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!
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
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
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;
