Sean Nós Dance Workshop

Name: Sean Nós Dance Workshop
Start: 2026-06-27T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati

Schedule

Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 01:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati | Dayton, KY

The Riley School is delighted to host our second beginning workshop in sean nós dance presented by Allison Duvall of McTeggart Irish Dancers! This workshop will teach basic introductory sean nós and set dancing.
1:00pm Beginning Sean Nós Dance (slower pace of instruction)
2:00pm Set Dancing (use sean nós steps and other skills in group dancing)
3:00pm Beginning/Intermediate Sean Nós Dance (faster pace of instruction)
The first hour is primarily for people with little to no dance experience; the second hour is some time for all workshop attendees to enjoy group set dancing together, and the third hour will move a little faster for people with some dance experience but little to no sean nós experience.
This workshop does anticipate that participants attended the March workshop and have mostly mastered the material. Brand new dancers are encouraged to join this workshop and are also encouraged to catch up a bit in advance using streaming instructional videos found at www.allisonduvall.com (tip: schedule time to work with the videos over a three day span, during which you have a free trial. After the free trial, the cost is $29.99 per month plus tax. You can unsubscribe and discontinue at any time.)
Sean nós dance is a rhythmic, improvisational, close-to-the-ground form of percussive dance with an integral connection to live Irish traditional music. The sean nós dancer’s main aim is to add percussion (foot percussion) to the music, battering out the rhythm, and the general ethos of the dance is to engage closely with that music and the other musicians playing it. Check out this video of Allison dancing at a pub session:

Allison Duvall, TCRG is the owner/director of the McTeggart Irish Dancers in central Kentucky. She holds a Master of Arts in Irish Dance Studies from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick and currently serves as the regional director of the Irish Dance Teachers' Association of Mid-America. Allison has trained both regional and North American champion ceili teams and solo competitors, and brings a deep passion for the wide-ranging expressions within the Irish dance tradition.
Her interests include sean nós and set dancing—vibrant, community-rooted forms of Irish dance—which she continues to study in Ireland with contemporary dancing masters. Dedicated to sharing the rich diversity of Irish dance, Allison loves working with students of all ages and abilities, and is delighted to bring sean nós and set dancing to the Riley School and Cincinnati area.
No wigs, fancy dresses, or special shoes are needed. Hard soled shoes (oxford-style dress shoes, cowboy boots) are better to dance in than sneakers but you can join this workshop in sneakers if that’s what you have. Please no shoes with metal taps since they're hard on the ballroom floor.
The fee for the first two hours, or the second two hours, is $30 and the fee for all three hours is $40. Pay in advance online (there is a small processing fee) or if you prefer to pay cash at the door, please reserve your spot by emailing [email protected] with your contact information and which hours you will attend.