Old style step dancing during last year’s Fleadh in Guildhall Square. Photo Lorcan Doherty Photography
Féile Dhamhsa, the Irish and Scottish Step Dancing Festival, gets underway in Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, Great James Street in Derry today.
Prominent dancers and musicians from both Ireland and Scotland come together over the next three day to share their love for all things lively.
The festival will also feature taster sessions in both kinds of dancing as well as workshops and discussions.
Among those appearing will Seamus Begley, accordion player, singer and storyteller of renown, whose sharp wit and fame for pumping out tune after tune at all night sessions.
He is winner of Hot Press Magazine’s “Folk and Trad Album of the Year” as well as being chosen as the Irish Time’s “Traditional Album of the Year.”
Derry dancers Joe and Mary McGuigan will teach the Maggie Pickins, a traditional dance associated with the Donegal tradition, lesson to which children of all ages are welcome to attend.
Eibhlín Ní Dhochartaigh, Cultúrlann arts and development officer, said the festival attracts sean nós dance enthusiasts from all over the country and would feature the finest dancers on the scene to deliver workshops and perform on stage throughout the weekend.
She added: “Féile Dhamhsa has proven to be one of our most successful annual events, therefore this year we have decided to have even more on offer for those taking part.”
To book and further details of what’s on visit www.culturlann-doire.ie.
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