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What is Irish Dance? (1435 words) |
 | The "rince fada" [long dance] is actually a family of dances, one of which was described in the end of the 17th century as performed by "three persons moving abreast, each of which held the end of a white handkerchief, followed by the rest of the dancers in pairs". |
| Set dances are danced flat on the feet, and generally avoid the leaps and traveling movements of the ceili dances, although the feet of some of the dancers from Cork and Kerry are only occasionally found near the floor. |
| Sets, like the Clare Lancers, from North Clare are danced with a smooth, gliding style while those from other parts of Clare are danced with battering reminiscent of that introduced by the dancing masters of old into their step-dancing performed on small platforms. |
| Set dance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (480 words) |
| Set dances, sometimes called "country sets", are a popular form of folk dancing in Ireland. |
| The dance is a sequence of several dance figures, which usually have a common theme or structure. |
| Set dance differs from square dance and round dance in that it does not require a caller: the sequence of figures is predefined by the name of the set. |
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