SOFT SHOE DANCE CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

CEILI PRESCHOOL:

• Steps Learned: Advancing, Retiring, Spinning & Bowing
• Skills Worked On: Fundamentals of counting/rhythm, learning right foot from left, & teamwork with others
• Dance Learned: Irish Whistle Dance (‘Little people style‘)

CEILI 1 & CEILI 1 YOUTH (Beginner):

(Ceili 1: more aggressive approach, higher standards for step mastery necessary for Ceili 2
Ceili 1 Youth: less aggressive, diligent attention to basics)

• Steps Learned: Advancing & Retiring, Sevens, Sevens in Circles, Basket, Spin, Weaving, hop 2- 3’s & Star
• Skills Worked On: Timing, teamwork, dance posture, & begin synchronization (ie: with others/groups) (note: expectations according to class skill level!) others
• Dances Learned: Every Partner’s Chance, Fire Dance, + one of following three: Irish Whirlwind or Irish Star Dance or Ferry Reel (according to: [1] class ability level, and [2] a dance not being performed by another class in same recital)

Ceili 2 Youth:

(Concentrates on mastering basics)

• Steps Learned: Arch, Sevens in a Square & in a Diamond, Sevens with Partner, & Advancing in Butterfly formation
• Skills Worked On: Timing, team work, dance posture, synchronization with others, & mastery of skills learned in Ceili 1
• Dances Learned: Ferry Reel, Irish Whistle Dance, The Irish Ring, & Irish Line Dance

Ceili 2:

(Note: higher difficulty level than Ceili 2 Youth)

• Steps Learned: Leap 2-3’s, High-High Leap 2-3’s, Rising; Sinking, Point 2-3‘s, Advancing Diamond, & Twirl
• Skills Worked On: Synchronization (esp. with multiple groups), timing, teamwork, dance posture & body control/discipline, & mastery of Ceili 1 skills
• Dances Learned: As this class involves learning all new steps and dances are at a much higher level of skill, only two or three of the following will be chosen (those appropriate for student ability & which will not be performed by another class in same recital): Irish Lullaby, Irish Rebels, Village Ceili, Ferry Reel, & Light the Fire

Ceili 3:

• Steps Learned: Around the House, Fast Sevens, Split the Partners, right-left chain, & Advanced Weaving
• Skills Worked On: Dance choreography & mastery of Ceili 1 & ceili 2 skills (esp. synchronization & discipline)
• Dances Learned: Four Hand Reel & Haymakers (both of which incorporate all new steps learned and some steps from Ceili 1 & 2), plus, students work in small groups to choreograph their own small group dance for recital

Ceili 4:

• Steps Learned: Switches, high 2-3’s, high-highs, point pull-backs, point-front-side-front, point-up-points, clock-turn, ankle rocking, sevens switching, hop-sevens, kicks & cuts
• Skills Worked On: full mastery of Ceili 1 - 3 steps & skills, more elaborate/independent dance choreography, & more demand in dance step memorization
• Dances Choreographed: Irish Moonlight (partners choreographing their own section of the dance using new steps learned as well as others)
• Dances Learned: Bonfire & Dance of the Celts (using some new steps and steps previously learned)

(Note: Class descriptions are based upon courses previously taught and may be subject to change with future classes, each class being individualized according to student needs & abilities!)

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