What do you get when you put together a local television personality, a lawyer, people of all ages and a rich Scottish heritage? A dance-off, that's what. The third annual Duluth Scottish Heritage ...

In ninety-three edge-of-your-seat minutes, Jig producer Sue Bourne takes her audience from neighborhood Irish dance studios across the globe to the coveted podium of the 40th Oireachtas Rince na ...

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I joined an Irish dance group for a day. One problem: I do not dance. Credit: Ashley Kim As it turns out, the world of Irish dance is more complicated than just Macklemore waving an Irish flag in a ...

It's a Harry Potter alternative universe, the world of Irish competitive dancing. To the outsider it can look like a weird mash-up of Jon Benet Ramsey, Riverdance, and a particularly bad acid trip.

More stories by Nigel M. Screen Media has acquired North American rights to Sue Bourne’s look behind the scenes of Irish dance, “Jig.” The documentary tells the story of nine dancers, following them ...

When Yvonne Chartrand takes the stage to perform the Red River Jig, she is conscious that her ancestors once danced the same steps. The Métis performer has danced the high-paced and fiddle-led jig ...

Sometimes even a champion needs a few pointers. “Do you see how Kendall brings the drama, Izzie?” Irish dance instructor John Lawrence Morgan said, one spring night in his Millersville dance studio.