Aoibhell

Festival style set dance performance by Kate Spanos (choreography by Ruth Long; composition and keyboard accompaniment by Francis Ward) for MA in Traditional Irish Dance Performance, University of Limerick. Performance at the Belltable Arts Center in Limerick on 15 May 2008.

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• irish
• dance
• dancing
• traditional
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• limerick
• ul

[callummckenzie1]

I do festival style dance!!!! :D and well done you danced lovely!! I can never find any festival style irish dance on youtube :(

[thekatespanos]

@callummckenzie1 Thank you! I know, it's rare to find festival style online. There should be more--it's so beautiful!

[zefronftw]

why do u call this aoibhell?

[thekatespanos]

I don't know why it's called Aoibhell. The tune was written by Francis Ward, and I assume the dance was named after the song, so you'd have to ask him!

[McBronagh]

It's a shame Royal Tara have started to go down the Feis route now, wearing solo dresses and wigs and dancing feis style steps, such a shame! They were such lovely Festival dancers.

[callummckenzie1]

Yeah it is really hard to find and it is very beautiful, I wish more people danced festival style but not that many people know about it except for N.Ireland and my school, which is the only festival school in England! The word needs to be spread about festival style!

[zefronftw]

:O?

[zefronftw]

oh okay np, well great dancing! :D

[zefronftw]

whats your name? i know royal tara! :p

[zefronftw]

yeah all royal tara dancers r gr8, search them on utube and u see them dancin :p