Erica Braverman has been playing the concertina since 2014 and teaching beginner lessons in Austin, TX for the past three years. Playing tunes and dancing with friends always makes her smile on the inside, but it took a while for her to learn to play her instrument and smile on the outside at the same time - one of her proudest moments was when she heard that "you don't look like you have lockjaw … [Read more...] about Erica Braverman
Dance
Siobhan Butler
Siobhan Butler is a traditional dancer, dance researcher, and founder of the online irish dance education platform: Bánóg. Informed by decades of field work in traditional percussive dance, Siobhan’s work as a performer and educator has taken her to stages and institutions around the world where she has been privileged to collaborate with music and dance artists such as Nuala Kennedy, Steve … [Read more...] about Siobhan Butler
Emily Critz
Emily Critz is an Irish dancer with over 20 years of experience in a variety of Irish and percussive genres. She initially trained as a competitive step dancer until she transitioned to sets, ceílí, and sean-nós (“old style”) styles. Her dance repertoire extends from Ireland to include Quebecois step dance and French waltz clog which bring a remarkable blend of percussive expression to her … [Read more...] about Emily Critz
Máirtín de Cógáin
Máirtín de Cógáin is one of Ireland’s most compelling contemporary ballad singers—an electrifying performer whose work seamlessly weaves song, rhythm, movement, and story. A powerful vocalist and accomplished bodhrán player, he is equally renowned as a playwright and actor, performing throughout Ireland and across the United States. With an infectious presence and instinctive rapport with … [Read more...] about Máirtín de Cógáin
Angelika Eleni
Angelika Eleni is a performer from Dallas, TX with over two decades of experience in competitive Irish dance and music performance, along with other folk dance traditions. As a studio artist at the McAllen Creative Incubator, she established McAllen Irish Arts to develop an Irish traditional arts community in the Rio Grande Valley region through lessons, free céilí workshops, regular music … [Read more...] about Angelika Eleni
Danielle Enblom
Danielle Enblom is a dancer, fiddler, choreographer, and ethnochoreologist specializing in Irish (sean-nós and old-style step dance) and North American dance forms. She holds a research-based master’s degree in Ethnochoreology (dance anthropology) from Munster Technological University, Ireland, and a Diploma in Traditional Irish Music from University College Cork, Ireland. Growing up immersed in … [Read more...] about Danielle Enblom
Samantha Harvey
Samantha Harvey, originally from California but now residing in Co. Sligo, is a prominent dance performer and teacher. Highly-skilled in step dancing and sean-nós, Samantha has performed throughout the world with groups such as Téada, Ireland the Show, Irish Christmas in America, and Tomáseen Foley’s Irish Times. This performance work has included concerts and festivals in Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, … [Read more...] about Samantha Harvey
Paul Keating
Paul Keating is a native New York City boy whose parents hailed from County Clare. Reared in a household where Irish music and dance (country sets) were carried from the “Old Country,” it was no surprise that he developed his own interest in Irish folk music and dance after graduating from college in New York. The nascent Irish Arts Center forming in 1972 inspired him to take Irish ceili … [Read more...] about Paul Keating
Rebecca McGowan
Rebecca McGowan is a dancer and teacher of traditional Irish dance in the Boston area. Drawing on the musicality of older-style step dance and sean-nós dance, the grace of soft shoe, and the joy of social dance traditions, Rebecca is interested in exploring step dance as music and making Irish dance lyrical and approachable. She often performs with duet partner Jackie O’Riley; together they … [Read more...] about Rebecca McGowan
Séamus Ó Flatharta
Séamus Ó Flatharta’s skills in music, song and dance reflect his personality. He meets each discipline with a passion backed up by a love of the traditional Irish music heritage. Born into a family steeped in the Irish tradition, Séamus was immersed in traditional Irish music and song. It wasn’t long before he developed into an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, singer and Irish … [Read more...] about Séamus Ó Flatharta