Dancing during the folkfestival Gooikoorts 2006 in Gooik, Belgium; July 8-10, 2006.

Dancing at the Buffalo Classical Irish Theatre with live music by Ceoltas Ceoltoiri Eireann musicians, celebrating Bloomsday; June 16, 2006.

Dancing at the Buffalo Ceili with live music by Ceoltas Ceoltoiri Eireann musicians; May 6, 2006.

Three demonstrations and workshops (see pictures and Walls of Limerick video-clip) at the Celtic Festival in Gijzegem were good for a nice day of Irish dancing with Sabine Pereboom and the Houston champions; April 30, 2006.

The Library of Knesselare participated in the International Dance Day and invited us to give demonstrations and workshops. April 29, 2006.

A famous Irish-folk group is recording a CD which will be released end of this year. A few reels will be seasoned with my footwork. Studio recording, April 2, 2006.

My migration to Buffalo NY coming closer, I had to say goodbye to the set dancing in Antwerp, but not without a lovely farewell party organised by the dancers, Februari 22, 2006.

While sitting in the audience at the Scottish Festival of the VCS in Gent, enjoying the music of Green Jacket, I was spotted by one of their musicians who called me on stage for a bit of sean nos dancing. I couldn't resist, and here is the result (42Mb video!), Februari 19, 2006.

Teaching old style Irish ceili and sean nos steps during the Friends of Erin's Celtic night. Grimbergen, Februari 4, 2006.

Preparing a group of theatre actors to surprise end of 2006 their audience with advanced Irish dancing skills in various styles. Who they are ? It wouldn't be a surprise if I told you, would it ? January 2006.

Christmas set dancing party with the Irish Club of Brussels' set dancing group. December 9, 2005.

Teaching during the Monthly Irish Dancing Class in Wervik, covering set dancing, ceili, sean nos, and style exercises for traditional dancing. September 2005 - ...

A very enjoyable month of weekly set dancing with the Innisfree Ceili Dancers in Buffalo NY; Oct 11 thru Nov 2, 2005.

A taste of Ireland (20 MB video-clip, 2'22") during the opening reception of the art exhibition 'Er is nog iets anders ...' by Dennis Van den Bossche and friends, Zonnegem, Oct 7, 2005.

Irischer Herbst 2005 in the Proïtzer Mühle with sean nos workshop by Patrick O'Dea and set dancing by Mick Mulkerrin. 29/9-3/10-2005.

After-Summer School 2005, organised by Irish Magic, with Anne-Marie Cunningham (TCRG, Salzburg) and Tereza Bernardová (Prague), Roth, 8-11/09/2005. Here are some pictures. A complete report will follow soon.

Ceili played by Irish Trad. Heads with dancing master Bernd Menzel. Nathan Baillieul and me beated the musicians by being able to dance longer than they could play: 45 minutes continuously! Polsdorf, Sept 10, 2005.

Teaching a few sean nos reel steps and the Plain Set as well as giving some demo's for the Flanders-Ireland Foundation, Roeselare, July 31, 2005. (Summary clip of demo's, 27Mb)

Teaching sean nos hornpipe steps, The Fairy Reel and The Ballyvourney Jig during M'Eire Morough, July 30, 2005. (Short video-clip)

Giving assistance to Green Jacket for their 5 minutes of fame on national television. July 20, 2005, Celtic Towers pub, Ghent. See video-clip (36 Mb!).

Dancing with Philip Masure, David Munnelly and Helen Flaherty. Knokke-Heist, July 12th, 2005

Dancing with Gráda during Gooikoorts with participants of the Irish Dancing workshop held earlier that day, and unexpected, but extremely welcome: the Houston girls; Gooik, July 2nd, 2005.

Assisting John Hosten during the Irish dancing workshop for Gooikoorts, Gooik, July 2nd (and 3th), 2005.

Performance during the Folk in Harmony event in Asse, May 26-28, 2005.

