An Irish Traditional "Sean Nos" Brush (Broom) Dance
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2016
- A Traditional Irish "Sean Nos" Brush (Broom) Dance performed at Kate Kearney's Cottage Pub at the Gap of Dunloe, County Kerry, Ireland. See and enjoy Irish traditional dances on an Ireland RnR Tour. Visit IrelandRnR.com for details.
I can remember my mother and some of her Irish and Scottish friends doing a version of this dance in the early ‘70s.
Broom dance was part of our country dance in primary school England 1960s
That's my warmup before cleaning the house.😂😂😂
I thank thee, ó, UA-cam algorithm, for showing me this after 7 years.
I love these videos, they show that the ways of our forebears are still alive within us, and I think it's so important to embrace 'how we got here'.
Love Irish dancing
I must be Irish, I’d rather dance than clean up any day! ;)
Dancing while doing housework and expanded into this beautiful example. God bless the Irish ☘️!!!!!
It'd be great seeing a lot of dancers doing this at the same time or choreographed.
How beautiful 🎈🪬👽
Lovely steps there, and a lovely lady to do the steps, ah yes!
Culture! Thanks for sharing.
Awesome dancing!
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10/10 absolutely love it, thrilling! Enjoyed it to the max 🎉😂
Beautiful workout, beautiful girl, thank you for sharing!!!
I want to be Irish (one of my great grandparents was Irish).
How lovely!
The band is called Tuatha (Donal Moroney, Barry Lynch and Mike Dowd)
Thank you, Reidun, for that acknowledgement.
Reidun Schlesinger the F to the r of the world of the world of God to be able to make it to the top of the world you yet to be able to make it to the top of the o and other people in this world and the other ones that are the ones that you have are the
Anne was world champion. Nuff said.
You’re literally dancing on a broom. Man, this would be the biggest flex after quitting a job. Next time someone asks you to sweep the floor, pull this move.
My dog Quinn dances to this wonderful Irish song with his very own broom
Very nice ❤
very nice
Bonnie lass with skills
Every dance looks better whan a pretty girl is dancing it. Walking on stones is my favourite.
Great love this
There's also a dance like this in Asia, with four rods of bamboo trying to catch the legs!
Very nice.
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I imagine it takes years of practice before you can advance to the next level and replace the broom with a mop?
She never even swept the floor!
From Indian its great best cool 👍
The baseball hat, indoors.
Самая прикольная уборщица которую я видел.:)
Seans Nos brush dance
My Pagan brain - "baby, no baby, baby, no baby, fertility, no thank you, and I'm fertile again." Hahah
While you're at it sweep the floor
pretty irish girl 🥰🥰
What's the significance of the broom, or history of the dance. It was lovely.
From Wikipedia: Sean nós in Irish Gaelic means “old style”, and is applied to the dance form as well as sean-nós song. These forms of Irish dance and traditional Irish singing have been documented in Irish history and are still alive in parts of the Irish music scene today.
Its “low to the ground” footwork, improvised steps, free movement of the arms, and an emphasis upon a “battering step”, which sounds out more loudly the accented beat of the music, characterize sean-nós dance. By its nature, it follows the music closely. It is traditionally a solo dance form. Sean-nós dancing is improvisational. Spontaneous expression is highly valued.
The brush dance, a sean-nós dance, is performed with a brush or broom. There are many stories about the origins of this traditional dance: the women doing their daily housework would drop their brooms and break into dance as a welcome respite from their work; it was a friendly, competitive dance between men and women; it is also written that this dance was performed by the traveling people when they went from house to house selling their wares, including brooms. They would perform the dance to attract attention and make it easier to sell their goods.
The history is that in a time before tv and radio people amused themselves with dance and song and story and speaking for myself coming from south leinster ireland in the 1950's I can well well remember these good old times..james Limerick Ireland
@@CelticRnR thanks for the sharing...
It was done in the kitchen primarily, my grandparents would visit neighbours, drink Poitin and dance with the broom stick, doing dance tricks, not alot of room in the houses back then, but this was the kind of fun they had. "Brush dance" they called it, like a party piece.
@@CelticRnR I'm so fascinated. I feel like Ireland has this magical, mystical power over it's people via the many traditions. I long for the day I can experience it first hand. As a former ballet/modern/jazz dancer, I feel a deep connection to the dance & music. I can't explain it. It just touches my soul. Thank you for the history lesson and video.
irish version of the C-Walk :P
Irish Moonwalk at 0:40
Ancient celtic form of Cross fit
About the origin of this dance all I can guess is that they were drunk and let the broom fall and they didn't want to pick it up so they danced around it.
I don’t know the full history but my dance teacher always taught us that the wives of Irish rebel soldiers helped map out battle plans with broom dancing. But it’s also a party/ wedding dance too
Hev yew ever tried to pick up a broom with a crate of Guinness inside ya?
Maybe one time the vibration of dancing on a wooden floor made a broom fall near a dancer and the dancer just danced over and around it.
When Scots are drunk, they drop swords in a cross formation ⚔️
@@ccbarr58 have a beer
In Ireland it is called a "Brush" not a Broom.
In America, it is called a “broom” not a brush.
It said brush but did the ( ) for americans
Better get her a headwrap now days. Good luck and god save you my Irish borthers.
Okay, but she didn’t even brush the floor !
