Bluegrass Ceili Academy

Jul182019 by BCANo Comments

Bluegrass Ceili Academy receives 2019 LexArts community arts grant

Bluegrass Ceili Academy, Irish Dance Classes in Lexington

Lexington's community-based Irish dance school, Bluegrass Ceili Academy, has again been awarded a community arts development grant by LexArts. The grant will provide scholarships to dancers for the 2019-2020 class year. "It's an absolute honor for us to be supported by LexArts, through its Fund for the Arts, which is funded in part by the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government," said Academy director Megan Moloney. "As a community-based program, our partners -- including LexArts and Lexington Parks and Recreation -- make what we do possible." "With this grant, we'll be able make Irish dance an option for more students in our community, including both children and adults," Moloney said. LexArts is greater Lexington's premier cultural development, advocacy and fund raising organization. This is the second year Bluegrass Ceili Academy has…

Jul142019 by BCANo Comments

Summer doesn’t slow down for this Lexington Irish dance school

Bluegrass Ceili Academy, Community

From festivals to competitions to free classes, Bluegrass Ceili Academy, a community-based Lexington Irish dance school keeps the activities going all summer long. While our 2018-2019 classes wrapped up at the beginning of May, our dancers have kept dancing all summer long. On May 10, our youth Irish dance class took the stage at the Lexington Opera House for their year-end recital. https://www.instagram.com/p/BxTQBERlKgh/ The next day, our adults and a few of our youth dancers traveled up I-75 to Cincinnati for the Queen City Feis. https://www.instagram.com/p/BxU1OSwlRpR/ Then it was back home for the final night of Opera House recitals -- this time our Lexington Irish dance school team dancers took to the stage. (Be sure to scroll through all three photos below!) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxWC4-eFAeh/ Summer is festival season and there's no…

Mar52019 by BCANo Comments

2019’s Irish dance March madness in Lexington is upon us

Local Events

The season of St. Patrick is upon us and that means it's time for some Irish dance March madness here in Central Kentucky. Our Bluegrass Ceili Academy dancers have their hands full with performances, parades and more. We hope you'll be able to join us for some of the events listed below. Bluegrass Ceili Academy's Irish Dance March Madness February 23 Stonewall Elementary Arts Night March 1 New Opportunity School for Women, Berea (private performance) March 7 First Thursday at McCarthy's with the Lexington Irish dance & music community, 8:30 p.m. (Irish time) March 10 KET Telefund (private performance) March 11 Live with Lee and Hayley/ WLEX-TV - watch online Out & About with DeAnn Stephens /WKYT-TV March 12 Lexington Fund for the Arts Campaign Kickoff at the Kentucky Theatre,…

Jan22019 by BCANo Comments

Bluegrass Ceili Academy supports adoption of CLRG anti-bullying policy

Bluegrass Ceili Academy

On Jan. 2, 2019, An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha (CLRG) - the Irish Dancing Commission - sent its members a copy of the the organization's proposed anti-bullying policy. Bluegrass Ceili Academy, Lexington's community-based Irish dance program, supports this policy and immediately adopted the proposed statement. A copy of of the policy is below: Bullying and unkindness, whether physical or emotional, are entirely unacceptable at Bluegrass Ceili Academy. It conflicts sharply with the school's principles and will always be treated seriously. Bullying is behavior by an individual or group, repeated over time, which intentionally hurts another individual or group, either physically or emotionally.Bullying can take many forms (including cyber-bullying via text messages or the internet).If you feel that you are being bullied, or are concerned about bullying, please contact your teacher…

Nov132018 by Megan MNo Comments

Got shoes? Our Lexington Irish dance program will take them!

Community

While our community-based Lexington Irish dance program has had a lot of support at filling our used shoe bin over the past year, we can still use your help. If you have lightly used or outgrown shoes you could donate, we’d be happy to have them. What do our Lexington Irish dance students need? Our students are mostly ages 4-9 and while our bin is full of itty-bitty shoes, we're looking for donations of children's sizes 10 and up. Have other sizes? We'll be happy to accept those, too. Why do we need your donations? Currently, none of the dance supply stores in Lexington stock ghillies or hard shoes, and local competitions where vendors may be selling shoes are hours (and months) away from the start of our classes. We're also a…

Nov62018 by BCANo Comments

Our percussive Irish dance workshop in Lexington is back!