A special set dancing class covering The Cloonagh Lancers with Elizabeth MacDonald, April 13, 2005.
Here are some pictures.

Three nights of Irish dancing with The Swigshift and first price winners Dorothy and Deborah Houston, and Sabine Pereboom in the beautiful settings of Le Chateau du Lac, Genval, March 22-24, 2005.

An amazing dancing evening with the The Swigshift in Wervik, March 18, 2005.
View some nice shots.

Irish dancing show during the Ladies Night of the Antwerp Ambassador Club in Salons Lantaernhof, Wommelgem, Jan 28, 2005.

My most crazy idea so far: 23 minutes of non-stop sean nos reel dancing with increasing speed up to 160 bpm, while giving dance instructions to the audience. Dranouter Winter Festival, December 4, 2004. (Report in Dutch)

Irish dancing during the Irish Weekend in Folk Club De Schalmei, with Folk group Sjans, Herdersem, Nov 20, 2004.

Offering a taste of the various styles in Irish dancing during the Irish Weekend in Folk Club De Schalmei, Herdersem, Nov 20, 2004.

Teaching the Walls of Limerick, The Johnny, and Every man's chance as well as putting some Irish sauce on the Israelian Riverdance for Folkdance group Knipoog , Affligem, Nov 19, 2004.

Sean nos dancing workshop with Patrick O'Dea during the Irischer Herbst, Proïtzer Mühle, Germany, Sept 30 - Oct 3, 2004.

Workshop Steps for Sets with Patrick O'Dea and Mick Mulkerrin during the Irischer Herbst, Proïtzer Mühle, Germany, Sept 30 - Oct 3, 2004.

Set dancing workshop with Mick Mulkerrin during the Irischer Herbst, Proïtzer Mühle, Germany, Sept 30 - Oct 3, 2004.

American Old-time and Irish traditional dancing with Medra in the Irish Pub O'Fiach, Lier, 25/09/2004. See slide-show of the event.

Jim Keenan, a set dancing teacher from Rockville, Maryland, was invited to give a class on the Kilfenora Set on our weekly set dancing class in Antwerp, 22/09/2004.

An evening of Set and ceili dancing with the Innishfree Ceili Dancers in Buffalo, NY, and a visit to Niagara Falls, 14/17-09-2004.

Teaching traditional reel steps, the hornpipe ceili's The Johnny and The Stack of Barley, and the sean nos Broom Dance during the M'Eire Morough Folk Festival in Dendermonde, 31/07/2004.

Irish and other folk dancing with Touche de Beauté and Irish dancing group The Elves, Pepingen, 18/07/2004. See this video clip of a Treble jig (wmv).

Introductory Irish dancing workshops (pps, 2,5Mb) for reel and jig with John Hosten and Celtic Bompa, Gooikoorts, Gooik, 03-04/07/2004.

One small step for mankind, one giant leap for Celtic Bompa: in passing his 4th Grade Irish Dancing examination under Mollie Farrelly ADCRG, The Hague, 19-06-2004. Here is the story.

Introducing Irish Reels to participants of the Boombal in Gent, 25/05/2004, covering set dancing (3rd figure of The Clare Lancers) and Ceili (Every man's chance). I made a Dutch explanation available. More pictures here.

Irish dancing demonstration in Dansschool Konings, Ekeren, 16/05/2004. Click on the image to view a slide show.

Irish dancing demonstration with pupils of the Sint Vincentius Institute of Gijzegem, during the Celtic Festival that they organized, 01/05/2004. See videos: Warming up, Cry of the Celts, The Johnny, Fun reel.

Introductory workshop How to dance reels? as part of the Flemish cultural initiative Feest van de Folk, Celtic Bompa Dance Studio, 28/04/2004. Read the original invitation (in Dutch) or view a small slideshow.

An unexpected private workshop with Aoife Garrard: she gave her first workshop as qualified Irish dancing teacher in Belgium, and I happened to be the only one the show up. Brussels, Irish Club of Belgium, 24/04/2004.

