The first time Mark Howard appeared on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” was in 1989. Howard had been coaching teams to victory at the world championships for Irish step dancing — the first ...

Tomi Elemide was the only boy to achieve a perfect score at the world championships last month.

A women's public policy group is calling on governing bodies in the Irish dancing world to amend their participation policies after a male dancer qualified for the world championships for a third year ...

In recent years, St. Patrick’s Day has been sneaking up on me, arriving weeks in advance of the holiday, with hats, boas, T-shirts, shot glasses and other sorts of kiss-me-I’m-Irish greenery sprouting ...

TODAY, MANY STILL WORK TO HONOR THOSE TRADITIONS. IT’S FAST, IT’S ELECTRIC, AND IT’S FILLED WITH HISTORY AND HEART. I’VE TAUGHT DANCING NONSTOP FOR 70 YEARS, BOTH HERE IN IRELAND. THE SHARP RHYTHM OF ...

Irish dance superstar Michael Flatley discussed how he helped redefine the traditional style of Irish dance in a new episode of the podcast Nicky Byrne HQ. Flatley, who was born and raised in Chicago ...

In 2022, after receiving an anonymous tip-off, 'Irish Times' journalist Ellen Coyne broke a story about alleged cheating in the highly competitive world of Irish dancing ...

Adrienne Strong wants to show her 2-year-old son how to take on new challenges. Dawn Dukes is getting to share the stage with her 8-year-old daughter. And Hayley Platt, a professional entertainer who ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — A teenager from Tahlequah is headed to the Irish Dance World Championships. Nikolai Stretch has been dancing for about nine years and he gets to do something not every Irish dancer ...

AN INCREASED PRESENCE of Irish dancing in the fashion world and pop culture has not translated into an elevated interest among young Irish people, a professional dancer has said. As world tours ...

SITUATION DEVELOPS, DEVELOPS. ALL RIGHT. THE STRONG TIES BETWEEN PITTSBURGH AND IRELAND SHOW UP THROUGHOUT THE STEEL CITY AS WE CONTINUE OUR ROAD TO IRELAND SERIES. THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS PREPARE TO ...