Irish Set Dancing Made Easy Volume 1 DVD The Claddagh Set,The Sliabh Luachra Set,The Clare Orange and Green
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Actor: Matt Cunningham Band and DancersDirector: Frank stubbs
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Dolby, NTSC, Surround Sound
Running Time: 80 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-26
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Ainm Music
DVD Reviews of Irish Set Dancing Made Easy Volume 1 DVD The Claddagh Set,The Sliabh Luachra Set,The Clare Orange and Green
DVD Review: Don't expect to be overly thrilled
Summary: 3 Stars
I began taking Irish Dance lessons and wanted to further my skills so I set out to learn more jig steps, etc. and thought I should purchase this DVD. I was a bit disappointed in this video. It does show the basics of Irish Dancing however the filming is low quality and the dancers are a little less than enthusiastic about what they are doing. Maybe traditional Irish Dancers are this way, but it was a bit boring for me to watch and get "inspired".DVD Review: A useful video, but not what I'd call Easy
Summary: 4 Stars
Context is everything, so let me say: I have very little experience at ceili dancing. I've been to one dance. So I've done the Sweets of May and one other dance that I've forgotten already.
Those dances made me want to learn more about Irish dancing (the traditional style, I mean; not the Michael Flatley Riverdance style). Next I tried to learn more about this dancing, using the web -- watching lots of online videos of ceilis etc. Online dance videos taught me a little, but not much, so I thought I'd buy this DVD to continue learning.
So far I've watched half of this DVD and skimmed the rest. My impression is that there is a lot of valuable info in this DVD, but, it really isn't geared towards beginners like me. It's more like a review for intermediate dancers, or a refresher for dancers who haven't done these dances in a long time.
They walk through some of the trickier steps at a moderate pace, then they demonstrate the entire dance figure at full speed. The video quality is good, very clear, and the audio is good. If you want to see how these set dances are done, at full speed, you get that with this DVD.
For me, it would have been nice to have more of the steps slowed way down, to help me learn. They do that a little bit, for some of the moves, but they don't do it often enough for my tastes. Watching this video makes me feel like a beginner who accidentally signed up for the intermediate class, and it's hard for me to follow what's going on.
Still, I gave it 4 stars. I think that I will be able to learn from this DVD, if I watch the steps over and over again, and if I slow-mo through the tricky parts repeatedly. I can get it eventually, probably. But I do think that the title, "...Made Easy" is a little misleading.
I wouldn't say that this video makes it easy to learn these dances. But, if they had taken the time to slow every step way down, then they wouldn't have been able to fit as many sets onto one DVD I suppose.
Description of Irish Set Dancing Made Easy Volume 1 DVD The Claddagh Set,The Sliabh Luachra Set,The Clare Orange and Green
SET DANCING MADE EASY was shoot in Cloonacauneen Castle, which is situated in the hinterland of Galway City, west of Ireland in 2005 Matt has indeed previously released video recordings of set and ceili dancing and although many dancers have learned from these recordings they were not devised as instructional aides for dancers but more for entertainment. In contrast, this new series of recordings are specifically designed to educate the dancer. All of the sets are danced in their entirety and easily understood as a result of the very suitable recording process used. The instructor explains intricate movements within each figure in detail and also available on the recordings for the first time is an explanation of the most commonly used terminology used in set dancing. The Following are the Sets, Instructors and Dancers on this DVD The Claddagh Set: 1st Figure Reels 2nd Figure Reels 3rd Figure Reels 4th Figure Jigs Instruction: Pat Murphy Dancers: Pat Murphy, Tony Ryan, Mike Mahony, D nal Morrissey, Anne Marie Cunningham, Bernie Nash, Mary Hughes, Margaret Joyce. The Sliabh Luachra Set: 1st Figure Polkas 2nd Figure Polkas 3rd Figure Slides 4th Figure Polkas 5th Figure Slides 6th Figure Hornpipes Instruction: Aidan Vaughan Dancers: Aidan Vaughan, Betty Mc Coy, Gerry Ryan, Eileen O Doherty, Deirdre Morrissey, Johnny Morrissey, Terry Moylan, Pascale Gaudry. The Clare Orange and Green: 1st Figure Reels 2nd Figure Jigs Single 3rd Figure Reels 4th Figure Polkas 5th Figure Jigs Double 6th Figure Reels Instruction: Padraig McEneany Dancers: Padraig McEneany, Rosheenn McEneany, Donal Morrissey, Mary Conboy, Sean Whitelaw, Philomena Dooley, Shane Ryan, Maire DevaneGeneral DVDs
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