IRISH STEP DANCING CLASSES IN GREATER BOSTON (MASSACHUSETTS)

Some step dancing classes in the greater Boston area are listed below. For other areas, the website Ann's Place has a long list of Irish dance teachers and schools sorted by state and by country; the list may be outdated but a few calls or emails should produce some results, at least a referral. Also try the website An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha, The Irish Dancing Commission, to find a certified teacher anywhere in the world. A list of Irish dance schools by name or by state.

• Rince Cois headed by Sheila Bremer holds classes in Salem (MA) and Lynnfield and also in North Andover with Miss Kim, as well as Manchester and Groton, Massachusetts. Sheila Bremer is the founder and director of Rince Cois Fharraige and a T.C.R.G. (registered teacher of Irish Dance with An Coimisiun, Dublin, Ireland). Rince Cois Fharraige (“Dance By The Sea”) is an Irish Dance Academy with the main studio located at 87 Canal Street in Salem, MA. For information regarding the school and/or classes.
  Telephone: (978)740-3049
  Contact by Email:
  Sheila Bremer (sheilabremer@hotmail.com)
  Miss Kim (askmisskim@hotmail.com)
  Miss Eileen (askmisseileen@hotmail.com)
  Stacey (jiginsalem@hotmail.com)
• Sunset Ceili Fundraiser for the Bremer Dancers
  
  
• Kieran Jordan Irish Dance Classes
  Dance classes in Cambridge and Allston in the Boston area in Irish step and sean-nos from beginner to advanced. Kieran teaches non-competitive Irish dance, presenting classes and workshops in Boston and worldwide.
  Traditional Irish Step and Céilí Dance
  Sean-nós Irish Step Dance
  Beyond the Feis™ Workshop for Experienced Irish Dancers
  History of Irish Dance
  Cape Breton Step Dance
  Irish Dance Teacher-Training Workshop
  Private instruction is also available.
  
  

• O'Shea-Chaplin Academy of Irish Dance
  Find classes 6 days a week in 15 different communities in Massachusetts.
  • Monday: Lowell, Burlington, and Lawrence
  • Tuesday: Malden, North Attleboro, Billerica
    
  • Wednesday: Quincy
    
  • Thursday: Winchester, Watertown
    
  • Friday: Norwood, Belmont
  • Saturday: Allston, Ashton, Beverly, Harvard

See their website for addresses and times. Call Lisa (781) 662-2191 or Rita (781) 665-3110 in Melrose or email osheachaplin (at) hotmail.com

• Duffin-Murphy School of Irish Dance, Salisbury, MA or Newburyport, Christine Duffin-Murphy 978-465-6863
  
  
• Goulding School of Irish Dance. in Medford, Massachusetts, and Cranston, Rhode Island, Deidre Goulding, instructor; write her at
  71 Terrace Road,Medford Massachusetts 02155
  
  
• Irish Step Dancing and Ceili Dancing
  Kieran Jordan, teacher, in Allston and Cambridge; Kieran, both a performer and instructor, specializes in an old style of Irish dance known as Sean-nós, which is more of a free-style, swinging arms, feet low to the ground style of dance.
  
  
• Harney Academy of Irish Dance, Sally Harney, instructor, 945 Main St (Route 1A), Walpole, MA 02081 508-660-8369, harneyacademy@comcast.net
  
  
• Forbes School of Irish Step Dancing in Quincy at 42 Newcomb Street, Quincy, MA 02169 Phone: (617) 770-4129 E-mail: forbesschool@comcast.net
  
  
• Hansen-Keohane School of Irish Dancing (Irish Step Dance and Ceili Dance); Director: Alanna Maida
  West Roxbury, MA; Phone: 781-461-9770
  
  
• Drake School of Irish Dance, Westfield, MA (413) 532-5161 (no further info ~ possibly outdated)
  
  
• Haley School of Irish Dance
  Classes held in Whitman, Duxbury, Canton, Shrewsbury, & Cape Cod, MA
  Maureen Haley, TCRG, Director
  Erin Blake Connolly, TCRG, Instructor (Canton Branch)
  Contact Info:
  Maureen Haley: 781-447-3081
  Erin Blake Connolly: 617-816-3746
  Email: erin@haley-school.com
  website: www.haley-school.com
  

• Hansen-Keohane School; (website notfunctional) Classes are held at the Theodore Parker Church, 70 Corey Street, on the corner of Centre St. in West Roxbury, MA. Alanna Maida can be reached at PO Box 1268, Dedham, MA 02027 Tel: 781.461.9770 alanna@hansenkeohane.com
  
  
• Flying Irish Academy, PO Box 351, Ashby, MA 01431 (978) 386-2325; dance (at) ifishstepdancing.com, serving North Central Massachusetts and New Hampshire's Monadnock Region
  
  
• Cunniffe Academy Malden, Exeter, Norwell, South Weymouth, Londonderry (NH), and Manchester (NH) classes Contact John at 617.426.0203 Email: jcunniffe (at) aol.com
  
  
• Dunleavy Shaffer School of Irish Dance
• 101 Highland Avenue
  Somerville, MA 02143
  (617) 699-3452‎
  (617) 479-0292‎
  • Suzanne Dunleavy, TCRG
    dunleavs@hotmail.com
    (617) 699-3452
  • Theresa Shaffer-Wilkinson, TCRG
    wilkinson.theresa@gmail.com
    (617) 479-0292
    
    
• Forbes School of Irish Step Dancing in Quincy at 42 Newcomb Street, Quincy, MA 02169 Phone: (617) 770-4129 E-mail: forbesschool@comcast.net
• Woods School of Irish Dance
  
  • South Boston
    168 H Street
    South Boston, MA
  • Hingham
    Old Ship Church Parish House 107 Main street
  • Charlestown
    Charlestown Working Theater on Bunkerhill Street