Old-style Irish step dance - Michael Riemer at the 2011 Dickens Fair
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- Michael Riemer performs a traditional old-style Irish step dance with Siamsa Le Cheile at the 2011 San Francisco Dickens Fair.
Recorded December 5, 2011 at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California.
What a brilliant memory this brought back to me. My farther used to dance in a very similar manner on the hearth of the fire. He danced in just one spot because if he moved he would be in the fire. It was a marvellous sight, such a tall muscular man being as light as a feather while dancing. Thank you
The true beauty of simple country dancing. It heartens the spirit!
Hell yeah!
May the wind always be at the backs of these wonderful Irish step dancers!
And at their becks.
Amen
And may god keep them in the palm of he´s hands. All of their beautiful tradiitions!
Loveliest Irish dancing ever. So natural. Thank you and may God bless you.
Agree!
Nicely done, and at a sensible speed too
My grandfather taught us to dance just like this
I like this way MUCH better, its relaxed, fun and well... normal lol BRILLIANT!
I agree. It's like real dancing real people would do when joy bursts out
@@Deejaay83urj38 👍
Now this is something a normal person could learn to do!!!
I love it!!!!
I feel like he's just really good at making it look easy
@@andynonymous6769 This. Because this still is VERY hard. The speed is already rather high but especially hitting the tips right is something that just takes a lot of practice and seriously made me doubt my abilities when I first put my feet in heavies 10 years ago and was astound by how incredibly hard it was to get a decent 'click' out of slapping the tip against the floor, paired with the pain the shoes will bring you. Though it looks like this dancer is not wearing heavy shoes like I'm used to (these more look like tap-shoes) there's no difference in control you need over your feet. An advanced dancer can trick you into thinking he or she is wearing heavies, while in fact they are wearing softs. It's just the control they have over their that differs.
So gentle and welcoming. Nothing against the big budget stuff, but this is the one invited to my house for dinner. Got a wooden dance floor in the kitchen.
I'll be there!
Love this guy's dancing. Guess he's a flute player too, I like that he does the whole routine casually holding a flute in one hand
This guy dances with STYLE as my old teacher from County Kerry would say. Watched it over and over. Signed, an Irish modern step dancer for 27 years. Elaine Murray
My teacher (from Ireland, we’re in the US) constantly tells us to dance things and ‘make it stylish’ so it’s funny to hear of another teacher that says that!
@@jodiew7472 The teacher was an all Ireland champion step dancer and TCRG originally from Kerry. I worshipped her! She said I danced The Blackbird "with style" and I cherish that comment 30 years later because she didn't hand out praise lightly and I never thought I was very good, starting to dance at age 38.
@@greenfireirishdancers8130 well I wish we could see you dance
@@greenfireirishdancers8130 At 38! And I thought I was late to the party when I started at age 23 ;) This goes to show people: Don't stop dreaming. If you want something, GO FOR IT!
I recognise what you say though: I suck at competitions, but there have been a few times that my teacher said to me that it's such a shame I can't keep my composure at competitions 'Because you're SOOOO good!'
You make it look easy! I love the style in the dance, so many dancers are stoic, this has real showmanship!
That's so cool, seeing how similar this step is to some modern traditional sets in Irish dance nowadays
That was my first thought too. I immediately thought of Blackbird which is torturing me right now. Lol. I prefer this to be honest. Not that the other form isn’t incredible but I like the slightly calmer nature of this style. No diamantés here.
definitely! looks way easier than King at any rate, really looks on par to St. Pats in terms of difficulty, or maybe that’s just the moves in general giving off that basic but fun st pats vibe haha
I love nonchalant he is about it. He makes it look easy.
Well done lovely music and dancing as well Thank you.
IN West Virginia and Arkansas we did the rhythm section with our hands different percussive sounds called " hambone". I had a boyfriend break up with me because he said I embarrassed him in front of his neighbors. This was at a BLUEGRASS JAM. ! He had no clue!!
Just think of it this way...you dodged a major bullet.😀
The best of the best.
My old Irish aunt's would dance like this every Sunday
I raised like that when were kids it was every Sunday iwish I could dance like that today but I can't that's why I get so much enjoyment out of it when I watch other people do it it brings tears to my eyes and that's from the bottom of my heart 💕 I'm very sincere about that
Just a stunningly gorgeous horn pipe! As much as I love modern Irish dance…this really is my favorite!
Amazing to watch. So exact yet relaxed. Reminds me of flamenco but softer. Thanks
That's because of the Spanish Armada that touched down on the West Coast of Ireland.
So many people today forget to love the dance. This gentleman is not one of them.
Lovely enjoyed watching
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful....I'd like to backhand the guy with the newspaper.
@Leona Bastet good one!
I thought you meant the dancer!
Excellent you can't beat real Irish step dancing
Growing up in Appalachia, this dance was common every Saturday night. The tempo of the dance was much faster since the music being played was Bluegrass. It proves you can take the boy out of the country but not the country out of the boy..
A lot of the music from that area did come from Ireland.
I'm from Newfoundland, we call it tap dancing. A bit faster, not as defined but just as rhythmic and colorful. Colorful as in arms swinging in time with the rhythm of the accordion playing a jig. Memories...
