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  • HardJump :D

  • what the hell are those modern costumes like! Please go back to the old style its getting very american showgirl

  • @seonidh totally agreed I dance a while back and I don't get the new designs. Does it still have ne thing to with the book of kells???

  • @ekwrocks old style 1970s way better than theseJonBenét Ramsey styles they have now

  • Awesome - and in my own state too! =D

  • haha kelly teaches at my school. or at least she used to

  • whoa thats pretty fast!!!!

  • Great music! Great dancer! Thanks a lot for sharing!

  • hi:-) what´s the name of the song? thanx

  • @ Oireachtas2009,aren't you a Irish dancing team?I seen alot of Oireachtas on video,the team is really good.

  • @natali601 The Oireachtas is the name of the regional Irish dance championships, not a particular team of dancers :)

  • @romulanprincess Haha XD Sorry I was a noob dancer,just started a week ago when I wrote that comment ...

  • higher clicks, and with the carmera it sounds like you didn't hit them. didn't u win worlds this year?

  • oh i do softsole. I know the light jig.

  • I wish i could do that!!! Greatjob!!!! :)

  • Shes good ....... but i didnt like the music sozzi

  • kelly could be an international star..I'm an Aussie film producer...I'd love to use her..bet many more would too..just ...nice..very nice

  • ya but there are much better dancers than her

  • There probably are, but she is still very good and it is fun to watch her dance.

  • I know her! Kelly if you read this send me a messege. We were friends in Goldsborow

  • buh its nat 100 yrs ago anymore times move on

  • já říkám, je to pěkná písnička:-)

  • I would like to comment on the glitz and glamour Irish dance seems to have "evolved" into lately. I prefer the older style of dress and the simple headbands and natural hair styles. The wigs and tiaras are outrageous. It all reminds of Jon Benet Ramsey, if you ask me.

  • some of it is pretty rediculous. but most of us do it to impress the judges, if u leave ur mark on the judges, then u r more likely to place higher. it's all about doing what the judges want

  • That is very sad. Back when I danced, solo dresses had class. Now they are just garrish and gawdy. Absolutely ugly. I can't stand it.

    Irish Step Dancing has gone the way of the Quarter Horse and Paint world.

  • This was in response to what treblemaker55 said. Although the dress, wig, etc in the vid is just a bit too much for a traditionalist like me.

  • If you've seen any of the newer style Gavin's and Siopa Rince dresses, you'll notice they are very simple and not at all "gawdy" or "garrish"

  • wow, i'm pretty sure u don't need to share that.

    next time, just keep that to urself =]

  • I really have to say that the old style costumes are way better than the one here with the false dried noodle looking wig, short dress and tanned legs. It all looks a wee bit too Americanised. The older style dresses were way better and authentic hair much more Irish.

  • I feel almost the same, but you have to realize that when a form of anything is taken away from it's origin it changes and ages much more fast then it would have if left alone, when Canada was being colonized, how many different accents/cultures were there? hundreds. now though, not even 150 years later most accents/cultures are gone and one, and if irish dance has been in different places for hundreds of years, it was bound to change

  • I understand what your saying but the change from the more traditional style of costume has only happended in the last twenty years at most. Costumes from the 1970s in Ireland were tasteful when compared to the sequined gaudy glitsy-glam stage Vagas ones we have today. It's all a little too showgirls and this change is tacky. I'd have loved to see a priests face if you'd have walked into a room 100 years ago dressed like that!

  • but no-one is walking into a church 100 years ago dressed like this. That's the difference, back then (if the 4 inch rule even existed) it was probably very tightly held, but now things have become more relaxed, people are getting what they like, not just what society says is appropriate

  • 100 years ago girls couldn't even show their ankles in public let alone their knees. So I don't know what the costumes would have looked like, in fact that could indicate most of the costume (book of kells motifes and short skirt isn't really that old too). Still I think the tanned legs and wigs are a bit too much.

  • I agree about the tanned legs, I think it looks ridiculous. But wigs are very helpful, some people's hair will not curl (I have a few friends like this) and although they are ridiculously proportioned, the curls themselves look more natural with every new model that comes out. plus they are a major time saver.

  • Actually girls (100 years ago) probabley were not allowed to move anything above the ankle and onley danced in hard shoe's,

  • Actually, girls were not allowed to dance hardshoe, only softshoe. Just like boys are not allowed to compete in Slip jig, girls were not allowed to learn heavy dances.

