Sadie Breault doesn't get stage fright anymore. After 12 years of step dancing in parades, ballparks and competitions, the 15-year-old says she no longer feels nervous performing in front of crowds.

The first time Mark Howard appeared on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” was in 1989. Howard had been coaching teams to victory at the world championships for Irish step dancing — the first ...

Siblings and fellow Tufts students Claire and Conor O'Brien each won this year's New England Oireachtas, a regional Irish step dancing competition, earning places to compete in the 2012 World Irish ...

Now in its 13th year, IrishFest Atlanta has grown into a vibrant celebration of Irish heritage, gathering roughly 4,000 people for a three-day festival at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center and Roswell ...

GILBERTSVILLE — Thirty-two years after it became a global phenomenon, Riverdance, the Irish dancing/musical stage show, is still going strong and still inspiring artists. And about 15 years ago, ...

Meagan Urbanek started dancing, and the crowd went nuts. They clapped. They hollered. And they cheered ― loudly ― as she kicked and stomped her way through an Irish dance tribute to the Celtic warrior ...

From left, are daughter Emily Woss, teacher and dancer, and mother Jennifer Woss, Emerald Isle Step Dancers owner and instructor. (SUBMITTED PHOTO) From left, are Cierra Gaffney, Abby Gaffney, Emily ...

Children can do any number of activities that develop motor skills, promote cohesive group dynamics and exercise growing bodies — sports, student council and Irish step dancing come to mind. That's ...

PITTSTON, Pa. — Warming up the ankles is one of the most important things you can do before taking to the hardwood for the dancers at the Joyce School of Irish Dance on North Main Street in Pittston. ...