Irish Dance for Beginners

Festival Irish dance is a style of Irish dance unique to the province of Ulster, with an emphasis on storytelling.

Through this 11-week term you will focus on the fundamentals of Irish dance and slowly build up to dancing both individual dances and in team dances, so you will be ready to whip out a 123 wherever you go!

This will be a fun, relaxed environment, and an opportunity to learn a new skill with new friends.

No special equipment is required. We would advise bringing trainers you could dance in if that is most comfortable for you.

About the Tutor

Clara is a dance artist based in Belfast. She graduated from LIPA with a first-class honours degree in Dance.

Since graduating, Clara has directed and choreographed multiple dance pieces, including ‘Line of Life’ commissioned by Maiden Voyage Dance, ‘An Féileacán Agus An Rí’, performed as part of the Belfast Children’s Festival 2020, and ‘Caillte’ performed as part of the Liverpool Irish Festival.

Clara has also performed with major companies across the UK and Ireland including Incandescence theatre in Qatar and Palestine, with Northern Ireland Opera in ‘La Traviata’ and as part of a sold-out West end and UK and Ireland tour of ‘Fairytale of New York’.