  • In some US Southern region feisianna, boys compete in Slip Jig. And that's a fact.

  • The reel Kelly does here is a very nice, traditional step. I really like the front click, but would like to see it demonstrated again. I don't think I've seen this move at feises yet.

  • you haven't seen clicks at a feis? there's nothing speciall about her click, it's normal, i don't understand why you haven't seen it at many feises.

  • Yes, I've seen front clicks at feises, but I guess Kelly's look a little different for some reason. Maybe it's because I can't see all of it because the way it was filmed. Regardless, her steps are very nice and she has really great sound. Thanks for responding.

  • fantastic foot work brilliant !

  • that was really good and i love the treble reel

  • awesome...to bad the stage is so small!

  • I love her dancing! (Mind all my long comments about Ignorance, Stevekwik and the US, I'm going to comment on the video now...)

    Is it just me, or does her dress seem a little short?

  • her dress seems the rule of 4 inches above the knee, it's not too short.

  • I think so, yeah.

  • I just L-O-V-E Irish dance and Irish music. its so melodic and lilting and beautiful.

    The music is good, and that girl KNOWS HOW TO MOVE!!!!!!!

  • WOW  Talented band and talented dancer. Great Video!!

  • wow. she freakin good!

  • she is brill!! stevekwik is such a spa!!!like he obviously doesnt get female attention thts y hes so hung up on this dancer!!

    newho Ireland is the best so is Irish dancing, music, song and language!!=]

  • She is so good! This is the first one that lets us see the dancer dance in detail. The foot wiggle thing at 00:23 is hilarious! I wonder if such dancers learn the silent form first and then add the tap? Looks a lot like it. I'm seeing some standard Shuffle, Flap, FlapHeel moves of tap, with way not standard lifts and crosses and kicks in there.

    Thank you ..- !

  • she is truly talented!

  • FUCK YOU stevekwik you know NOTHING about irish culture you probably havn't even been there! ASSHOLE!!!!

    -by the way, nice video

  • Oh, stevekwik I see your American. That explains alot. Now I know I'm just wasting my time with another ignorant American. It's truly sad what most of your country thinks about the rest of the world. You know, crap like Canadians live in igloos and the Irish are all drunken wife beating hicks.

    Not all American's are like that, mind you, I'm not close minded by any means, but I know from experience that the majority are completely ignorant. Like you.

  • Not all Americans are like that, my dear. In fact, not even the majority. The problem is that so often ignorant people make the most noise. I mean, my family came from Donegal, I've lived in America all my life, have step danced for seventeen years, and can see at a glance that you're more than an intellectual match for that idiot. All I ask is that you give the rest of us a chance before you judge us. :)

    She's a beautiful dancer, incidently.

  • Oh, yes, I know that most American's are level headed and open minded, but unfortunatly I've come across plenty that aren't. Stevekwik being one of them.

  • By the way, Reelirishboy5, do you mean Donegal Ireland? If so, that's very cool!

    Congrats on the step dancing, 17 years! You should join Riverdance or LOTD. ;]

    I have plenty of friends from the USA, I find most of them very kind and a pleasure to talk too and I respect America as a good country that has alot to offer. So don't worry, I havn't written all of the population off as ignorant jerks like Stevekwik. =]

  • like everyone else is saying, stevekwik isn't like typical americans, don't let him set an example for all of us! he's a racist little perv!!!

  • treblemaker55,

    I'm aware of this and was very pissed off at his hysterical, fascist, racial slurs. I've got very good friends who are American and I know that not all individuals from the USA are like him.

  • very good, I luv the music

  • Hey,Burdockbagyi...it IS Irish dance. Where are you from? Apparently from somewhere no one wants to know about, for sure. You must hate the opposite sex. Is "slut" the only word in your limited vocabulary? Grow up already!

  • it's great dancing, and great music.

  • I agree.

  • Shuffle hop back, shuffle hop back. Nice, I couldn't do it that fast.

  • ez egy gecijó DNB!!! megkéne csinálni knight riderreXD

  • Stevekwik,

    you are one of the most vulgar, repulsive human beings that ever walked this earth! Your hostile comments are a reflection on who you are. You must truly hate yourself.

  • i'm irish and i am not that!! and i'm orange ish blond not red haired we're not all like that!