So what was the purpose of the broom in the broom dance where it barely was used lol
If I don't have a broom, but have a roomba, does it still count as traditional?
Wonderful performance, the audience was a bit dull though, but maybe I am the dull one...
Cé hí ag damhsa?
And, then, she swept the floor.
Me navigating my kids’ messy rooms
So, what's with the broom?
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From Wikipedia: Sean nós in Irish Gaelic means “old style”, and is applied to the dance form as well as sean-nós song. These forms of Irish dance and traditional Irish singing have been documented in Irish history and are still alive in parts of the Irish music scene today.
Its “low to the ground” footwork, improvised steps, free movement of the arms, and an emphasis upon a “battering step”, which sounds out more loudly the accented beat of the music, characterize sean-nós dance. By its nature, it follows the music closely. It is traditionally a solo dance form. Sean-nós dancing is improvisational. Spontaneous expression is highly valued.
The brush dance, a sean-nós dance, is performed with a brush or broom. There are many stories about the origins of this traditional dance: the women doing their daily housework would drop their brooms and break into dance as a welcome respite from their work; it was a friendly, competitive dance between men and women; it is also written that this dance was performed by the traveling people when they went from house to house selling their wares, including brooms. They would perform the dance to attract attention and make it easier to sell their goods.
There is a distinct similarity between this form of dance and the Scottish Highland Sword Dance.
Thank you for your comment. Much appreciated. That’s good to know. Interesting comparison.
No there isn’t….
Yes, there is. The Scots play with swords, the Irish ???
and that is?
Woman, that's not what I meant when I said that the dancefloor needs a broom
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The broom doesn't dance till 0:56 😄
What is the significance of the broom?
There are many stories in Irish dance history about how the broom dance came about. Some say that travelling people performed the dance as they went door to door selling their wares, like brooms, pots and tools. Putting on the dance would draw attention and more sales.
Others say that it originated at a time when men outnumbered women and the men had to practice their dancing skills using a broom as a partner. They would go to the local dance to put on a show, hoping to attract the attention of a lady! Another version says that it started with women dancing around their brooms as a welcome break from their daily housework.
Traditionally the broom represents the drunken boyfriend unconscious on the pub floor.
Is she going to sweep?
2 questions: why does no one clap along or even respond during the dance with that wonderful music. And why are there two stuffed sheep on stage? 🐑🐑
I think it's because the sheep can't sit at a table. They got better seats because they can't see the spectacle otherwise. Also, maybe people ain't clapping out of respect for the Sheeps, because they don't have hands?
@@howtomakeyouscream ahh that makes so much more sense now. Thank you. I appreciate your wisdom 😉
Dance for the ladies
Broom dance is for marriage 🎈👽🪬
Ní fhaca mé damhsa chomh drámatúil riamh
The toy sheep on the stage ..🐑
Reminds me of the Scottish sword dancing
I prefer sword dancing ;)
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Is it only women who dance with a broom ? Or men too ?
whoops be careful with that broom hun don't want it sliding somewhere the sun don't shine 😀
Ирландские танцы интересны, но почему надо со шваброй?
I think it’s called brushing up your dancing.
Ah, humans and their oddity traditions. Quite entertaining.
@Peacelily As if to imply oddity has no propensity to lift human spirits. Hence, they kept said traditional going long after it served its original functional purpose as an oddity commodity for entertainment value alone. Historic precedent bears no functionality beyond an initial exercising of an activity into an offing that requires no such function. Thus, where initial function is no longer required, then it is rendered but an indulgence thereupon. Not that it's wrong mind you, rather just making a point. It is actually quite entertaining. Plus I was more referring to the style and that they opt to not implement the arms they were born with while dancing around an inanimate broom. That's odd no matter who is doing the viewing. 😝Michael Flatley will surely punch me in my mouth if ever we meet. 🤪
A brush,for fuck sake ,only paddy would think of that
Thank you peace lily... 🇮🇪💚🍀
Less dangerous than the Scottish sword dancing
But less exciting
lol
The British took all their swords away. Apparently, the Scots were tougher.
What you dont realise is that...
This was the original broom used when Cromwell had invaded.
It is held in high regard for its ancient origins.
In the hundreds of years this one artifact has been in use...
It has been the object of awe & reverance.
This very broom is soon to appear on "The Repair Shop"
Where Jay & Will shall discuss the best way of ensuring its future for unborn generations.
Without spoiling it integrity & ancient symbolism.
Some of its history is shrouded in the mists of time...
But documents exist to prove that the handle has previously been repaired or replaced many times .
Due to being danced on.
The history of the head is not so clear...
It is thought that there have only been 5....
Although some so called experts maintain that during the "Great Broom drought" of 1756.
The head was replaced with a "string mop " to enable the dance to take place in pubs where spitoons had to be hidden from the English.
Wouldn’t hire her as a cleaner.
talk about making a song and dance out of it.
This is just normal Irish "dancing" but there's a brush on the floor. I don't see the point lol
Yeah Scottish sword dancing is better
She must be pissed with her parents
Not only is the floor still dirty,
now theres scuff marks all over it. 😩
It’s not appropriate to mock an Englishwoman like that
Plastic paddies again😂
There's nowt queerer as folk.
Women can’t dance the brush
Nah lass. They would STOMP. The ground would shake. You're doin it too soft
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