Irish dances can be divided into social dance and performance dance. Ceili and set dancing are examples of social Irish dances. Both are usually danced by formations of couples, often in squares of four couples.
Today most women and girls curl their hair or wear a wig for a competition or feis, as you can see from the picture above. Men just wear matching trousers and a shirt. The music is very traditional and very original and instantly recognisable. The dance is actually much harder than it looks.. and it would not be one of my favourites =]
Below is an example of Set Dancing, very similar to the Ceili.
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1) http://www.crawfordirishdance.com/photo_gallery/WGWB%20GSL/5_jpg.jpg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj13osgy2M0
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_dance
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