Spring Workshop
Series
benefitting the
2024 SDUSA National Championships
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March 24th @ 4pm EDT (recording available)
Intro to Irish Dance with Emanuele Oliveira
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April 14th @ 12pm EDT
Highland Hustle with Gillian Urquhart
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May 19th @ 3pm EDT (registration open)
Cape Breton Step with Kelly MacArthur
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Cape Breton Step with Kelly MacArthur
19 May 2024 @ 3pm-4:30pm EDT* (New York) on Zoom
Cape Breton Step Dance is a percussive form of dance well known to the Island of Cape Breton in Nova Scotia. The base of the style came from Scotland with the early immigrants in the 1700’s, and it thrived and survived on the island due to its remote location and lack of outside influence in early times. Over the years, Scotland became very influenced by outsiders, due to easy travel around Europe, and therefore saw a change in many of its early Scottish traditions - some were lost completely. The style in Cape Breton now has become unique to the island, keeping the Scottish basics, but having been influenced by the communities where it remained. It is predominately danced to Puirt à beul (Mouth Music), bagpipes or fiddles - accompanied by piano and guitar. These styles of Cape Breton music & dance are renowned on the island, and are a large part of the Island culture and tourism. Cape Breton Step Dance is all about rhythm and musicality, the steps matching the tunes, mainly danced on the spot to Strathspeys, Jigs and Reels.
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12pm PDT (Vancouver); 1pm MDT (Denver); 2pm CDT (Winnipeg); 3pm EDT (New York); 4pm ADT (Halifax); 8pm BST (London); 4pm GMT-3 (Sao Paulo) On May 19th, 2024.
This is a community class being offered by donation benefitting the 2024 SDUSA National Championships. We have 3 options for registration:
1) $20 - This is the suggested donation to attend this workshop. Donations benefit the 2024 SDUSA National Championships.
2) Set Your Own Donation - Set your own amount using the additional donation widget below ticketing options. This is a free community class with a suggested donation for participation (you may leave the amount at $0). Beyond offsetting costs, proceeds from this event will benefit the 2024 SDUSA National Championships. Any amount is very much appreciated!
3) $30- Register for CB Step Class (live and recording) and Intro to Irish Class (recording) with donation.
Highland Hustle with Gillian Urquhart
(Live Class Only)
Grab your family and friends and join us for a special Highland Hustle class with founder Gillian Urquhart. All are welcome for this free community class collecting donations to benefit the 2024 ScotDance USA National Championships. Think Scottish Highland dancing, add to that the odd ceilidh step set to funky high – beat music, then you get the picture…It builds gradually so you can find a pace that is right for you. Low impact or go for it with high intensity – your choice! This class is about getting together, having fun, and dancing to some great Highland Hustle tunes.
*Live class only *. We will not be able to record this class.
Pre-registration is available on this form for Cape Breton Step Dance with Kelly MacArthur on 19 May!
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​9am PDT (Vancouver); 10am MDT (Denver); 11am CDT (Winnipeg); 12pm EDT (New York); 1pm ADT (Halifax); 5pm BST (London); 1pm GMT-3 (Sao Paulo) On April 14th, 2024.
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Intro to Irish Dance with Emanuele Oliveira
(Recording Available)
How many times have you been asked if you do Riverdance?! Well it's finally time to say, yes! Join us for an introduction to Irish dance with Emanuele Oliveira. The class will cover basic soft shoes movements and end with a little free choreography to put it all into practice and allow for maximum fun as you try your hand at being an Irish dancer. Everyone is welcome. A recording will be available for all registered participants for 30 days. This is the first class in our Spring Workshop Series benefitting 2024 SDUSA National Championships. Save the date for Highland Hustle with Gillian Urquhart on 14 April and Cape Breton Step Dance with Kelly MacArthur on 15 May!
This is a community class being offered by donation benefitting the 2024 SDUSA National Championships.
Class is at 1pm PDT (Vancouver); 2pm MDT (Denver); 3pm CDT (Winnipeg); 4pm EDT (New York); 5pm ADT (Halifax); 5pm GMT-3 (Sao Paulo); 8pm GMT (Edinburgh) On March 24th, 2024. 7am AEDT (Sydney); 9am NZDT (Auckland) On March 25th, 2024. Need help figuring out the correct time for your time zone? Try worldtimebuddy.com. A recording will be available to all registered participants after the live session, so no worries if you can't attend live!
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Learn a bit about your teacher, Emanuele Oliveira:
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My name is Emanuele Oliveira, I'm a state public employee, a wife, a mother of 2 and someone absolutely in love with dance since I know myself. My dance formation is based in Classical Ballet (Vaganova Method) and in Irish Dancing with all the 12 levels of exams at An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha (CLRG) completed in 2017.
As a former ballet dancer, I’ve started teaching Irish Dancing in 2010. My experience as a professional dancer involves other dance styles and arts as jazz, aerial silks, tap dance and theatre. In 2020, just before the first lockdown, I returned back from Scotland with my SDTA Associates and started Highland Dance Brasil School or (in Portuguese), Escola Brasileira de Danças Escocesas - the very first Highland dancing school in Brazil under the RSOBHD rules. In the same year I took several workshops focused in the North Ireland's Irish Dancing style with Lauren Smith (former Lead Dancer at Riverdance).
In terms of performances Highland Dance Brasil has a partnership with Brasil Caledonia Pipe Band, a Scottish bagpipe and percussion band from São Paulo, and the Scottish Cultural Outreach Foundation, for joint performances. Among the performances highlighted in my career are: Rock in Rio 2013 (United Kingdom Stage - Brazil), World Irish Dancing Championships – USA and Ireland (2013 and 2017), Santiago Cup Highland Dancing - Chile (2018), South America Pipe Band Gathering - Argentina Highland Echoes Christmas Show - Brazil (Principal dancer - 2021), Highland Echoes The Show (North Carolina, USA – 2023), several performances at the Irish Consulate in São Paulo – Brazil (since 2011) and the at United Kingdom Embassy, in Brasília.