  • True, Stevekwik, I do enjoy the ISD videos. You are right, I don't know you personally. But I can say one thing. You really have a hatred for people of Irish descent, as well as British. I don't know why you do. Your comments suggest you are a very disturbed person, and one who has a lot of anger. You really must stop posting, unless you can do so without being vulgar and prejudice

  • Stevekwik,

    So you think I get my information from youtube videos? You are beyond ignorant.

    Riverdance alone has been seen by more then 1.5 billion people. I'm sure more then .005% of those 1.5 billion people care about step dancing.

    You think you know more about Irish culture? There's a 99% chance I've read three times as many literary masterpieces as you, I could talk you into a corner.

    Also, reading 'The Magic School Bus' does not count as reading a book, try again retard.

  • I'm a Newfoundlander..and I love Irish culture. This dancer is very talented...with a pretty dress! Keep up the good work.

  • woww i wish i was that good!

  • Lovely music and footwork! Post more of it, please!

    -jcr

  • Hey

    every1 shut up

    and take it somewhere else

    gal u rok

    luv the dance to bits

    hope im that gd one day

    cya

    oh what level r u at

  • Why so many negative comments? This dancer is top level and you should be commenting on how good she is. The music is really great, too.

  • i agree with Lennyb1970!!

    and stevekwik ware do u get off sayin tht all the men over here in my country beat there wives and we all have red hair(im a brunette and fully Irish) oh and we are Not all drunk!!!

    and we speak 2 languages fluetnly as lennyb said and also us Irish do have a lot of history and u need 2 learn more about it if ur gna slag us off!!!

    do us all a favour go and get a life or sort ur own 1 out!!k?

  • what an excellent dancer,obviously an open champion.keep it up girl.

  • I hardly think a couple of mis-spellings resulting from accidentally hitting the wrong key can be indicative of a lack of intellegence. Us Irish speak 2 languages fluently what's your second ...that's right....absolute bullshit.Let me give everyone something to laugh at....have you seen his picture and video....Lets just say...I'd rather be stupid than fucking ugly any day. You either have a serious delusional condition or a high level of self confidence...Hopefully it's the latter.You twat

  • Stevekwik its called a style of dress how do you know what she is like just by watching her dance you little ass she might be really nice and pretty shes not for you to judge and maybe you do need a history checkup all people from ireland are not ugly wife beating drunks and i should know my parents are from ireland and they would give you the shirt off their backs if you asked them for it! so shut the hell up and dont bother responding

  • actually, if your parents met someone as rude and uncivilized as stevekwik, they would probably sneer at him....

  • srsly that guy is an uneducated snob who cant open his mind an inch to try and accept the truth people like that make me sooo mad!

  • O.K., Stevekwik, if you hate the Irish people and Ireland, then why do you watch videos of Irish dancers????? Obviously you don't seem to like ISD, so why bother watching it? It seems to me you just want to get a rise out of people, especially those of Irish lineage. Just go away, dude.

  • s'ok, he's pissing me off too! if only i had the chance to really show him what a front click is...upside the head... hehe

  • also, heres another question, why do you bother leaving crude comments that piss everyone off? do you honestly have no life? is that why you fancy bad-mouthing others? just because "its fun to do" or "you have nothing better to do"? because hoenstly, thats a dumb excuse. three words , get a life!

  • you fucking asshole, go home you fucking ignorant prick.

  • so do us all a favour and keep those kind of thoughts to yourself, and not share them as a video message of an irish dancer who's main audience is irish people/dancers.... not very smart of you is it? or is it that secretly, you enjoy watching this stuff, but make up some lame excuse and say, "oh well i should just insult the s*** out of them becuase i have nothing better to do". then heres some advice...GET A LIFE AND KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOUR TALKING ABOUT!

  • great dancing. to stevekwik, i once met a guy like you. he sat there and made the biggest mistake of his young life. he had the courage to tell me what you just said here basically, and he found out the true meaning of the word "hardshoe". if you are honestly that uneducated as to think that the irish are stupid, then go take a history class. Ireland is the native land to some of the most well known and sophisticated poets, writers, politicians, and musicians as well as dancers.

  • you know what, ive remained calm for the most part trying to avoid rude expressions but this ahs got to be said. SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU RACIST BASTARD! POG MA THOIN! AND GET A GOD DAMN LIFE. HONESTLY, IF YOU BELIEVE EVERYTHING THE INTERENET AND YV SAYS, THEN YOU DONT HAVE AN OUNCE OF INTELLECT! i feel better now...

