Joy of Motion‘s Percussive Dance Project is coming up on Saturday, January 28, 2012! The show features local tappers, flamenco dancers, flatfooters, and Irish dancers. I’m resurrecting my “Waiting for Conrad” choreography (originally performed at Keeping Dance Alive! 2010 in Chico, CA) for the occasion, and I will be joined by my friends and fellow […]
This week I had the pleasure of attending BEAT RETREAT in Afton, VA and Charlottesville, VA. A group of percussive dancers got together for an intensive week of dancing: teaching, swapping steps, partying, and inspiring one another. There were tappers, flatfooters, cloggers, Cape Breton step dancers, Irish step dancers (that would be me!), and body […]
Choreography by Kate Spanos. Performed at Keeping Dance Alive! 2010 in Chico, CA. Photo credit: Derek Ralston.
“Waiting for Conrad” video is finally here! Performed at Keeping Dance Alive! 2010 in Chico, CA. Choreography by Kate Spanos Music: “Waiting for Conrad” by Shooglenifty (Venus in Tweeds, 1995) Performers: Maria Oliver, Kate Spanos, Shannon Sullivan, Rose Trulin, Kelsey Wilson, Abby Zuppan View all of my videos on YouTube
I have been blown away by the reactions to our Irish dance piece “Waiting for Conrad” at this year’s Keeping Dance Alive. People really seemed to enjoy it! But this just about takes the cake: anonymous from “Tell It to the E-R” in the Chico Enterprise Record, 2 April 2010: Irish dancers stole the show […]
Choreography by Kate Spanos. Performed at Keeping Dance Alive! 2010 in Chico, CA.
Photo by Derek Ralston.
The Chico Enterprise Record published a review of this year’s Keeping Dance Alive today, with the following snippet about my piece: “Waiting for Conrad,” choreographed by Kate Spanos, was a delightful Irish step performance featuring six talented dancers, including Chico Community Ballet alumna Kelsey Wilson. The performers’ talent was so big that, despite their small […]
Performance at Keeping Dance Alive! 2009 in Chico, CA. Photo credit: Derek Ralston.
This weekend is the 18th Annual Keeping Dance Alive! performance at Laxson Auditorium at CSU, Chico. Show times are 6-8 March: Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM, Sunday at 2:00 PM, and tickets are $14 for students/children, $16 for seniors and $18 for adults. I am performing in “Capoeira and Maculele” with Chico Capoeira, “Chaos […]
On Saturday (10 January 2009) I went to a contra dance at the Chico Grange Hall, and it was written up in the local Chico News & Review. The dance was called by Mark Goodwin, and music was provided by the Stars of Munster (an offshoot of the Pub Scouts). These dances are great fun […]
Choreography by Kate Spanos. Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, Ireland. May 2008.
Photo by Maurice Gunning.
I have said that I experience rhythm-induced synesthesia, but I’ve never been able to elaborate on this experience. In Irish dance, for me hornpipes are dark brown earthy colors, light jigs are bright green and yellow, slip jigs are purple and pink pastels, reels are bright primary colors (treble reels are the same, but with […]
Last month I performed with Maria Oliver and Oliver Wong at the Blue Room Theatre’s second annual Samhain celebration. I performed a solo Aoibhell the Fairy Queen, and Maria and Oliver and I danced a treble reel together, with live music provided by the brilliant Ha’Penny Bridge. It was reviewed by The Orion!
Photo credit: Maurice Gunning
Theatrical solo choreography by Kate Spanos for MA in Traditional Irish Dance Performance, University of Limerick. Performance at the Performing Arts Center at the University of Limerick on 27 November 2007. Music is “The Eccentric” from “Troots” by Shooglenifty, with sound manipulation by John Greewood. View all of my videos on YouTube