Steppin’ and Stompin

Join the champion Irish step dancers of Darrah Carr Dance for a whirlwind introduction to Irish dance including its history, costumes, and traditions. Enjoy lightning-fast demonstrations of both hard shoe and soft shoe styles, as well as live music on the accordion, fiddle and the spoons.

Darrah Carr Dance Company
For over twenty years, Darrah Carr Dance has offered high-energy, invigorating lecture-demonstrations for thousands of audience members through the Muse Machine, The Yard on Martha’s Vineyard, Young Audiences New Jersey, and the Brooklyn Arts Council.   The company is comprised of championship Irish dancers including Trent Kowalik, Tony Award winner and the original star of Broadway’s Billy Elliot and Timothy Kochka, two-time winner of the World Irish Dancing Championships and former member of Riverdance.  Darrah Carr Dance has been described by The New York Times as, “Immensely likeable and skillful dancers who move with space-gobbling buoyancy and openness that looks as if they might take flight.”