Sean Nós Dancing

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This is an old style traditional form of dancing that originated in the Connemara region (west coast of Ireland). This is a low to ground stepping out to the music, very relaxed, similar to tap dance, but it is not the stage show event like the Step Dancing you see in productions of Riverdance. Sean Nós dancing is a very impromptu, rhythmic, and low key accompaniment to a lively traditional Irish band. The footwork "battering" is great fun to watch and listen to. These are typically done as a solo performer or in very small groups and are well suited to all ages. (often times the best sean nós dancers, are the old timers in the dark corners of the pub).

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[mo1875jo]

i actually learned the step the first guy was doing as part of a stepdance only a few weeks back :/ in my opinion its fine for there to be less of a distinction sometimes- some of my favourite stepdance steps are directly based on sean nos ideas, so long as sean nos as a seperate style is still kept going

[IrishFidd]

Just love the two characters at the end - they know how to have a bit of fun!!

[davnet13]

what a musician, perfectly played for steps

[davnet13]

splendid footwork

[IrishLincoln]

@Natz1Jam2

He's from the West Coast....much more relaxed than those stiff Dubs.

[fernski9]

Sean nos to Old Style to Modern is a big grey area but I wouldn't consider what the women are doing to be sean nos even remotely. But it's a ceili and everyone looked great so most people probably don't care what the label is. Bothers me tho that when I am looking for real sean nos and i end up with people doing modern in street clothes. Looks great but usually not what I am interested in.

[deterdettol]

That's a bad thing.

It'll be championing what Tony MacMahon said, that modernisation is steamrolling over tradition.

[carinha40]

Funny, i thought the women where stepdancing too.

I think the distinction should be there.

I f one mixes styles (wich i for one think is ok) one should say so (dancing styles names are confusing enough as it is).

[Seamus616]

Sean nós... unreal

[SeanNos85]

How very observant of you. That's an extremely interesting thought....