Irish Dancer Seeks to Revive Dancing for Pleasure

An Irish dancer, featured in a recent Irish Times interview, is working to revive the practice of dancing for pleasure. She describes the joy of dancing closely to good music, noting that it gives people who never had the chance an opportunity to do so. When asked if the establishment was right about the corrupting influence of dancehalls, she laughs and admits, "They were." The interview highlights a personal mission to reclaim the social and visceral pleasures of dance.