Instruction

We're honored to announce that Bluegrass Ceili Academy is once again one of the sponsors of an exciting Irish dance workshop in Lexington coming this January 18-20. Whether you tap, clog, Irish dance or just enjoy a good toe-tapping tune, we invite you to spend your weekend with us making music with your feet. Join us as we bring acclaimed dancer and instructor Mary Beth Taylor to Lexington from Dublin, Ireland, for three days of traditional old style Irish séan nos and set dancing classes. Visit our Workshop info page for the schedule, registration fees and class descriptions. What are you going to learn over the three-day workshop? The older styles of Irish dancing we'll study are perhaps less athletic and demanding on the dancer’s body than its modern competitive…

Aug192018 by Megan MNo Comments

Join our community-based Lexington Irish dance school – enroll this week!

Bluegrass Ceili Academy, Instruction, Irish Dance Classes in Lexington

You've always wanted to try something new, right? Now is the time to dance with our community-based Lexington Irish dance school where you'll find fun, affordable instruction with a certified teacher for both children and adults. Our classes are offered in partnership with Artworks at the Carver School, a community cultural arts program in downtown Lexington. What is our Lexington Irish dance school like? We focus our dance classes on group choreography — known as ceili dancing — for fun, for exercise, for performance and for competition. Registration for 2018-2019 classes will begin in August 22, 2018 at noon via the Lexington Parks and Recreation website. View the full 2018-2019 Kiddie Kapers & Company Program schedule. New this year! We’re adding a pre-school Irish Dance class on Mondays for children ages 3-5. Our Lexington Irish dance school…

Aug12018 by BCANo Comments

Bluegrass Ceili Academy awarded LexArts community arts grant

Bluegrass Ceili Academy, Community, Uncategorized

Lexington's community-based Irish dance school, Bluegrass Ceili Academy, has been awarded a community arts development grant by LexArts to provide scholarships to dancers for the 2018-2019 class year. "We're truly honored for the generous support of LexArts, through its Fund for the Arts, which is funded in part by the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government," said Academy director Megan Moloney. "With this grant, we'll be able to bring Irish dance to more students in our community, including both children and adults." According to LexArts' website, since its inception, the organization has raised millions of dollars in support of the local arts through its annual Fund for the Arts. In turn, LexArts underwrites general operating expenses for a variety of arts organizations and offers competitive Community Arts Grants for arts projects…

Jul192018 by Megan MNo Comments

9 reasons our Irish dance classes in Lexington will make your heart sing

Bluegrass Ceili Academy, Irish Dance Classes in Lexington

“Do what makes your heart sing.” At Bluegrass Ceili Academy, Irish dancing does just that – makes our hearts sing and our spirits soar...and we want to share that with you! If you've been thinking about trying something new and different -- for yourself or your child -- stop by our August or September open house events to learn more about Irish dance classes in Lexington with our community-based program. Our Irish dance classes for both children and adults focus on a few things: fun, friendship, art and sport. Here are 9 reasons you'll want to join us! 1. Perspective matters The love of dance and music knows no age limit. Academy director and fifth generation Lexingtonian Megan Moloney learned Irish dance as an adult, proving that it isn’t just an…

Jun122018 by Megan MNo Comments

Another new chapter for our Lexington Irish dance school

Bluegrass Ceili Academy, Competitions

Sometimes the things staring you right in the face don't stand out as a milestone until someone else points it out. That's the case for our Lexington Irish dance school and the weekend coming up. This Father's Day weekend in Kentucky is also a back-to-back Irish dance competition weekend -- the Louisville Feis is Saturday and Lexington's Bluegrass Feis is Sunday. For those new to Irish dancing, a "feis" (pronounced "fesh") is a local dance competition. At our rehearsal Monday night, I was giving our dancers a pep talk -- you see, it's the first time each of them will be competing in Irish dance. One of the dancers pointed out that not only would it be a first for them, but it’s also the first for our community-based Lexington…