Where ya from and where do ya dance??

Posted by Shane mcavinchey on June 26, 2007 at 10:45am in Dancing Chat, Tips and Advice

So, I thought it would be a good idea to start a discussion allowing people to introduce themselves and tell eachother about who they are, where they dance, what school/company they dance with etc... I will start..

My name is Shane McAvinchey, I have danced since the age of six. I started dancing in Tipperary and competed under the fine instruction of Anne Callanan ADCRG. I stopped competing at the age of 16 and toured with Riverdance for nearly four years. I then moved to Munich where I have been living and teaching the Tir na nOg school ever since and loving every minute.

I am a temporary registered teacher with An Coimisiun but I sat my TCRG exam about three weeks ago and am awaiting results so Fingers crossed ;-)

So, Lets here all about you!! Dont forget to drop by my page and say hi...

Ciao!

Shane

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Permalink Reply by Anita Koorn on September 13, 2007 at 10:32am: hi everybody,
My name is Anita and I started dancing at the ripe old age of 20. I dance with the Redmond school of Irish Dance in the Netherlands. The reason why I started Irish: I needed a new hobby/challenge. I used to ride dressage and by the time I started irish, I got bored with that and even more with the people at my stable (the kind: you don't own a horse so you don't count) About six months after starting irish I quit horse riding and I haven't looked back since.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ivonne McMahon on September 13, 2007 at 6:52pm: Hi everyone! I´m Ivonne and I live in Wiesbaden. I started dancing with Tir na nog (Mary) in Würzburg 6 years ago.
But as I finished my studies 2004 in Würzburg I moved to Dublin for 6 month. That was a great opportunity to dance with Ronan McCormack. Learned a lot about dancing.
I would have loved to start ID way earlier (my irish cousins used to dance) , but at that time (1985) there were no dancing schools nearby (think the only one was in Munich). But I am happy to have the chance to dance as an adult.
Right now I dance with Natalie Westerdale ("Fiddle and Feet") in Wiesbaden. Anne-Marie Cunningham gives Workshops there for us twice a year.
The best experience I had so far was the summer camp in Salzburg with Anne-Marie, Shane, Kelly and Isobell. It was hard work but so much worth it!
....Pain is good....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ashley L on October 16, 2007 at 5:50pm: Hi Everyone!! My name is Ashley Lubbe and I have been dancing since I were 7 yeras old. I'm 15 years old, still in school and my favourite activity is irishdancing. I'm From the Netherlands, The Hague. Fell in love with dancign and willl never stop. I saw at the Irish Holiday market in The Netherlands and started dancing a week after. This has been a bit of a rough year, but normally speaking I can always tell a bit of progress. When I dance I just sort of forget about all of the things going on in my live and focus on the dancing. It's kind of a thereaputic thing for me. I love to work on my dancing, even though I am not really that good at it. Still, I don't care I just love to dance and will never be able to actuallly quite. This is probably me.

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Permalink Reply by Jenny Paatz on October 16, 2007 at 8:54pm: Hi everybody! I'm Jenny from Germany and I'm almost sure that I'm the grandma under the ones, who started Irish Dancing, because I started in April 2006, when I was 24 years old... But fortunately music was important for me since I came to school, although I only sang in different choirs through the years. I think that and the different sports I made ( horse riding, table tennis, handball and volleyball) made it possible for me to learn really fast at the beginning. I was very happy about that, because everywere I read sth. about Irish Dance stood that you should start as a child...
But I think in Germany nowadays it is usual to see so "old" dancers like me. And I am very proud that I got my first dance into intermediate (my treble Jig) when I was dancing for one year. So you see, it's not totally hopeless to start that late. ;)
My first 3-4 lessons I had in Merseburg in Eastern Germany. The teacher was Tec Dian. I was so amazed by this sport that I wanted to continue it, after moving into the south of Germany, to Kuchen. Thats appr. 60km far away from Stuttgart. Tec told me from Elaine Walker - my teacher since then - and although I have to drive 180km every day I go there, it's worth that for me. But because of this big distance I can only go there once a week, but I practice at home to improve myself.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by catherine leanne willmitt on October 16, 2007 at 10:52pm: Hi im cat ive only been dancing 8 months just started on heavies last week, i love dancing and go twice a week. My mum used to dance 19 years ago at the same school as me and my step sister also danced there at open level 7 years ago. i dance at Kings academy in merseyside.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by myriam on October 17, 2007 at 6:17pm: hi! i'm glad to introduce myself, my name is Myriam Patiño and i'm form Mexico City, it's really cool to know that there are irish dancers in almost every part of the world. I started dancing about 6 years ago (i'm old now...i'm 27). i took my TCRG exam last week, i have my own school now, it has about 60 students!! it'd be a plaesure if one of you guys wants to come here...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Christie McKenzie on December 17, 2007 at 6:33pm: I'm Christie and I've been dancing for almost 6 years. I'm 19 now so I guess you could call me a late-bloomer :) I've been dancing at the Quinn School of Irish Dance in Michigan for this entire time and I just started competing regularly this past summer. I've now got my treble jig in OPW and the rest of my dances are novice. Before that I stuck to performances instead of competitions, but I decided that I might as well get some shiny medals :)

