Can not irish dance step dancing?

Question: Can not irish dance step dancing!?

I watched few minutes ago "so you think you can dance" n there were kids step dancing (they weren't irish)!. I'm myself know Irish step dancing very well becaus eI learned at my dance school, but never thought that dancing that I do is actially Irish!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Quite an amazing amount of dance has Celtic roots and much can be traced back to Irish and Welsh dance styles and also Scottish dance!.

This type of Irish dance is well known all over the world!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=oSEE-MX5D!.!.!.

Here's Welsh dancing as performed in Kansas City - it's a less formal type of dance than Irish dancing and not nearly so energetic!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=YaVVIjM3N!.!.!.

Scottish dance - similarities between this and Irish dance, quite formal and competitive!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=l0RmI-qFK!.!.!.

Here in London, we have a lot of street dance styles!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=zYfrMkl5x!.!.!.

The above and last style probably comes from the 18thC but is not a sailor's dance because it requires too much space!. The Hornpipe dance can be performed in a small space either below or up on deck!.

The Hornpipe
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=uazcKOtqu!.!.!.

You'll note that in the hornpipe, each dancer stays in one place - thus it is an authentic ship-board dance requiring only a small space!. It seems to date from either the 17th or 18thC and was devised originally as a means of keeping sailors fit!.
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