Workshop with Anne-Marie Cunningham, organised by the Kilkenny School of Irish Dancing, Den Haag, 17-18/04/2004.

A successful Feis for Celtic Bompa: 1 Cup and 2 medals out of 4 competitions. Feis An Earraigh, Halsteren, 27/03/2004.

Saint Patrick's Day Boombal in Leuven, introducing the Saint Patrick's Day Set Dance, the Walls of Limerick and The Johnny. 17/03/2004.

Introducing the Pimpelmezen to Irish dancing in the Irish pub Celtic Towers in Ghent, 13/03/2004. Here is what they learned.

Irish dancing weekend with the Dublin based Cairde Dance Group, organised by Koninklijke Volkskunstgroep Reuzegom, Leuven, 21-22/02/2004. Here is a small report and slide show.

Set dancing Ceili with the Davey Ceili Band, organised by the Irish Club of Belgium, Leuven, 14-02-2004.

Preparing pupils and teachers of SVI-Gijzegem for an Irish dancing performance during the Celtic Festival they organised. Gijzegem, January, 21, 2004. Click on the picture for a self-running demo. More pictures here. LOD-klapper (Dutch).

Set dancing week-end with Didier Matherat and Christine Droillard organised by Folk Wattrelos, Wattrelos, January, 17-18, 2004. Click on the picture to see the programme.

Satisfaction after demonstrating the traditional set dance The Blackbird (mp3, 2Mb, here played by Paddy Keenan on uillean pipes, preceeded by a slow air version of the dance) . Dansschool Konings, Ekeren, January, 10, 2004.

Introductory solo dancing workshop with Maaike Franco organised during the Celtic Week-end in 't Folk Dranouter, 14/12/2003. See programme.

Traditional solo dancing workshop with Kevin McCormack organised by Christine Verbiest, Irish Dancing teacher in Brasschaat, 6-7/12/2003. See programme.

4th Ceilidh organised by the Flemish Caledonian Society covering Scottish Country, Ceilidh and Highland Dancing, and Irish Ceili Dancing, with life music by Green Jacket, 29/11/2003, Drongen (Ghent). See the programme.

Workshop Irish Set dancing and Irish Ceili dancing with Finnbar Hurley, in Destelheide (Dworp), 11-12/10/2003, organised by Danskant vzw. Here is the programme with dance descriptions.

Workshop Irish Sean Nos dancing with Patrick O'Dea, 2-5/10/2003, during the Irischer Herbst 2003 event at the Proitzer Muhle.

Irish Dancing workshop with Tony Nolan also showing Michel Andries, ID teacher in Brussels. Tap Show Company, 27-28 September 2003.

Guest appearance in an Irish dancing demonstration for Dansschool Konings, Ekeren, September 13 2003.

Irish Dance Summer School in the Proitzer Muhle, 24-29/08/2003, with A-M Cunningham and Tereza Bernardova. Click on the image for a complete multimedia presentation (4,5 Mb!).

Teaching the Irish jump-1-2-3 step in preparation for the Walls of Limerick, unexpectedly replacing John Hosten. Gooikoorts, 5 July 2003.

A bachelor's night in the Antwerp Celtic Ireland pub, july 2003. The poor guy in the middle was going to marry an Irish girl and had to dance the Saint Patrick's Day set dance with us.

International Irish Dancing Competition Bergen-op-Zoom, The Netherlands, 22-23/03/2003

Irish hard shoe workshop with Ronan McCormack, also featuring Mary Sweeney and Sean Kilkenny, all TCRG. Antwerp, February 2003.

Traditional Irish step workshop with Celine Tubridy accompanied by Michael Tubridy on the traverso. Malahide, Ireland, 12-01-2003.

Workshop Irish dancing with Marieke Pellens, Oostmalle, Belgium, 9-11/11/2002.

Irish dance workshop with Ingrid Sanders, Bodegraven, The Netherlands, June 22nd 2002.