Jessica

U17. Cummins School of Irish Dance. Mid Atlantic Region. "The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing"

[slipjigsandturnout-deactivated2]

How to break in hardshoes

1. Spend 20 minutes trying to fit your foot in the shoe 2. Dance in them looking like an idiot 3. Cry 4. Get a blister the size of Texas 5. Jump on the blocks as hard as you can 6. Destroy them by baking, boiling or showering in them 7. Sort of feel your feet in the shoes 8. Go on toes without falling 9. Now they are broken in! 10. Repeat because you just wrecked your shoes

[sparkles-and-set-dances]

How

Do

People

Say

Irish 

Dance

Is

Easy

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[madelineireland]

Star Wars inspired irish dance dress~

[undercoverscorpio]

Everybody loves a little bit of sparkle ✨

[dancingthroughlife1298]

you: st. patrick's day

me, an intellectual: treble one treble two treble three treble four treble up treble hop back cut up cut up and step kick your heel brush and cut and heel step treble up treble hop back hop back two three four

[thehorrcr]

I hope you fall in love with dance. I hope you fall in love so hard that it fills all of the dark places in your soul With so much light. That you find a sudden strength that gives you the power to fight Through difficult times.

When we were young we were dazzled by these unreachable champions. They wore beautiful dresses and they flew like birds across the stage. We never could see the hours of practice and injuries at that age. We only saw power and grace perfected.

There was so much love in that young, pigeoned toed dancer’s heart. All she wanted to do was learn how to fly too. How to learn to be a musician with her feet. Creating rhythms that feel like a heart beat. It was that little girl’s everything Always keeping her awake at night with dreams.

And now she is older, she is you. Standing before a mirror and not sure on what to do. You’re tired and it feels like those dreams seemed to slip away You can’t pin point when or what day But somehow they did. And you’re starting to feel undone. As if failure has won.

But hope is not lost. I hope the missing puzzle piece hits you one day, When you finish that move you have been working months on. When you finally get it and the pride comes rushing in. When you finally win that 1st. Let it all rush in and never let it go.

I hope you fall head over heels for dance once more. Eager to walk through the studio’s doors And make yourself into exactly who that little girl knew you could be. Because you can.

I hope you fall so in love that it becomes the reason you breathe. That it fills you with so much fulfillment and happiness, That the blisters and bruises just don’t matter. Because you proved that you could do it.

I hope that all of that love and passion pays off. That one day, you will get that recall. That you might find yourself on that podium. Or whatever goal you dreamed of at night, while you ran through your steps in your head. Right before bed, Every night you saw yourself in that place.

I hope it becomes more than just a dream. Because you have it in you. I know you do. The little girl knows you do. Do you?

[irishdanceathletes]

Elevation Designs

[fusionfighters]

Tiernagh Canning - 2017 Fusion Dance Fest Cast Member 

[theglasgowreel-deactivated20210]

Note to self

You yell at yourself because you don’t see potential in your dancing. Your teachers yell at you because they do.

Don’t confuse the two.

[hornpipesandhairspray]

when u push off on the first bar of ur reel and u feel like u can fly

reblog if u agree

[glitzjigsandsass]

clearing out some storage on my phone because it won’t stop reminding me that i have no storage 🙄

[fig-for-a-kiss]

A little reel around the sun action for you from the girls 16-17 light shoe round this morning. Backed up the live comm and listened to this reel 5 times before I realized I could just record it as a video. Seriously, the music has been 🔥🔥🔥 today!!

[mikiyhcart]

Nancy 🎻👯

Inspired by Ed Sheeran’s songs Galway Girl and Nancy Mulligan ❤️ I’ve been really love Irish music and dance since I was young!!! Love these two songs ❤️

[brigid-irishdancer]

Small Name Dressmaker Recommendations

Hi Irish dance community! Went to a feis this weekend and realized that although I adore my dress it has a lot of snags in it and the skirt doesn’t hang perfectly so I’m looking at getting a new dress for Oireachtas. As a college student, I don’t have a ton of extra money so I’m trying to save as much as I can but I’m really investing a lot of time and energy in my training and dancing so I want it to show in my appearance on the stage at Oireachtas and an amazing new dress never hurt anyone’s confidence. I have the best dance mom and she has made all my past dresses so I have no experience working with a dressmaker. Unfortunately right now my mom is working on one for my sister. I am incredibly grateful for all she’s done and adore the last dress she made for me but she doesn’t really have the extra time or machinery to make an open champ level dress. I’ve already talked to Jennifer Blackerby and her price is just a tiny bit too much for me. I would really prefer to pay closer to $1500. I might end up going with Jennifer Blackerby anyways but I was wondering what people’s experience with small name dressmakers were so I can keep my options open. I’m just looking for someone who can make an elegant, well fitted dress with beautiful embroidery. Thanks in advance!

[fairyoftrickery]

Marshall Academy

[pointtoesforwhat]

That’s my first nationals in the books!!! I could not be happier with how it went. I really struggled with confidence the last couple of years, so I went in to NANS believing that I didn’t deserve to go and that I should still be in Prelim. The night before I rented @danceoflove‘s dress and bought a new wig/shoes/buckles, so on my actual dance day I felt like I at least looked like an Open Champion. I danced my first round the best I had ever performed on stage and came off grinning ear to ear. In my second round I still danced better than usual, but it wasn’t quite my dance class best. 

I didn’t recall, but I did get 61st, which was only eight away from placing and three judges placed me in the top half. I still cannot believe that I was THAT close, and it is extremely validating to me to realize that I do belong in Open champion, and my work is making huge jumps in my dancing skills. I’m super motivated to work towards Oireachtas, and I’m going to start feising in OC now! 

SO incredibly happy!

[rhythm-academy]

Men’s victory 😎 Ирландские танцы идеально подходят для мужчин. 💪 Это и прокачка мышц, и двигательная активность, и поддержание себя в форме. Ирландский #степ - это мощь и сила удара, это невероятная энергетика. Ждём вас на наших занятиях 😉 На фото:🏅1 место ученик “Академии Ритма” - Николай Колин 🇮🇪🍀 Школа Ирландского Танца в Москве - “Rhythm Academy” 🏆🏅 🔹Www.rhythm-academy.ru ⚫[email protected] 🔸8 [phone]

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