It's awesome to think that there so many IDers in the world! I had no idea that it was so popular in places like Germany and Mexico! sweeeeet :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cecile Greard on December 22, 2007 at 12:08am: Hi all! My name is Cécile, I live in Paris, France and I dance at the Sarah Clark Academy.
I started dancing a little over 3 years ago, when I was 29 and I now dance in intermediate level at feises... which makes me the oldest person to have answered in that forum so far! I did ballet during all my childhood and teenage years and tap dance when I was a teenager.
I had wanted to do Irish Dancing since I had seen video tape of Riverdance when I spent the summer of 1995 in England but I had to wait for almost 9 years until a proper Irish Dancing school opened in Paris. I was so happy when it did!!! I haven't stopped dancing since then except last year for a few weeks when I sparined my ankle and right now, for the past month and a half, as I've torn my calf muscle, still one more month without dancing :(; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Stan on December 24, 2007 at 11:22am: Hi everyone! I am from Agen, which is a town you don't know... anyway I live in the south-west of France where there are no Irish Dancing activities, except for some set dancing, which is kind of fun but not as challenging as step dancing. A year ago I had to make a decision: travel to attend some workshops! My first Irish Dancing lesson took place in Lyon and I could meet other dancers and get information about additional workshops! I went to Rognac last July and met Joanne Doyle and Breandan de Gallai, Ronan McCormak and Dearbhla Lennon! A month after that I attended Salzburg Summer Camp! We had great fun with Anne Marie Cunningham, Kelley O'Boyle, Isobel Cunningham and of course the legenday Shane McAvinchey, thanks to you guys I started feeling like a real Irish Dancer!
Right now things got pretty quiet, I go to Nantes for some workshops with Sandrine Gautier, one of the few certified teacher in France, but let me tell ya, I can't wait for next summer and kill my legs in some week long workshop!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ellianne Hindmarsh on June 5, 2008 at 6:01pm: im ellianne
im 9 i dance for masterson school of irish dance
i started iridsh dancing when i was 8 and 1day
i have dance just over a year and im in primary for everything advanced slip jig advanced reel
hop jig advanced light jig heavy jig hornpipe and advanced 2 hand and 3 hand i have a partner who is in under 9 im in under 10; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ellianne Hindmarsh on June 5, 2008 at 6:02pm: im ellianne
im 9 i dance for masterson school of irish dance
i started iridsh dancing when i was 8 and 1day
i have dance just over a year and im in primary for everything advanced slip jig advanced reel
hop jig advanced light jig heavy jig hornpipe and advanced 2 hand and 3 hand i have a partner who is in under 9 im in under 10
and live in england; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by myriam on June 5, 2008 at 7:07pm: hi, i'm myriam, i'm 28, i live in Mexico City and i've irish danced from 8 years now. I'm a TCRG and i started my own school 2 years ago. I have 60 mexican dancers and we use to compete in the States, we're going to Ft. Lauderdale feis in Florida in two weeks. It's awsome for us to meet other people around the world that share the same passion that we have. I hope some of you guys can come one day...; ▶ Reply to This