It's been busy the past few weeks! At the end of February, Kate Spanos Irish Dance performed at the Uplift Inspiration Dance Festival hosted by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) in Prince George's County at the historical Publick Playhouse. We performed "Open the Door for Three," with…
I am excited to announce that Kate Spanos Irish Dance will host a special sean nós dance workshop with Rebecca McGowan from Boston! Rebecca is a dear friend and we are thrilled to have her back in the DC region for the weekend. The workshop will take place on Saturday,…
We’re continuing to build the Kate Spanos Irish Dance name (new website coming soon!) and this fall we were featured at two local Irish festivals. In September, we were invited to perform at the CCÉ Irish Folk Fest and last weekend we performed at the Maryland Irish Festival, celebrating its 50th year.
That's a wrap! We had a great first summer dance intensive throughout the month of July. It was wonderful working with this group of students and I'm already looking forward to next year!The summer dance intensive gave advanced Irish step dancers an opportunity to build technique, style, and repertoire through…
Over the past few years, I have been honing my vision for the kind of Irish dance classes I'd like to offer and we are finally here. I feel bolstered by all the many teachers I've studied with and been inspired by over my 35 (so far!) years of dancing and I'm thrilled to now have a weekly opportunity to work with students on the aspects of Irish dance that I love the most.
