Dong adores hard-shoe Irish dancing, and her two daughters have jigged in the morning class for two or three months -- think “Riverdance” or “Lord of the Dance,” which resemble tapping.

From left, Riley Keating, 10, Greer Levy, 13, and Alice Walker, also 13, dancers from the Harney Pender Keady Academy of Irish Dance of Stamford perform as part of Diversity Week at Greenwich High ...

Dust off your kilts and tune up the bagpipes, the Michigan Celtic Festival promises a weekend of vibrant heritage and ...

Another performance looms in the future — the 2012 Rainbow of Rhythm, the Sun City community’s annual dance revue where hoofers of all kinds strut their stuff on stage with grace and speed.

I had done high kick and jazz on my high school dance team so I was used to learning routines to 8 counts. I did pretty well competing in Irish dance until I got into Novice.

Melissa McCarthy is a 15-year-old high school sophomore from Norfolk who devotes most of her free time and energy to Irish step dancing. She has been a student the Harney Academy in Walpole for 11 ...

The sport requires high energy, which is what attracted Brigham Vargha, 13, of Anaheim. “My brother said I had to get all my energy out, so they enrolled me in Irish dance,” he said.

World Irish dance championships set to kick off When Lisa Murphy was eight years old, her mother noticed young kids arriving at the community hall across the st ...

"A Taste of Ireland" features 15 dancers, a guitarist, fiddle player and vocalist unspooling Ireland's history through Irish music and dancing and screen projections, including its beginnings ...

Watch the Cast of RIVERDANCE High Kick Into Radio City ... celebrated the world over for its Grammy award-winning score and the thrilling energy and passion of its Irish and international dance. ...

Update: Rylie Brison was one of seven American dancers to get called back during the World Irish Dancing Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. She placed 50th in the competition, out of nearly 200 ...