Join Gerlisa Garrett, director of the Garrett School of Irish Dance, for a demonstration of Ireland’s rich dance traditions and an audience participation workshop to pick up some steps of your own! While shows like Riverdance have introduced Irish dancing to global audiences, the roots of the tradition are much broader and deeper. Gerlisa will demonstrate the diversity of these dances from sean nós (old style) steps to contemporary competition-style dances. At the end of the program, audience members will be invited to try out some of this material and join in a traditional ceili dance from Ireland’s social dancing tradition.