When you think about Irish dancing, a certain picture usually comes to mind, but 15-year-old Imani Johnson, a Black Irish Dancer, is aiming to disabuse those notions. The Atlanta native “is one of the ...
WITH A CATCHY TUNE AND SOME INTRICATE FOOTWORK, THESE YOUNG DANCERS ARE BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE EMERALD ISLE AND THE STEEL CITY. IT’S ALL ABOUT TRADITION. I FEEL LIKE IT REALLY HELPS KEEP THE ...
An Irish woman adopted from Guatemala returned to her orphanage - and taught the children Irish dancing. Maria Merriman, 29, travelled back to her country of birth 12 years after being adopted by an ...