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The term jig was probably derived from the French giguer, meaning 'to jump' or the Italian giga. [5] The use of 'jig' in Irish dance derives from the Irish jigeánnai, itself borrowed from the Old English giga meaning 'old dance'. [6] It was known as a dance in 16th-century England, often in 12
Slip jig (Irish: port luascach, port luascadh [1] [2]) refers to both a style within Irish music, and the Irish dance to music in slip-jig time originating from England. The slip jig is in 9 8 time , traditionally with accents on 5 of the 9 beats — two pairs of crotchet / quaver (quarter note/eighth note) followed by a dotted crotchet note .
In Irish ceili dance, Haste to the Wedding is also a progressive dance, but for any number of groups of 2 couples. The dance originated in the north of Ireland, and is collected in Ar Rinci Ceili, the ceili manual of An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha (the Irish Dancing Commission). In this version, it takes 48 bars of music to complete once.
The Irish Washerwoman" is a traditional jig known to have been played throughout Britain and Ireland and in North America. Although usually considered an Irish tune, some scholars claim that it is English in origin, derived from the seventeenth-century tune "Dargason".
Irish jig shoes are black, green or red and, though they closely resemble ghillies, are hard-soled shoes with heels. Males wear a Paddy hat, red or green muffler and tailcoat, brown or khaki breeches, and a waistcoat in a contrasting colour to that of the tailcoat. A shillelagh, a kind of Irish cudgel, is carried for twirling.
There is ample evidence of Irish jigs or Irish step dancing in the 16th century, in 1569 Sir Henry Sydney sent a letter to Queen Elizabeth in which he expresses his enthusiasm for the Irish jigs, or fiddle of Galway [15] A variety of forms of solo Irish Dance have developed which are described as stepdance. These include the well-known "modern ...
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Irish stepdancers performing in school costumes and hard shoes (2008) Reel, slip jig, hornpipe, and jig are all types of Irish stepdances and are also types of Irish traditional music. These fall into two broad categories based on the shoes worn: 'hard shoe' and 'soft shoe' dances. Reels, which are in 2 4 or 4 4 time, and slip jigs, which are in 9