Irish Step Dancers

These girls were at Union Station (St. Louis, MO) after the St. Pat's Parade.

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[jazzdancer818]

the girl with the blond wig after the boy is really good and i liked her step

[TheE8gisell]

Nothing beats Irish dance, but, we just have to get rid of those awful, ridiculous wigs.....I've yet to meet anyone who thinks otherwise.

[kgshepard]

"These girls were at Union Station..." AND boy! :) Let's hear it for the men of Irish dance!

[XnicoleDRX]

i like the music :)

[nicksy15]

Wigs were never worn by Irish dancers until maybe the last 15/20 years. Riverdance do not break any guidelines - wigs are just another commercial add on. We never wore wigs and now I am a TCRG who would prefer NO WIGS

[cizzeywizzey]

@TheE8gisell its actually one of the reasons why i quit - i couldnt stand havent that horrible thing on my head while dancing , and also the fact that yound girls were wearing making and fake tan to a feis!

[suzukiviolincovers]

@E8gisell I danced for 6 years, two of them at a national level. When I was 10 I tore BOTH of my ACL's at a competition. I was afraid to dance until now (i am 14) which my parents wont let me go back to competing, so i am just dancing for fun.

[suzukiviolincovers]

@E8gisell Obviously you don't know Irish Dance as well as reelburke. Wigs are part of the culture of ID and in competitions you would get marked down for not having one. Wigs are worn all over the world now at competitions. Lord of the Dance and River dance DO break the guidelines for competition, those are more just for show. Most people think that ID comps. are wonderful, but have you seen the TV show Toddlers in Tiaras. ID is like that, but worse and masked by the beauty of the dancing

[reelburke]

@E8gisell I agree, this was a brilliant piece. Love the showiness, great respect for them dancing on that floor. :) Love the steps, too--I miss doing treble reels at shows, and their steps were perfect for the show. But I do have to say, their costumes are completely within guidelines. I have no idea what wild west thing you're talking about.

[E8gisell]

@reelburke I would indeed look funny in one of those awful big wigs, given that, I had my first Irish dance lesson in the mid 1940's in Ireland....and I'm male....I have to add, that the costumes worn by you 'Irish Step Dancers' would be completely against the rules also....its not a wild west shindig you know.....it goes without saying, of course, that you were brilliant and I very much enjoyed your Irish dancing.

[reelburke]

@E8gisell Not technically correct. I believe (not sure) that Ciara Sexton used a wig in one of the newer shows of LotD, because I'm pretty sure her natural hair is shorter. Jean was mainly before wigs got popular. Also, this is not Riverdance. Most of the costumes they use would be completely against the rules. Wigs aren't an embarrassment-if you have a problem don't wear one. But I remember the days of natural hair, curling it the night before and sleeping on the curlers--they were terrible.

[E8gisell]

@reelburke I don't see anyone in Riverdance wearing these huge wigs....does Jean Butler wear one?.....What about the brilliant, world class Irish dancer Joanna Doyle.......absolutely not.....these wigs are an embarrassment and have no place in Irish dancing.