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Irish dancing includes a wide range of different types of dancing, including solo, pair, and group dances. Most to the comoetitions at feisana are the solo dancing. There are also group dances, both pairs and even multiples. Irish stepdancing is most characterized by a stiff upper body and rapid, precise movements of the feet. The solo Irish stepdances can be divided depending on the type of shoe worn: hard shoe and soft shoe dances. Irish stepdances include 1) reels, 2) light jigs some times just called jigs, 3)slip jigs, and 4) hornpipess. There are, of course, many many variations of these dance steps. Each dancing school has its own versions of the steps. Most competitive stepdances are solo dances, but many step dancers perform and compete in large or small groups. We notice pairs competionns as well as groups. Pairs dancing is even more difficult than solo dancing. You not onlyy have gto concentrate on your own steps, but have to be aware of those of your partner. This is a little complicated for the child and teen performers as therec are so manybnmore girls than boys involved. And these dances are intended for boy girl pairs. So often the groups arecomposed of girls are mistly girls. Round and Long dances are group dances, requiring a minimum of four dancers depending on the dance. Round dances are known in step dancing as figure dances, e.g., six-hand reel, eight-hand reel, four-hand jig.)
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