Mr. Cox - living in Appalachia, I almost commented on this. It is the same dancing and same footwork. Appalachia is predominantly Scottish and Irish that came over. Except the invisible Native Americans, 😒 but being invisible makes it easier to sneak up on you. 😆
@@lukejohnson3048 Appalachian music was scottish. Directly from the Irish Scots. Scots living in Ireland
@@maobfh the Irish Scots from Ireland were Scots
I performed in the Dickens Fair SF from 1970-1973. So many truly talented folk who don't like living in our era. Same with the renaissance Faires Northern Cal and Southern Cal. We had a
chance to perform traditional dance and music, poetry, puppetry and more which we loved, did for years, but very few places to perform. I was a ballad singer, made very little $$, but I had a place to put the wonderful 17th-19th century ballads & sea shanties. It was wonderful until the presenters "killed the goose that laid the golden egg" as one of the vendors said.
Y'know, seeing this in simple workman's trousers shows the art off far more than the flashier Dancers' Costumes that get shown off more often.
My grandfather would dance like this every time we had a gathering.
I wish I had gotten to meet some of our Irish ancestors, but I’m a generation too late. This was beautiful and rich.
WOW!!! WONDERFUL!!!!
My old TCRG never favored competing and hated all the glitz, and I didn’t appreciate that until I got older. It’s a folk dance first! Just feel the rhythm and dance.
100% percent agree!!!!
Love Irish dancing and music , such a relaxing 😌 atmosphere 😉
He was worth watching😊
Wow.. He does with a featherless ease. Amazing!
Absolutely amazing,..
Love this.
Awesome top notch 👍🚶💃👯👫☘️😄
It was said my grandpa Mike Bailey could do that, even though our Scots-Irish ancestors immigrated to Virginia and North Carolina in in the Late1600's and early 1700's. As he was born in the late 1880's, that means the skill was kept alive here in America for over 200 years before it died out with my parents generation. He was also known to throw back a pint or two, but was moonshine and hopefully not drank by the pint.
Beautiful! I see the similarities to Ottawa Valley step! How it was done in the 30s at the fairs, picnics, and competitions.
Wonderful!
How awesome! I want to get up and dance with him.
The real skill is being able to do it after a few pints
I know some that would need a few pints to do it!!
Aww bless you all
😂😂🤣
🤣
I reckon that's how it was invented.
Love this! 👍👏🤗
Very cute and I agree, very charming!
Wonderful
so much fun to watch
Much better than the showroom modern step - at least for me!
I LOVE his loose, relaxed manner so much! Fun to watch.
The best improvised country dancing is after a few shots of Irish whiskey
Thats sooo Irish. Love it.
Luv the period time clothes nice job
The tune is a hornpipe, the steps are what are now called "Old Style" originating in Cork and Kerry. Shoes? leather soles. Where to learn it? Now with Zoom you can take on line classes as I have from Jonathan Kelliher at Siamsa Tire in Ireland. Elaine again.
Here's why the Union Jack. The event is the Dickens Fair in San Francisco. The venue is Fezziwig's Christmas party from A Christmas Carol. The whole fair is set in London around 1843-1880, Queen Victoria's middle reign.
Very interesting.
Ya...the Irish we thrilled with Queen Victoria's reign.
Excellent ! !
"Off to California" .. Irish hornpipe.
Fantastic!
DELIGHTFUL
And the name of the hornpipe " Off To California"...Great dancer..🇮🇪
I used to be a bit of a break-dancer in my younger days (I still am, though I'm more concerned I might break something), yet I would gladly give all that up if it meant I could perform an Irish dance 1/100th as good as this gentleman.
Reminds me of James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy
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Lovely! Bloke with newspaper obviously in the wrong place....🙄
Any other Irish dancers notice he did Garden of Daisies? Just the step, right in the middle
Very good and looks like a lot of fun 😃
Oh I love from the very first tap
Reminds me of good old tap dancing my Uncle used to do😁 in HARLEM😁.
100% love. Just awesome. This is so much better with natural movements imo than the paralysed waist up. Just can't come at that
Wonderful, at a good tempo not blazingly fast like some dancers do it.
Bravo!! precioso!!!
I always wanted to learn this ;-;
This was so nice....really nice...thanks for posting = ) What would you call it..Sean nos ??
How are you doing 😊😊👋☺️👋
👏🏽👏🏽 Bravo
This reminds me so much of flat foot or clogging dancing done in the southern US.
My hat is off to the Irish, may they always be independent, and fearless.
Brilliant.
I love it!
oooo! just watching him makes my poor knees hurt!
Happy man
Long life
i like this
Great!!
Brilliant
Lovely
Hes wonderful
Reminds me of James Cagney dancing.🥰
OK... HOW do you make THIS look easy???!!! SERIOUSLY???!!!! KUD-EFFING-OS!!!!
Great to watch. What’s with the English flag ???
the good stuff
By far the best of all European cultures ♥️♥️♥️
Awesome!!!
Браво!
Красавчик)))
He makes it look effortless, but I know that's far from the way it is really!
Wow.
That outfit looks like what my daddy use to wear
My old aunt Alice used to do that after a case of Canadian beer, the would say come on aunt Allie "do the cork dance for us"
Fantastic
Jak to dobrze mieć starszego brata. Nogawice tylko się obetnie i spodnie golowe.
Michael that’s good
bravissimo!
Yes
Bravo 👏🏼