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Irish Dancing Made Easy [VHS]

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Irish dancing is, to most, intimidating. All that fancy footwork is enough to make even the quickest and most agile among us shake our heads and say, "huh?" But, fortunately, Seamus Kerrigan made this film. Slowly and repetitively he takes the dancer through the steps so that anybody can pick it up. There is one flaw, however, and that is that there is very little warming up before the dancing begins, which could lead to torn muscles and very, very sore legs.

Very easy to follow without being too easy. A joy when you finally are dancing the celie dances along with the dancers on the video. A must for any one who is studying Irish Dancing solo.

I'm up in my years but loved the thought of Irish dancing. This tape was great--even if he did go a lttle too fast on the third step of the treble jig. I've searched for others but most of them go too fast and don't take each step separately. This one shows each step slowly at first and then repeats it--gradually building up speed. I also can't believe how many other instructional videos zoom-in on faces---I want to see the feet! This one went through each step, kept the cameras on the dancers' feet and was fun to dance to. I just wish there was another tape like this one!

The video was easy to follow and the steps well executed. A must for anyone who wishes to obtain more or different steps for their solos. I would strongly encourage anyone who purchases this video to take an Irish dance class to learn the technique, posture, turnout, etc. and have an instructor in person help you learn what you need to work on.

I'm a homeschooling mother of seven and my children and I use this video for our "gym" class. We absolutely love it and highly recommend it for people new to Irish dance. We tried other videos but they went way too fast. Seamus Kerrigan teaches it relatively simple to where I even have my 3 and 5 year old dancing with us. And I agree with the other reviewer, in time you too will be saying 1,2,3, in front, behind, down 1,2,3. Enjoy! :~)