 204.
For driving directions, log on to www.njpalisades.org
 Irish Arts Center New York City
Irish Dance Festival 2008
Sunday May 4 |
1:00pm – 8:00pm
Riverside Park South
Pier I at W 70th Street
An exciting opportunity to learn, participate and experience Irish dance firsthand at the Seventh Annual Irish Arts Center New York City Irish Dance Festival on Sunday May 4th 2008. This unique, all-day, all-ages event will feature not only performances by stars of the Irish dance world and dance schools from the New York area, but also master workshops in many styles of Irish dance, discussion forums, music seisiúns, and set and céilí dancing with live music. The festival will showcase some of the best local and international traditional Irish musicians. Special activities include Irish language classes, a Singer’s Circle, face-painting and much more!
Click here to read more and for the photo gallery!
ALPINE CÉILÍ-ON-THE-HUDSON
An Afternoon of Music and Dance
Alpine Boat Basin,
Alpine Pavilion,
Alpine, NJ
Sunday, September 9
We came, we saw, we played, we danced, we ate, we drank, and we all had a wonderful time at this Irish Arts Center
tradition! Our Fall Picnic and
Céilí-on-the-Hudson was a rousing success.
Musicians and dancers of all skill levels came out to play and rugs were cut by all and sundry. It was a grand day out for the entire family, and we're already planning on learning a few new steps for next year.
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