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Dance

Erica Braverman

November 4, 2018 By Ken Fleming

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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

Emily Critz

November 4, 2018 By Ken Fleming

Emily Critz

Emily Critz is an Irish dancer with over 17 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, French waltz clog, and flatfooting which bring a remarkable blend of percussive … [Read more...] about Emily Critz

Máirtín de Cógáin

November 4, 2018 By Ken Fleming

Máirtín de Cógáin

Máirtín de Cógáin is a singing, dancing, storytelling bodhran player who also is a noted playwright and actor. He performs in his native Ireland and all over the U.S. in between and beyond, too! An infectious personality, Máirtín pleasantly commands the attention of any collection of people, from a concert hall to an intimate porch. Descended from a long line of storytellers and with … [Read more...] about Máirtín de Cógáin

Danielle Enblom

September 2, 2019 By Ken Fleming

Danielle Enblom is a sean-nós dancer, old-style step dancer, fiddler, teacher, and Ethnochoreologist. She trained in Ireland as both a practitioner and researcher, receiving a Diploma in Traditional Irish Music from University College Cork and an MA in Ethnochoreology under fellowship from the Tralee Institute of Technology. Danielle’s deep embodied knowledge informs her pathbreaking research and … [Read more...] about Danielle Enblom

Samantha Harvey

January 22, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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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

February 14, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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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

Jackie O’Riley

January 28, 2020 By Ken Fleming

Jackie O'Riley

Jackie O'Riley spent her formative dance years in the Irish set dancing community in Boston, MA.  Over the past decade and a half, she has ardently sought out old-style or traditional step dancing, sean-nós dance, and set dancing.  She is now a respected performer and teacher, with a unique repertoire that includes older steps she has collected from masters and field footage and original … [Read more...] about Jackie O’Riley

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Former Student

It was my first retreat and I thought the whole weekend was absolutely fabulous.  I had sort of lost my connection to Irish music and I came away from the weekend refreshed and re-energized and very present to why I love this music so much.

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