Triallta Irish Dance Company — Chicago & Southwest Suburbs, Illinois

Dancers’ Resources

Links

Ashley & Faye’s Alma Maters

• E. Sullivan School of Irish Dance
• Mullane-Healy-O’Brien Irish Dance Academy (formerly the Mullane Irish Dance Academy)

Education, Camps & Workshops

• Diochra.com: Irish dancing online – Need some Irish dance information, but class isn’t for days? Check the Library at Diochra.com, Ashe’s general Irish dance website established in 1999. Just need a laugh? Read Craic!
• Camp Rince Ceol – The Irish dance camp that Faye and Ashe worked at in the Summer of 2004. Once Triallta dancers have learned their Intermediate hardshoe dances, they’re welcome to go!
• Fordham University’s Introduction to the Irish Tin Whistle – Fancy learning the tin whistle? Check out Ryan’s video blog! “In order to help organize my videos for the course I teach at Fordham University – ‘Introduction to the Irish Tin Whistle’ – I have decided to put the videos on a blog. Feel free to follow from home – all you need is a tin whistle in the Key of D, an open mind, and a desire to find your voice in the tradition of Irish music.”

Online Communities

• Diddlyi – A social networking site for Irish dancers. Once you sign up, you can add your profile, pictures and start making new friends. It’s free and fun!
• Dance.net – Lots of fun! A social forum site for all kinds of dancers, including Irish. Most dancers there focus on competition, but you’ll find a growing number who primarily perform.

Open Platform Organizations in North America

Ashley has trained with CRN. Triallta is no longer a member of AAIDT.

• American Association of Irish Dancers & Teachers (AAIDT) – With members throughout North America and abroad, and now in its 10th year, AAIDT provides competitive and non-competitive events, teacher certification, and many additional resources for both dancers and teachers.
• Cumann Rince Náisiúnta (CRN) – “Cumann Rince Naisiunta is now a worldwide organisation and will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2007. While we are a fast growing organisation with teachers now in Ireland, England, Wales, Holland and the United States, it is our policy to encourage and protect tradition within Irish dancing. We are proud to promote an Open Platform, something that sets us apart from other dancing organizations.”
• Performance Irish Dance Teachers Association (PIDTA) – A great idea started years ago by an Illinois teacher near St. Louis, but sadly, we’re not sure it’s still active. “The Performance Irish Dance Teachers Association (PIDTA) is an organization for performance-only, non-competitive Irish dance teachers who wish to interact with other non-competitive Irish dance teachers for the purpose of sharing and support. It is the intent of PIDTA not to exclude anyone from participating in the celebration of Irish dance.”

CLRG-Affiliated Organizations in Mid-America

Sullivan and Mullane-Healy-O'Brien belong to the CLRG.

• An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha (CLRG) – CLRG is an international governing body based in Dublin, Ireland.
• Irish Dance Teachers’ Association of North America – IDTANA is the North American body of CLRG-affiliated Irish dance instructors and adjudicators, comprising of the United States, Canada and Mexico.
• Irish Dance Teachers’ Association of Mid-America – IDTAMA is the Midwest regional body of CLRG-affiliated Irish dance instructors and adjudicators, comprising of Midwestern states.
• North American Feis Commission – The NAFC is an organization of Feis Managers responsible for the organizing CLRG-sanctioned feiseanna in Canada and the United States.

Clothing, Costuming & Other Gear

• Celtic Neckties by Celtic Hands – Distinguished ties for distinguished dancers

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