Colin Dunne Dance Workshop
August 2004

Irish Dancers of North Texas,

Colin Dunne's visit has been scheduled. Talk and workshops will be held in the Dallas and mid-cities area.

Informal Talk:  Tipperary Inn, from 7:30-8:30 pm (followed by free céilí with music by Beyond the Pale!)

D.J.'s Dance, Southlake, 817-490-0665
Advanced Workshop I 1-4pm Friday, 6 Aug
Intermediate Workshop I 6-9pm Friday, 6 Aug (same)

Artistic Grace, Bedford, 817-358-9300
Advanced Workshop II 10-1 Saturday, 7 Aug
Intermediate Workshop II 3-6 Saturday, 7 Aug (same)
 

Directions to each location are available at the end.

In the talk, Colin will discuss himself, his background, his experience, and what to expect from the workshops. He will also take questions.

The Intermediate Workshop is for those with up to 2 years Irish dancing experience, and the Advanced Workshop is for those with over 2 years Irish dancing experience. Minimum age admitted is 8 years. These are general guidelines, and your teacher would know best if any exceptions should be made.

On Friday Colin will instruct light dancing for the first 2-21/2 hours, concentrating on essential technique. He will then instruct heavy dancing for the last 30 minutes or so, to assess what he's going to do on the Saturday. On both days, Colin will focus on rhythm and relationship of the dance to music.

On Saturday he will focus primarily on heavy dancing, dividing up the class into groups if need be, and choosing material based on the assessment period from the previous day.

If you have ghillies and/or heavy shoes, then great. But Colin says you can work in whatever kind of dance shoes you have. I want to stress (as did he) that he's more interested in teaching people that are 'fired up' about the dancing, rather than just excellent step dancers (although excellent step dancers are most welcome, of course!)

The cost for the event will be:

1) $130 per person (includes the talk and two 3-hour workshops) - PAID BEFORE 10 JULY $140 for the same PAID AFTER 10 JULY

2) $230 to attend the talk and both the Intermediate and Advanced workshops - PAID BEFORE 10 JULY $250 for the same PAID AFTER 10 JULY

3) Observers pay the same rate as participants. Limit of FIVE observers per class.

4) $10 just to attend the talk (taken at the door - first come first serve)

5) A Teacher who has 8 or more students attending each level of the workshop comes for free, but must participate in class. Teachers can, of course pay to attend either or both workshops.

REGISTRATION will be taken on a first come-first serve basis. Maximum number of students will be 30 per workshop (60 total). To secure your place in the workshop(s), send the attached REGISTRATION FORM and a CHECK, made payable to JACKSON IRISH DANCERS, to me at:

Catherine Sherer
1321 Poplar Boulevard
Jackson, MS 39202

If you know of anyone who might be interested in a Colin Dunne workshop in other cities, Colin will be in New Orleans 9-11 Aug, in Jackson (MS) 12-13 Aug, and in Nashville 14-16 Aug.

Remember, if you want any additional information about Colin, check out his website at www.colindunne.com.

Best wishes,
Catherine Sherer, MFA, TCRG

Registration Form (Word format)

Registration Form (PDF format)

 

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Tipperary Inn
5815 Live Oak
Dallas, TX 75214
214-821-6500
www.tippinn.com

(Directions on website)

 

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DJ's DANCE STUDIO
1219 Brumlow
Southlake, Tx 76092
(The studio is connected to Gymnastics Plus).

817-490-0665 Studiio
214-315-4034 Cell

From Dallas or the mid cities area:
Take Hwy 114 going east to Grapevine. Hwy 114 will split, one can
either go left toward Ft. Worth or right toward Bridgeport. Stay right
going toward Bridgeport. Get off on the Colleyville/Hwy 26 exit.
Target will be on the left, Baylor Grapevine Hospital straight ahead.
Turn left onto Hwy 26. Stay on Hwy 26 a few miles. One will pass
Grapevine High School on the left. There will be a 4-way stop light,
Crispy Cream Donuts will be on the left. Turn right onto Brumlow (if
one turns left the street is called Pool). Take Brumlow about 1/2 mile
and the studio will be on the right. Take the first driveway into the
parking lot, and one will see "DANCE STUDIO".

From Keller (or Ft. Worth, depending on where one is in Ft. Worth):
Hwy 114 going west to Grapevine. Get off on Carroll Blvd. Go right
onto Carroll. Pass Southlake Town Square on the left. Cross F.M.1709.
Stary on Carroll. Pass Old Union Elementary on the right. One will
stop at a 4-way stop sign and the cross street is Continental. Cross
Continental and the street name changes to Brumlow. Gymnastics Plus and
the studio will be on the left.

 

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Artistic Grace Academy
2816 Central Dr. #152
Bedford, Tx 76021
817-358-9300

www.artisticgrace.com

Take 183
Take the exit toward Central Dr./Forest Ridge Dr.
Take a Right (North) onto Central Dr.
Take a Right onto Harwood Rd.
Turn into the shopping center with Bank One and Body Construction
Our name is on the window and red DANCE letters are on the sign

 

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First-night céilí

Following are pictures and video from the céilí that followed Colin Dunne's talk on Thursday night.  The music was played by Beyond the Pale and called by Catherine Sherer.  It was great fun!

Colin Dunne discusses dance with the parent of a dancer.

 

Betsy sings a song while the dancers (and Christy) rest.

It's time for the Ballivorney Reel Set! Fortunately for us Catherine let us rest between figures (or "figgers" as some Whiskey-imbibing people were inclined to say) although some of us were keen to try it all the way through. The floor might have been littered with dead dancers afterword though :-)
Click on the right image to seen a video of the dancers whirling.

The Fairy Reel, The last dance of the night for the keepers of the camera. We had a good-sized line of dancers (18 people I believe).