On a somewhat snowy afternoon earlier this month, a group of about a dozen South Shore youngsters took part in an adapted version of a familiar child’s game. It’s called Duck, Duck, Jig. Largely the ...

As with many things Irish, step dancing has a long history. It is believed to have evolved more than 2,000 years ago, when Celtic druids danced in celebration of oak trees and the sun, according to ...

Reel. Jig. Slip jig. Hornpipe. These terms were flung at me like I knew what they meant. Like it was obvious what the difference in a jig and a slip was? I had no idea. When I said this my sister ...

Lee Irish Dance sponsored a Connecticut Feis on April 1, at the Knights of Columbus hall in North Grosvenordale. The Irish dance competition drew 46 dancers from six schools. Lasses and lads hailed ...

When Justin Kotelnicki opened the Rince O’ Chroi Irish dance school two years ago, it was a modest operation. Kotelnicki, a former cast member of Michael Flatley’s “Lord of the Dance,” set up shop in ...