TODAY, MANY STILL WORK TO HONOR THOSE TRADITIONS. IT’S FAST, IT’S ELECTRIC, AND IT’S FILLED WITH HISTORY AND HEART. I’VE TAUGHT DANCING NONSTOP FOR 70 YEARS, BOTH HERE IN IRELAND. THE SHARP RHYTHM OF ...

Sadie Breault doesn't get stage fright anymore. After 12 years of step dancing in parades, ballparks and competitions, the 15-year-old says she no longer feels nervous performing in front of crowds.

Mitchell O'Hara was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, but he lived the first six years of his life in Ireland. So he picked up Irish dancing more or less from the ground up. O'Hara started dancing ...

Irish step dancers know how to make an entrance with their swift footwork, glittery costumes and pounding, synchronized movements. Step dancing, an Irish folk dance with different styles, is a series ...

The first time Mark Howard appeared on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” was in 1989. Howard had been coaching teams to victory at the world championships for Irish step dancing — the first ...

This year's Naperville Irish Fest is moving downtown, after two years at the Frontier Sports Complex. The annual festival, hosted by West Suburban Irish, will be Friday and Saturday, Sept. 22-23, in ...

Hard to believe that it was 30 years ago that the cultural phenomenon that is “Riverdance” opened in Dublin. I was a music buyer for a regional chain in New England at the time and remember the Boston ...

ST PAUL, Minn — You can celebrate St. Patrick's Day in true Irish style at a show in St. Paul. Kickin' It Irish has shows at the Celtic Junction Arts Center this weekend and on St. Paddy's Day at the ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — You can celebrate St. Patrick's Day in true Irish style at a show in St. Paul. Kickin' It Irish has two more shows at the Celtic Junction Arts Center on St. Paddy's Day. Kickin' It ...