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Devin: Hey! And welcome to www.watchmojo.com. I am your host Devin and today we are here to give you an introduction to Irish dancing. The worldwide success of Riverdance and Lord of the Dance has placed Irish dancing on the international stage.
The history of Irish dancing is vague. However, it can be dated back to the Druids in the early Celts in 400 AD. Jump forward to the 16th century we see talk of Irish jigs dancing all the way and later in the 18th century we see the first appearance of the Irish Dance Master.
Basically, he was a wandering dancing teacher who went from village to village and taught peasants how to Irish dance. He will basically choreograph his own routines, basically reels and jigs and for those who are perhaps less skilled, he would get them to do group dances which were called céilí dances. That way they could still enjoy Irish dancing, but perhaps wouldn't really want to dance alone.
Irish dancing today is preliminary seen in competition and public performances. A competition in Irish dancing is called the Feis, which in Irish means a festival. The dance competition is usually divided by age and then by expertise. So you can have anywhere from under five to under 21 and over 21 and then that's also divided by your expertise. So you would have your beginners, your advance beginners, your novice dancers, your prizewinner, your open, your preliminary championship and then your open championship, which is the highest level or Irish dancing.
From there you can also qualify to go to an oireachtas. Well, an oireachtas is a competition where you would qualify to go the world championships. First of all, you need to qualify to go to an oireachtas, which means you will have to reach a certain level of Irish dancing. Usually, an open dancer or a preliminary dancer or an open championship dancer would perform at these competitions.
Another way that you can qualify to go to world champions which has been performed since 1970 is by going to a national.
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