Rónán performs music and dance during the May bank holiday weekend along with a host of musical friends including Alan Jordan and Jim Connolly in Louisburg, Co. Mayo, along with a host of other tutors.  Always a great way to celebrate the May bank holiday weekend with concerts and sessions of top class music, song, dance and craic.  Hope to see ye there!  https://feilechoiscuain.com/

Ronan will teach a beginners Sean-Nós Dance Class and an intermediate Sean-Nós Dance Class each day of the Festival.  He looks forward to performing on stage during the opening ceremony and also for the Sean-Nós Dance Party Event.  Ronan is excited to return to Russia for a third time to perform and pass on his love of Sean-Nós Dance. 

Saturday:-

Beginners Class -  Rónán will begin with his internationally celebrated Alphabet of Steps. The alphabet of steps is a step-by-step progression of the dance skills and techniques needed to become a sean-nós dancer.  As progress allows; Rónán will begin ‘Step Creation’, the art of creativity, self composition and improvization in sean-nós dance and in addition will teach a new step from the rich Irish tradition of sean-nós dancing.

Sunday:-

Beginners Class -  Rónán will continue teaching his Alphabet of Steps techniques.  As a beginning dancer you will engage and progress with each iteration of the Alphabet of Steps, You will build new techniques into your repetoire while continually practicing and developing what you’ve learnt.  As you perfect these skills you will then be guided through the exciting nuances of Step Creation.  In addition to the above Rónán will teach a new step from the rich Irish tradition of sean-nós dancing.

Monday:-

Beginners Class - Rónán will continue teaching his Alphabet of Steps techniques. As a beginning dancer you will engage and progress with each iteration of the Alphabet of Steps, You will build new techniques into your repetoir while continually practicing and developing what you’ve learnt. As you perfect these skills you will then be guided through the exciting nuances of Step Creation.  As progress allows; Rónán will further advance your ‘Step Creation’ techniques, the art of creativity, self composition and improvization in sean-nós dance and further teach new steps from the rich Irish tradition of sean-nós dancing.

Tuesday:-

Beginners Class -  Rónán will continue teaching his Alphabet of Steps techniques.  As a beginning dancer you will engage and progress with each iteration of the Alphabet of Steps, You will build new techniques into your repetoir while continually practicing and developing what you’ve learnt.  As you perfect these skills you will then be guided through the exciting nuances of Step Creation.  As progress allows; Rónán will further advance your ‘Step Creation’ techniques, the art of creativity, self composition and improvization in sean-nós dance and further teach new steps from the rich Irish tradition of sean-nós dancing.

Wednesday:-

Beginners Class -  For our final session Rónán will continue teaching his Alphabet of Steps techniques.  As a beginning dancer you will engage and progress with each iteration of the Alphabet of Steps, You will build new techniques into your repetoir while continually practicing and developing what you’ve learnt.  As you perfect these skills you will then be guided through the exciting nuances of Step Creation.  As progress allows; Rónán will further advance your ‘Step Creation’ techniques, the art of creativity, self composition and improvization in sean-nós dance and further teach new steps from the rich Irish tradition of sean-nós dancing.

Scoil Samhraidh Chris Langan Rush, Co. Dublin, takes place every year on the last weekend of June and is a wonderful gathering of musicians, singers, dancers and friends.  Workshops take place this year on Saturday the 22nd, June, 2018, and Rónán teaches the sean-nós dance workshops beginning at 1pm in Rush National School.  This is a lovely community and family focused gathering of musicians, singers and dancers.  I look forward to seeing you there. 

The workshops  are followed by an seisiún mór on Saturday night in the sailing club.  Bígí Linn!

Rónán provides fiddle tuition from 10:00am - 1:00pm from Monday to Saturday of the Joe Mooney Summer School (Round up class on Sat ends at 12:00pm).  This is a fantastic week for those interested in learning about the Leitrim / North Connacht fiddle style to learn bowing techniques, phrasing and settings of tunes from the rich repertoire and heritage of this area.  I look forward to seeing you there!

Every July Drumshanbo plays host to the award winning Joe Mooney Summer School. This is a week long traditional festival of Irish music, song and dance named after the man who did so much to promote the cause of Leitrim, the traditional arts and his beloved town.

http://www.joemooneysummerschool.com/

Rónán also teaches a Sean-Nós Dance class from 3:30pm to 6:30pm on Friday 26th of July.  This class starts off with Rónán’s Alphabet of steps and progresses to Step Creation, after which he teaches some of his advanced techniques and steps.  This class will enrich those with an interest in Sean-Nós Dance and build on budding dancers knowledge and skills.  It is an enjoyable 3 hours of dance which will bring interested dancers on a journey towards enpowering them to create and build interesting rhythms and evolve routines which they can then apply to their dancing.