What kind of dancing are the two guys doing when they enter (about mid point in the video)? Is it a fusion of some kind of tap and Irish dancing? Or does this style have a name?
Forgive me if I sound ignorant, I don't know very much about the dance aspect of this music. If someone could set me straight it'd be much appreciated!
The Chieftains did a concert in our town about a year ago and these two guys were part of the show..
I seem to remember they were Canadian, or at least one of them was. Maybe that style of dancing is from Canada - or perhaps they just worked out the routine for themselves.
If I remember correctly, those boys are from the Ottawa Valley in Canadia. I think one of them plays the fiddle with the chieftains, and the other just dances. I think it's a type of step dance.
The Chieftains were in a pub after a show in Canada and they met these guys who were dancing there. Since then, they joined to The Chieftains' troupe. The guy with the blue shirt is a fine fiddler, too.
I'd ask what kind of dancing are the dancers appearing after them doing? Are they under the influence of some substance?
"Ottawa Valley step dancing" - yeah, that's it. I recall seeing Sherry Johnson dancing at NAFCO (North Atlantic Fiddle Convention) in Aberdeen. There was also Marie-Soleil Pilette doing some Québécois step dancing as well. Both excellent dancers.
Based on Scottish Sean-nos style step that died out in Scotland. According to the old boys in Cape Breton it was handed down from the earliest Emigrants dispossessed by the Highland Clearances. The old traditional style piping also survived until the 20th C but was superseded by the Modern style of Piping.
After the foundation of the new Scottish highland regiments in the 19th century the traditional bagpipe music was taken over by the british army and standardized. The natural swing was one of the things to go, as were the distinct regional styles of piping. On Cape Breton you can still hear the old style of piping. The Scottish piper and pipe-maker Hamish Moore's CD "Dannsa' air an Drochaid" (Stepping on the Bridge) contains a lot of interesting information on the old piping styles he heard on a trip to the island (where the recording was made).
can anyone post a good link to an old style Bagpiper as referred to here..I know little about scottish trad. Having grown up round the Uilleann Pipes, im starting to like the sound..Maybe Im going deaf !
Great link, Ionannas. I love Cape Breton step dance!
The segment is from Natalie MacMaster's DVD Live in Cape Breton, which was recorded at the Celtic Colors 10th Anniversary Festival at the Port Hawksbury Civic Center (or so the liner notes tell me) The dancers are: John and Bill Pellerine, Alison Beaton, Rachel Ryan, Harvey Mackinnon, Cheryl and Neil MacQuarrie, Mac Morin (also on piano!) and Tammy Stanely and Mary Janet MacDonald.
type of dancing?
type of dancing?
What kind of dancing are the two guys doing when they enter (about mid point in the video)? Is it a fusion of some kind of tap and Irish dancing? Or does this style have a name?
Forgive me if I sound ignorant, I don't know very much about the dance aspect of this music. If someone could set me straight it'd be much appreciated!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQaJq-COBhc
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by Glass of Beer
Re: type of dancing?
Them lads seem to more tap dancers than anything else, but the closest irish dance to that would be Sean Nós dancing.
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by tnoumarap
Re: type of dancing?
'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' comes to mind
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by Free Reed
Re: type of dancing?
Here's some Sean Nós dancing if you want to compare:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lwfv86eLRA
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by tnoumarap
Re: type of dancing?
Great, thanks!
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by Glass of Beer
Re: type of dancing?
It looks like clogging...
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by Wyogal
Re: type of dancing?
Appalachian clogging?
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by On Sabbatical
Re: type of dancing?
The Chieftains did a concert in our town about a year ago and these two guys were part of the show..
I seem to remember they were Canadian, or at least one of them was. Maybe that style of dancing is from Canada - or perhaps they just worked out the routine for themselves.
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by murfbox
Re: type of dancing?
not sure of the specific type of clogging, around these parts they just call it "clogging."
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by Wyogal
Re: type of dancing?
If I remember correctly, those boys are from the Ottawa Valley in Canadia. I think one of them plays the fiddle with the chieftains, and the other just dances. I think it's a type of step dance.
