Start Date
20-6-2025 10:00 AM
End Date
20-6-2025 1:00 PM
Abstract
This practical session provides teaching methods, which teachers can use to teach folk-dance to people of all ability levels. During the session, the participants learn to Irish dance through their senses of touch and hearing, as well as sight. They also learn to Irish dance using their upper bodies. These approaches enable everybody to Irish dance, irrespective of their levels of sight, hearing and mobility.
Recommended Citation
Phelan, Sharon E., "Irish Dance: An Inclusive Approach" (2025). International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity and International Symposium on Physical Activity and Visual Impairment and Deafblindness. 2.
https://sword.mtu.ie/isapa/2025/day5/2
Irish Dance: An Inclusive Approach
This practical session provides teaching methods, which teachers can use to teach folk-dance to people of all ability levels. During the session, the participants learn to Irish dance through their senses of touch and hearing, as well as sight. They also learn to Irish dance using their upper bodies. These approaches enable everybody to Irish dance, irrespective of their levels of sight, hearing and mobility.