Photo by Mellisa Mannion © 2005
"...fans find it impossible to stay in their seats once he picks up his fiddle and starts playing." -Renira Pachuta
Photo by Mellisa Mannion © 2005
“Learn the art of Sean Nós Dance with one of the best teachers in the country.” - Glór Irish Music Centre
Photo by Michael Harrison © 2006 "I can highly recommend [Ronan] as a teacher and exponent of this dance tradition." - Orfhlaith M Ni Bhriain |
Ronan Regan
As a sean-nós dancer Ronan captures the heart, humour and subtlety of traditional music and dances percussively to the essence of the tune. He has performed extensively at events such as the Cóilín Sheáin Dharach Festival, the Inish Bofin Arts Festival and in venues such as the National Concert Hall, the Cork Opera house and the Cutler Emerson Majestic Theatre in Boston. Described by many as a natural teacher with an infectious love of dance, Ronan has offered sean-nós dance workshops throughout Ireland and abroad and has provided tuition to all ages in educational centers’ such as the Clann Resource Centre, Galway and the Ark Cultural Centre for children, Dublin and the Glór center in Ennis. He has also taught at numerous universities including University Limerick, University Washington, Seattle, The Evergreen State College, Olympia and the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. In 2005, with Maldon Meehan he released an internationally acclaimed instructional DVD called ‘Dance Sean-Nós’. Dance Sean-Nós has so far sold in 17 Countries across the world and features as course material for various university programmes both in Ireland and abroad. In Spring 2006, as choreographer he won the RTE / Arts Council dance on the box award and choreographed the short film ‘Why the Irish dance that way’ which has appeared in many film festivals around Ireland and abroad. It is scheduled to appear in the Dresden International Short Film Festival on the 10th of April and in the New York Museum of Modern Art on the 6th and 8th of June of this year at “Shortfest: Outstanding Films for International Festivals”. Performance & Workshop HistoryPerformancesThe Culter Majestic Theatre, Boston, Mass Inish Bofin Community Centre, Connemara Derry Fiddle Seminars, Derry County Library, Derry |
Ronan Regan is a musician and dancer from Poll na Ruama, Galway on the west coast of Ireland. He is known for his weaving, lyrical fiddle style and his easy-going pace. In addition to his musicianship, Ronan is also a sean-nós dancer and set dancer as well as an instructor of music and dance. He wrote his thesis on the Leitrim style of music, specializing in the musical styles of Ben Lennon and Jim Connolly and completed his Masters in traditional music performance, with modules in sean-nós dance in University of Limerick 2005.