Sean-nós Reels: A Guide - Softcover

Dunne, Shannon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1490512160 ISBN 13: 9781490512167

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

An introspective approach that gives sean-nós dance students short, achievable exercises and thought provoking questions so that they can continue to perfect their rhythm, explore tradition, and develop their own personal style.

About this title

About the Author:

Shannon Dunne is a sean-nós dancer, musician, and dance educator living in Silver Spring, MD. The Washington Post described her dancing as "Playful musicality...spirited and fun!" Shannon has performed theaters and festivals all over North America and Ireland. Shannon has toured internationally with Childsplay, Kitchen Quartet, The Wren Girls: American Women in Sean-nós Dance and as a principal dancer for Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble from 2007-2010. Shannon is also a renowned teacher of sean-nós/percussive dance. She has studied Connemara sean-nós dance (through funding by the DCCAH) with Paidraic O'Hoibicin, Roisin NiMhanin, Mick Mulkerrin & Mairead Casey, Clare battering with Aidan Vaughan,and Muenster (old-style) step dance with Patrick O'Dea. She is the recipient of many awards and honors, including the 2008 Dance Fellowship and multiple Folk Arts Grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. She is on the roster of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and was the recipient of a 2006 Performers Grant from the University of Milwaukee. Shannon is the founder/director of Camp Shenanigans, a child-driven performing arts program for children on Capitol Hill, and Shannon Dunne Dance, a multigenerational sean-nós dance group dedicated to the preserving the steps and values of the dance form. She is the Movement Atelierista at School Within School on Capitol Hill, is graduate of the University of Notre Dame (medieval studies) and holds a certificate from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC). For more information visit: http://shannondunne.com

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1490512160
• ISBN 13: 9781490512167
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 54