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Irish Dance workshops on 20 and 21 October 2021 during the Betovering Festival!

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Kilkenny School of Irish Dance is excited to announce that we are again part of the Betovering Festival (International Art Festival for Children). Come and try some Irish Dancing during the Festival in the autumn break!
Irish Dancing became known in the Netherlands after the Riverdance show during the Eurovision Songfestival in 1994, but Irish Dancing itself goes back many centuries and can be done in many different forms and styles. Most important is the footwork, which is often amazingly fast. And at the same time you have to try and keep your upper body and arms straight! During this workshop you’ll be introduced to a number of styles with the so-called ‘soft shoe’ and ‘hard shoe (a kind of tap dance shoe), there will be demo’s and you’ll get a chance to learn a few basic dance steps yourself. Please check the program at Workshop dans: Ierse Dans – Kilkenny School of Irish Dance | De Betovering and register for one of the Irish Dance workshops on Wednesday 20 October and Thursday 21 October 2021. You can register by sending an email to chairdeksid@gmail.com, indicating for which day you would like to register, or by filling in the contact form.

Kom Iers dansen tijdens festival De Betovering! De Kilkenny School of Irish Dance biedt een Ierse Dans workshop aan tijdens De Betovering in de herfstvakantie. Het belangrijkste bij Iers dansen is toch wel het voetenwerk, wat vaak razend snel gaat. En probeer dan tegelijkertijd maar eens je bovenlichaam en armen stil te houden! Tijdens deze workshop maak je kennis met een aantal dansvormen met de zogenaamde ‘soft shoe’ en de ‘hard shoe’ (een soort tapdance schoen), er worden demo’s gegeven en je krijgt zelf ook les in een aantal basispassen. Check het programma op Workshop dans: Ierse Dans – Kilkenny School of Irish Dance | De Betovering en meld je aan voor een Ierse Dans workshop op woensdag 20 of donderdag 21 oktober 2021. Stuur een email naar chairdeksid@gmail.com, en geef aan voor welke dag je je aanmeldt, of vul het contact formulier in.

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Embassy Festival, 4-5 September 2020

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This year’s Embassy Festival was an online festival. Like previous years, the Kilkenny School of Irish Dance was asked to participate, and the performance was filmed by the filmmakers of the Embassy Festival in front of the Hofvijver and Binnenhof in The Hague. Please check out the performance on the Festival’s website.

We were also featured in the ‘Haagsche Courant’ newspaper!

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Gluren bij de Buren Festival Den Haag, 9 February 2020

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On the 9th of February 2020 dancers from the Kilkenny School of Irish Dance performed during the ‘Gluren bij de Buren’ Festival in The Hague. ‘Gluren bij de Buren’ translates to ‘Peeking in on the neighbours’. During this festival people open their houses and turn their living rooms into small stages, for an afternoon of performances (music, dance, theatre etc). Members of the public then walk around the town and select which performances they would like to see. We held three sessions of Irish Dancing, and had a full living room with over 30 guests for each session.

Photo credit: Frank Jansen

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Irish Dance workshops at De Betovering festival

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Come and try some Irish Dancing during ‘The Enchantment’ Festival in the autumn break! Irish Dancing became known in the Netherlands after the Riverdance show during the Eurovision Songfestival in 1994, but Irish Dancing itself goes back many centuries and can be done in many different forms and styles. Most important is the footwork, which is often amazingly fast. And at the same time you have to try and keep your upper body and arms straight! During this workshop you’ll be introduced to a number of styles with the so-called ‘soft shoe’ and ‘hard shoe (a kind of tap dance shoe), there will be demo’s and you’ll get a chance to learn a few basic dance steps yourself. Please check the programme at www.debetovering.nl and register for one of the Irish Dance workshops (on 23 or 24 October 2019) below.

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St Patrick Day 2019

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From our smallest Beginners to our World Qualifiers, team Kilkenny brought the house down with their performance at the St. Patrick’s Day Festival on the Grote Markt in The Hague. It’s wonderful to see The Hague embracing the Irish culture, and it is a highlight for both dancers and teachers every year.

Thanks to the Irish Club Netherlands and the Grote Markt for organzing and hosting such a fantastic event. We are already looking forward to next year’s performance.

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Feel@Home

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On Sunday the 3rd of February a diverse group of Kilkenny Dancers -ranging from our youngest beginners to some of our Open Championship dancers- demonstrated their Irish dancing skills to the visitors of the Feel At Home Fair in the City Hall of The Hague. They started with an a capella hard shoe routine, followed by jigs, reels and traditional set dances, giving the international audience a good insight into the different flavors and various techniques of Irish dance.

Our new beginners


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European Mainland and Asian Irish Dancing Championships 2018 – Amsterdam Schiphol

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On a wet winter weekend in December, Amsterdam Schiphol came alive to the sound of taps and beats, as the best Irish dancers in Europe and Asia gathered to compete in the Mainland European and Asian Irish Dance Championships.   We could not have asked for more to have this wonderful event on our own door-step. For the Kilkenny Dancers, this certainly proved to be a ‘Home Game’, as the results include two European Champions, two European Trophy Winners and seven World qualifiers!

Seven World Qualifiers:

  • Esther van der Burg has prolongated her title of European Champion ‘Senior Ladies over 22’
  • Sandun Verschoor placed 2nd in the category ‘Senior Men over 22’
  • Kyra Kyle came 2nd in the category ‘Ladies Under 19″
  • Bradley Buijs placed 2nd in the category ‘Under 15 Boys’
  • Jessica Morris came 4th in the category ‘Under 13 Girls’
  • Cillian McCann came 2nd in the category ‘Under 12 Boys’
  • Sorcha Hogan is now European Champion ‘Under 10 Girls’

European Trophy Competitions:

  • Orla Buijs placed 2nd in the European Trophy Under 18
  • Cliodhna Harkin: 1st place in European Trophy Under 12
  • Rosa Waters: 1st place in European Trophy Under 10

  • Ineke Uitterhoeve placed 2nd in the adult championship under 35.

It was also a fantastic first-outing for the Kilkenny team-dancers, who won medal after medal for their 8-, 4-, and 2-hand reels.   

All in all, it was a perfect end to the year for all the dancers and a reflection of all their hard work and determination.  

The parade of champions can be seen here