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Riverdance the movie: Pierce Brosnan and Brendan Gleeson hoof it up on a screen near you
Michael Flatley becomes an impressively antlered elk in a new animated film based on the hit show
Allegations of sexual abuse rock the US world of Irish dancing
Three lawsuits filed in New Jersey allege abuse by Irish dancing instructors
Twilight Zone stuff as Spurs complete mission impossible
TV View: ‘If Tottenham turn this around I’ll think I’ve seen everything’
Session: ‘Four men in a space playing with music and dance’s relationship’
A new collaboration by choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and ex-Riverdancer Colin Dunne
This Is an Irish Dance review: See the music, hear the dance
Jean Butler returns with choreography that displays an increasingly rich level of articulation and a broad palette of movement
Jean Butler: ‘It’s very exposing for both of us’
Her new work, with musician Neil Martin, is designed as a conversation between music and dance and sees her going back to her roots
Repression and liberation: a coming-out for gay men and Irish step dance
Former Riverdancer Breandán de Gallaí examines identity, sexuality and ageing in his show Linger
Show will go on as Riverdance taps out 20 years onstage
Earlier this month live show sold 25 millionth ticket to spectator in Germany
Signs of success of the Gathering
After the year of the Gathering ends, all eyes will turn to Scotland, which is set to repeat its Homecoming Scotland initiative five years after its successful first run
An A-Z of music in Ireland
In 2,000 or so entries by more than 200 contributors, a new encyclopedia sets out to chart Irish musical experience across recorded history. Here are 26 of them, from Air to Zozimus
Dancers set record for largest Riverdance performance
Dance troupe from 44 countries gather in snaking line along River Liffey
Culture Shock: No ‘Danny Boy’, no rebel songs, just great Irish music
Mick Moloney’s brilliant Green Fields of America has been a staging post, proving ground and launch pad for almost everything that has happened in Irish-American traditional music since the 1970s
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