Irish dancing is part of my life. And I recently have forgotten all that it has took and how far I have actually come. This blog is to share motivation, struggles, and anything else I know irish dance to be.
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dancinghufflepuff asked: Hey this is random but I just read your survey thing and saw that you have sesamoiditis! I do too and I've never known anyone else with it. How do you manage it? Do you have any tips for prevention? I’ve actually started taking glucosamine sulfate which helps lubricate your joints and its helped a lot. But I’m not sure how old you are and if it would make a difference for you. It used to be killer though because I would teach for 3 hours before my own class and would wear my hard shoes pretty much that whole time, so practice sneakers did put off the pain when the main teacher let me wear them. I also tried extra cushion type things but they caused other problems in my foot. It hasn’t gone away, but I can manage through it. |
hardest dance: slip jig
easiest dance: reel
longest continuous dance time: 7.5 hornpipe steps=4:15 min nonstop
time taken off dance: a year while at university
worst injury: sesamoiditis
preventative measures taken: dance sneakers/calf stretches/20 minutes to warmup
favorite stretch: butterfly stretch/hip stretch
pet peeves: when someone wines and moans about their placement but doesn’t put in the hard work to achieve what they claim they should get.
street shoes: size 7.5 toms
soft shoes: size 2 rutherford cavans
hard shoes: size 3w fays black sole
hours dancing in class/week: 3 - 4.5
hours dancing on own/week: 2 - 6 depending on up coming feis/majors
your worst nightmare: falling off a raised stage or having it collapse under me while dancing
what holds you back: my legs are big fat logs and I can’t jump.
what pulls you up: my rhythm and turn out
current level: open champ
mental level: not recalling at regionals (I hold my breath every year)
goal level: recalling at worlds
motivation: the younger dancers I teach telling me great job at feis and the dancers who have so much ambition they make it to champs quickly and nearly surpass me!
deterrence: when a dancer doesn’t deserve a placement but get it because of politics, (that goes both ways, when good dancers get a crummy placements and bad dancers out place what they actually deserve.)
(Source: beatup)
I just can’t get over this hornpipe rhythm!
cool!!!!
The Jeremiah Molyneaux (North Kerry) version of the Blackbird that dates back to the dancing masters. Ans cool tomfoolery after that!
Start watching at :50!!
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Anonymous asked: Seeing everyone irish dance is so important but something I've noticed lately is its no longer about the joy, passion and love found from dancing but its the medals, trophies, hair, make up and the dress. I've danced 13 years and competed in a few competitions, done shows and displays but for me its the joy i get from flying through the air, the click i've been missing in a hard shoe dance that i finally get but lately i've wondered is it time to stop? opinion please.. If you love it, I don’t see a reason to stop. Even though the superficial stuff seems like it’s been taking over, the dancing will never go away. The people that stay in it, don’t do it for the glitz and the glory, they do it because they get that same joy from dancing, and they want that feeling to last as long as it can. |
Ok, be honest, too much white? It looks really goofy close up but on stage it will lengthen my legs? I’m in a place right now where I either want crazy crazy white, or none at all… HELP!!!
(saw the iconic whites and wanted to bring the white closer to the toe, almost thinking my hard shoe could look like ballet flats, hahaha..)
