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Position:Home>Dancing> I'm sixteen and would like to take up irish dancing again- is it too late foQuestion:Hi! There is one thing anyone interested in Irish dancing needs to know: "starting too late" is a myth! Michael Flatley, who essentially made Irish dancing famous, began dancing at age eleven. He was considered “too old” to begin dancing competitively…seems that the consensus was wrong, seeing how he is now considered by many to be the best Irish dancer of all time, does it not? You would enjoy perusing the below link. http://www.dance.net/topic/2142622/1/Iri... You might be interested in reading this one, too: http://www.michaelflatley.com/fanreflect... This site has success stories from adults who started dancing in their late twenties and made it to Worlds, etcetera. http://www.dance.net/topic/3535707/1/Iri... Justin Boros began dancing at age fifteen. He was very determined, and after much hard work, he auditioned for Lord of the Dance in 1999, was accepted, and now dances with of one of the troupes performing here in the U.S. Here are some sites with information that will help to propel you along as you learn Irish dance. http://www.theconnorswebsite.com/irishda... http://www.olivehurley.com/ http://members.tripod.com/~lotd/thedance... http://members.tripod.com/~lotd/dancetip... http://irishbutterfly.server298.com/shoe... http://www.irishdancer.com/ http://www.dance.net/irishbeginners.html http://www.irish-dancer.co.uk/ http://www.allaboutirish.com/library/dan... This one's an "informational" about the Feis. The below links contain sites with music and instructional videos, a few of which videos were created by masters like Jean Butler (the lead female dancer with Riverdance). Obviously, the steps in the instructional videos will be different from the steps you are learning in your school...If you think you will get confused, then it would be better not to look into the instructional videos... http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcount... http://bookguy.com/irish/irish_dance.htm http://securesearch.org/irish_dance/inde... http://www.irishrecords.com/ http://www.murphyroche.com/About/Our_CDs... http://search.ebay.com/irish-dance-cds_W... http://www.activevideos.com/irish.htm?gc... http://www.irishdancer.com/music.htm Also, since I can infer from your question that you used to take Irish dancing, I can say that beginning again will not be a problem for you. Muscle memory is a wonderful thing! Hope I helped. God bless. Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hi! There is one thing anyone interested in Irish dancing needs to know: "starting too late" is a myth! Michael Flatley, who essentially made Irish dancing famous, began dancing at age eleven. He was considered “too old” to begin dancing competitively…seems that the consensus was wrong, seeing how he is now considered by many to be the best Irish dancer of all time, does it not? You would enjoy perusing the below link. http://www.dance.net/topic/2142622/1/Iri... You might be interested in reading this one, too: http://www.michaelflatley.com/fanreflect... This site has success stories from adults who started dancing in their late twenties and made it to Worlds, etcetera. http://www.dance.net/topic/3535707/1/Iri... Justin Boros began dancing at age fifteen. He was very determined, and after much hard work, he auditioned for Lord of the Dance in 1999, was accepted, and now dances with of one of the troupes performing here in the U.S. Here are some sites with information that will help to propel you along as you learn Irish dance. http://www.theconnorswebsite.com/irishda... http://www.olivehurley.com/ http://members.tripod.com/~lotd/thedance... http://members.tripod.com/~lotd/dancetip... http://irishbutterfly.server298.com/shoe... http://www.irishdancer.com/ http://www.dance.net/irishbeginners.html http://www.irish-dancer.co.uk/ http://www.allaboutirish.com/library/dan... This one's an "informational" about the Feis. The below links contain sites with music and instructional videos, a few of which videos were created by masters like Jean Butler (the lead female dancer with Riverdance). Obviously, the steps in the instructional videos will be different from the steps you are learning in your school...If you think you will get confused, then it would be better not to look into the instructional videos... http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcount... http://bookguy.com/irish/irish_dance.htm http://securesearch.org/irish_dance/inde... http://www.irishrecords.com/ http://www.murphyroche.com/About/Our_CDs... http://search.ebay.com/irish-dance-cds_W... http://www.activevideos.com/irish.htm?gc... http://www.irishdancer.com/music.htm Also, since I can infer from your question that you used to take Irish dancing, I can say that beginning again will not be a problem for you. Muscle memory is a wonderful thing! Hope I helped. God bless. You are welcome, and best of luck to you! God bless you in all of your endeavors. Report It * You must be logged into Answers to add comments. Sign in or Register. Other Answers (3) |