#NYCIDF25 Schedule

 

Stage One

 

12 noon Group Warm-Up and Stretching

Getting ready for a great day!

 

12.30pm Run / Dance / Walk a Mile for Goal

Dance or Run or Walk up and down the Pier to raise money for Irish charity GOAL

Register HERE

Sign-ups also welcome on the day!

 

1pm Ceili Dancing workshop

Everyone out on the floor to learn some easy and fun group dances!

 

2pm Niall O’Leary School of Irish Dance 

Performance featuring Softshoe, Hardshoe and Ceili dance

Classes for children and adults in NYC, Philadelphia, and beyond on Zoom!

www.nialloleary.com/school

 

2.30pm Celtic Tap Improv workshop w/ Niall O’Leary

Learn how to improvize using percussive footwork

Improvising AND lifting your legs!

3.15pm Step down the line Dance Jam

Everyone gets 16 bars to REEL music!

 

3.30pm Darrah Carr Dance Performance and interactive Presentation

ModErin: Modern Dance meets Irish Dance

www.darrahcarrdance.com

 

4pm Ceili Mór part one: fun social dancing!

Everyone out on the floor for some easy social dances to live music featuring

Ailish Conneely (flute, whistle, accordion)

Ceili Dancing AND Set Dancing…Suitable for all ages!

 

4.45pm Kahiry Bess 

Percussive Dance performance

 

4.50pm Ceili Mór part two: fun social dancing!

Everyone out on the floor for some easy social dances to live music featuring

Ailish Conneely (flute, whistle, accordion)

Ceili Dancing AND Set Dancing…Suitable for all ages!

 

5.40pm Niall O’Leary Irish Dance Troupe

Performance:

Contemporary Irish Dance choreography

Professional Irish dance performances at weddings, parties, corporate events

www.nialloleary.com/troupe

6pm end

 

Stage Two

2.30pm Irish Language Pop-Up Gaetacht with Caoimhe Nic Giollarnàith

Caoimhe Nic Giollarnáith will teach an introductory Irish language class for complete beginners. You’ll learn greetings, vocabulary, and useful phrases associated with traditional Irish music and dance. After the class, you’ll have an opportunity to practice the phrases you learned in class and chat to your classmates in Irish. Tá fáilte roimh chách! All are welcome! Please register for the class in advance on Eventbrite

 

4pm-6pm Trad Session led by James Cleveland (fiddle),

All musicians welcome!

 

Panoramic view of Pier i from Manhattan;