More on Canadian stepdance:
http://www.fiddle.on.ca/fiddle/valley.htm
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by elbowmusic
Re: type of dancing?
The Chieftains were in a pub after a show in Canada and they met these guys who were dancing there. Since then, they joined to The Chieftains' troupe. The guy with the blue shirt is a fine fiddler, too.
I'd ask what kind of dancing are the dancers appearing after them doing? Are they under the influence of some substance?
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by Ramiro
Re: type of dancing?
The lads are Nathan and John Pilatzke from Eganville, Ontario doing as elbowmusic said, Ottawa Valley step dancing.
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by boxielady
Re: type of dancing?
"Ottawa Valley step dancing" - yeah, that's it. I recall seeing Sherry Johnson dancing at NAFCO (North Atlantic Fiddle Convention) in Aberdeen. There was also Marie-Soleil Pilette doing some Québécois step dancing as well. Both excellent dancers.
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by On Sabbatical
Re: type of dancing?
Based on Scottish Sean-nos style step that died out in Scotland. According to the old boys in Cape Breton it was handed down from the earliest Emigrants dispossessed by the Highland Clearances. The old traditional style piping also survived until the 20th C but was superseded by the Modern style of Piping.
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by piobagusfidil
Re: type of dancing?
What is this 'old traditional style of piping'?
Any link where I could read something about it?
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by Ramiro
Re: type of dancing?
Ramiro, Google Barry Shears.
# Posted on May 2nd 2009 by piobagusfidil
Re: type of dancing?
"What is this 'old traditional style of piping'?"
After the foundation of the new Scottish highland regiments in the 19th century the traditional bagpipe music was taken over by the british army and standardized. The natural swing was one of the things to go, as were the distinct regional styles of piping. On Cape Breton you can still hear the old style of piping. The Scottish piper and pipe-maker Hamish Moore's CD "Dannsa' air an Drochaid" (Stepping on the Bridge) contains a lot of interesting information on the old piping styles he heard on a trip to the island (where the recording was made).
Ionannas previously posted this link on the standardization of Scottish bagpipe music: http://www.bagpipehistory.info/piobaireachd.shtml
# Posted on May 3rd 2009 by klhsadhfahslkdfhsalk
Re: type of dancing?
can anyone post a good link to an old style Bagpiper as referred to here..I know little about scottish trad. Having grown up round the Uilleann Pipes, im starting to like the sound..Maybe Im going deaf !
# Posted on May 3rd 2009 by Miss Mulligan
Re: type of dancing?
Here's yer Ottawa Valley lady, Tasia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih5V-FtVv2g
Also listen to her fiddling. She comes to Vancouver now and then.
# Posted on May 3rd 2009 by oldstrings
Re: type of dancing?
Thanks for all the help, everyone.
# Posted on May 3rd 2009 by Glass of Beer
Re: type of dancing?
Here are my three favourite Ottawa Valley stepdance videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGjH7FapSRw&feature=channel_page (She just keeps going and going and...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO750kG6Fe4&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bIGAVw_GtE&feature=channel_page (woooooo!_
# Posted on May 3rd 2009 by davydd
Re: type of dancing?
Thanks, Ionannas and whistleblower, that's an entirely new subject for me.
# Posted on May 3rd 2009 by Ramiro
Re: type of dancing?
Im really enjoying all these links. Here is one that looks like the whole familly is involved!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKccXHUAKKI&feature=related
# Posted on May 3rd 2009 by piobagusfidil
Re: type of dancing?
Great link, Ionannas. I love Cape Breton step dance!
The segment is from Natalie MacMaster's DVD Live in Cape Breton, which was recorded at the Celtic Colors 10th Anniversary Festival at the Port Hawksbury Civic Center (or so the liner notes tell me) The dancers are: John and Bill Pellerine, Alison Beaton, Rachel Ryan, Harvey Mackinnon, Cheryl and Neil MacQuarrie, Mac Morin (also on piano!) and Tammy Stanely and Mary Janet MacDonald.
# Posted on May 3rd 2009 by jsmith