  • you truly are a tit and if this irish person could be beside you now he's rip your balls off and ffed them to the pigs

  • agaim. do us all a favour, AND GET A FUCKING LIFE YOU ASSHOLE!

  • saiorse,

    There's no point to arguing with a troll on YouTube. Just give his comments a thumbs-down, and block him. Once enough people do that, YouTube kills his account.

    -jcr

  • good pointe.... its just people like him that piss me off y'know?

  • shut up u twtat. go n get a life

  • omg stevekiwi i CANNOT believe u said dat!!how more unconsiderate can u get??

    and am incase u didnt no alot v ppl wer poor bak den dare staple food was d potatoe and alot v ppl nly grew potatoe!!and as schmeeling said wat bout d 1s dat lived hundreds v miles frm d sea??

    ur a twat!!1million ppl died frm dat famine anothr million emigrated bt most v dem prob didnt make it coz of d conditions on wat wer known as coffin ships day wer dat bad!!

    show a bit v respect u retard!!

  • stevekwik!Irish are cooler than YOU for sure! WE arent stupid we Actually Know some good dancing..something you will never know the def. of...you have some serious issues with life.

  • what about the ones that live hundreds of miles from the sea and cant afford to buy food.

    twat

  • i mean to stevekwik

  • wow thats the best irish dancing i hav ever seen on you tube!! wow u keep in beat so easily and the trebels sound really clear. i luv the dress!!

  • anyone who said you are a barbarian is completely wrong. your trebels are amazing, anmd your dress is beautiful. well done

  • she missed lyk evry click

  • and you missed spelling class

  • your dress looked good i think, so did your wig...your dancing was good, what reagon are you for competitions (if you compete, which, by the dress i would assume so) and what age catagory are you under? hehe many questions. did you go to worlds?

  • my favourite ever YT clip - what a fantastic dancer, such skill and flawless rhythm. Anyone know the name of the jig or tune they're playing - I want to buy it!

  • the tune is 'reel de mattewa.' it's been recorded at least a few times -- you can get Dot Dot Dash's CD containing it at the cdbaby website.

  • Thanks John, I went right there and ordered it :)

  • those heel clicks are damn hard. the dress and the wig are awful but the dancing is awesome - especially with the live music. that's what it's all about. get rid of the bullshit barbie pilaver and you'd really have something.

  • The dress and 'hair style'/wig is traditional, - and so are the hard heel clicks.

  • how do you know she's single? heres a news flash, irish dancer have the best legs ever, but they have pride and do not enjoy making sluts of themselves. so if your looking for a girl to 'show some more skin" go find a hooker somewhere, because irish dancer, and irish people have more pride and dignity than that.

  • I'd like to see (and hear!) her dance on your balls with those shoes!

  • How do you know she's single? Besides, it's traditional, for dancing, she's supposed to wear her hair like that.

    I bet she has at least 6 times the leg strength you have, you ignorant prick

  • amazing. i love your dressssss.

  • Great job Kelly, still looking great! I miss ya, are you going to Worlds this year?

    Chelsea

  • Rather sexist, pity it's not your 'nuts' she's dancing on! That I'd like to see.

  • what is your problem

  • Swallow a razorblade, bloody prick. You should thank us for helping you win the country that is paying for your sorry arse's welfare because you are too ignorant to work. Look up the rates of Scotch-Irish from the Ulster that fought your great war.

    And the British, for your limitted information, took our fish.

  • Screw you.

  • stevekwik, I have one last thing to say to you:

    Fuck - you.

  • yeah? I'd like to see you chained to that poll, lowered down to the floor and let her dance on whatever you have left of your needle dick, maybe then you will understand what were saying, a good heel click is bound to either kill you or knock some sense into you, but I prefer you just die.

  • that was a great piece, she has gorgeous Rallys

  • <3 !

  • dis video is dat gd av learnt th dance!gr8 danca, gr8 dance n gr8 music! well done!1 x

  • It would have been better if she looked like she was enjoying it....

  • My god. that was amazing

  • Can I have the solo dress?

  • um yea....

    shes pretty much incredible

    =D

  • you have really nice rhythm!! amazing:)

  • Great! Thank god they gave the dancer a decent floor, too!

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