Hello Class and Welcome to the first lesson. Today we will learn the 8 positions, skip 23s and the frist step of our jig. You can call me Miss. Ghillie.
You should be wearing comfortable clothes(i.e shorts and a tshirt or yoga pants) and ballet slippers, jazz shoes, ghillies or socks.
In Irish dance you are always on demi-pointe with your feet in 5th position. Make sure your are turning out from the hips not your knees
like this
Demi pointe.
5th position.
Your arms are always straight down at you side and your shoulders are back and your chin and eyes are up.
8 positions and skips 23's are warmups
8 POSITIONS
1st position.
you turn out your left foot and point your right foot in front of it.
2nd position.
Is fifth postion with your feet flat are the ground and your right foot should be the front foot.
3rd position.
is fifth position on demi pointe with right foot in front
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4th positiob
flat feet in 5th posisiotn with right foot in front.
5th position
have both your feet turned out in first position
6th position
go on demi pointe in first position
7th position
first position with flat feet
8th position
put your right foot behind your left in fifth position so your left foot is in front.
then do the eight positions with your left foot, it is the same but your left foot is in front for the point and in fith position then you put your left foot behind and start the right foot again with pointing your right foot.
do the eight positons 8 times, 4 times on your left foot and 4 times on your right foot alternating. So you do
right foot positions 1-8
left foot positions 1-8
right foot positions 1-8
left foot positions 1-8
right foot positions 1-8
left foot positions 1-8
right foot positions 1-8
left foot positions 1-8
Skip 23's
www.eden.rutgers.edu . . .
go to the video called skip 23's and read the instructions and watch the video.
we will do skips 23's in a circle, one person will got then 8 bars later then go to the end of the line and the next person starts so line please.
Jig
here are the steps
up
point
step= just a normal step(like your are walking) with your foot turned out.
jump= stand in fifth position with your right foot in front and jump straight up.
jump.
up.
point your right foot.
step on your left foot.
step on your right foot.
Jump.
up.
up.
step on your right foot.
step on your left foot.
jump.
up.
jump
up.
point.
well done
do the eight positions again 8 times, 4 times on your right foot and 4 times on your left foot altenating as a cool down.
right foot positions 1-8
left foot positions 1-8
right foot positions 1-8
left foot positions 1-8
right foot positions 1-8
left foot positions 1-8
right foot positions 1-8
left foot positions 1-8
1st position.
you turn out your left foot and point your right foot in front of it.
2nd position.
Is fifth postion with your feet flat are the ground and your right foot should be the front foot.
3rd position.
is fifth position on demi pointe with right foot in front
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4th positiob
flat feet in 5th posisiotn with right foot in front.
5th position
have both your feet turned out in first position
6th position
go on demi pointe in first position
7th position
first position with flat feet
8th position
put your right foot behind your left in fifth position so your left foot is in front.
then do the eight positions with your left foot, it is the same but your left foot is in front for the point and in fith position then you put your left foot behind and start the right foot again with pointing your right foot.
I hope you all enjoyed your first class, pm me with any questions (or repliy here) I will post the next class next week.
Anywho...I made a mistake:
