My feet always danced to Irish traditional music, but I was very glad to get out of the North of Ireland in the mid-Seventies when it was really closed and tight and relentlessly unforgiving.
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Growing up, I was brought up around Irish music, Irish traditions.
Throughout my childhood, I did a form of Irish dancing that was kind of the precursor to 'Riverdance.' It was a mixture of ballet and Irish dancing that my teacher, Patricia Mulholland, had invented, essentially. It was Irish ballet, and she would create performances based around the myths and legends of Ireland.
I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture and this show will feature a lot of Irish dancing.
I have been interested in Irish traditional music for the past few years.
My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence.
I feel warm toward my Irish side, but I don't know the country or the people. Hearing a traditional Irish fiddle, I feel very connected to Ireland, but that's a nostalgia many people feel who aren't Irish at all.
I started dancing when I was three, Scottish dancing.
I've always danced. I've always been around it.
I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance.
Dancing is the poetry of the foot.
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