Irish Dances in Rome

In short:


Q: What's the "La Festa della Contea"?
A: It's an event dedicated to the world of "The Lord of the Ring" books, to its creator J.R.R. Tolkien and to the world of "Fantasy" in general.


Q: I see.. but what will be there?
A: Music and Dance (Irish Dance!), Medieval Rievocation and events, Role Playing Games, Local Gastronomy...


Q: You were speaking about Irish Dance... what will I see?
A: During the 3 days of the "Festa" there will be a "delegation" of Gens d'Ys Academy of Irish Dance (Rome branch) so it will be possible to watch Irish Dance exhibitions (featuring our teachers Martina and Corrado and our "Show Team") and you will be involved in first person!
Our Teachers will teach you how to dance a few easy dances and we'll dance all together!

Just for instance an incomplete list of the guests of the past editions:

• The Shire (see also: Luca Verzulli's website) (Irish Music),
• Gens d'Ys (Irish Dance to watch and to dance),
• Lingalad (medieval and fantasy music),
• Tùatha Dé Dannan (celtical and medieval music),
• The Green Clouds (see also: their Myspace) (all-feminine band - Electronic and Symphonic Irish Music),
• Fabula Mirabilis (medieval music),
• Coro Ethos (medieval and rinascimental music)...

So... if you are nearby, see you there!

So... have you read the Cover, haven't you?

Ok let me explain why this Blog notebook was born and what you'll find inside it.

I Dance the Irish Dance in Rome is the subtitle and that suggest us the plot: the story of a very peculiar experience with the learning of the Irish Dance (and the Breton Dance) in a city like Rome in which you won't find anything similar.

I want to emphasize a thing: dancing the Irish Dance is entertaining!
It’s something that I suggest everybody and it's a thing that everybody can do.

I was writing, before, of a city like Rome in which you won't find anything similar and so is needed a particular acknowledgement to the Gens d'Ys Academy of Irish Dances and to its President Umberto Crespi. I wish to thank also our wonderful teachers Corrado Riccomi and Martina Spagna that with their strong commitment and great patience have succeded in sharing the love for this kind of dance even to me that, until now, haven't made a single step following the music.

Since this is the first post, I don't want to be too long so...

That's all folks.

Notes:

1 Hello, world! It's the phrase, printed on video from the very first program written in C language from the famous book on that language: "Programming in C: A Tutorial" (actually the phrase on the book is "hello world" without capitals and puntuations).

 This blog whish to be the English Language partner of my other blog:

Danze Irlandesi a Roma 

Which it's written mainly in Italian Language.

Why I decided to start another blog?

Well... I thought it was important to share some of the contents (regarding Irish Dances, Irish Music, Irish Culture and so on... here in Rome, Italy!) to all the English Speaking readers.

Ready to follow me? ;-)