{"id":48,"date":"2012-06-20T16:51:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T23:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isleoferinirishdance.com\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2020-03-11T21:17:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T03:17:01","slug":"irish-dance-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isleoferinirishdance.com\/?page_id=48","title":{"rendered":"Irish Dance Dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Irish Dance Dictionary<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ceili<\/strong> &#8211; pronounced <em>KAY-lee<\/em>. An irish dance party with group and pairs dancing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feis<\/strong> &#8211; pronounced <em>fesh<\/em>. An Irish dance competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghillies<\/strong> &#8211; soft dance shoes with laces for girls and women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Irish Hard Shoe<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; a combination of traditional set dances and modern choreography. It requires special shoes that make noise, however unlike tap shoes it is a bright sound not a metalic sound.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hornpipe<\/strong> &#8211; a traditional hard shoe dance done in 2\/4 or 4\/4. It&#8217;s slower than a reel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Light Jig<\/strong> &#8211; a soft shoe dance done in 6\/8 time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reel<\/strong> &#8211; a fast dance done in 2\/4 or 4\/4 time. Traditional reel is done in soft shoes or ghillies. Treble reel is performed in hard shoes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Slip Jig<\/strong> &#8211; a ladies&#8217; only dance done in 5\/8 time. Slip Jig requires a lot of endurance and is characterized by high leaps.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/isleoferinirishdance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Going-Green.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isleoferinirishdance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Going-Green.jpg 720w, https:\/\/isleoferinirishdance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Going-Green-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irish Dance Dictionary Ceili &#8211; pronounced KAY-lee. An irish dance party with group and pairs dancing. Feis &#8211; pronounced fesh. An Irish dance competition. Ghillies &#8211; soft dance shoes with laces for girls and women. Irish Hard Shoe&nbsp;&#8211; a combination of traditional set dances and modern choreography. It requires special shoes that make noise, however &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/isleoferinirishdance.com\/?page_id=48\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Irish Dance Dictionary&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-48","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isleoferinirishdance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isleoferinirishdance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isleoferinirishdance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isleoferinirishdance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isleoferinirishdance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/isleoferinirishdance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276,"href":"https:\/\/isleoferinirishdance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions\/276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isleoferinirishdance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isleoferinirishdance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}