Riverdance stars cross on tricks to budding Irish dancers from Ukraine
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krainian refugees who’ve discovered a love for Irish dancing since shifting to Dublin have been handled to a lesson of a lifetime when Riverdance stars dropped in to cross on some suggestions.
The group attends a weekly dancing class in Rathmines Ukrainian Community Centre in south Dublin taken by 17-year-old Kristina Bondarenko.
The schoolgirl, who’s initially from Odesa, started instructing herself Irish dancing six years in the past utilizing on-line movies.
Kristina and her mom Oksana moved to Ireland following the outbreak of the battle final 12 months they usually have lived in Lucan in west Dublin for the previous 12 months.
The teenager, who attends St Joseph’s College in Lucan, was giving her ordinary dance class on Wednesday when two particular company joined them.
Dancers Emma Mannion from Roscommon and Jason O’Neill from Belfast are a part of the troupe starring within the Riverdance twenty fifth anniversary present on the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin.
The professionals placed on a workshop for the Ukrainian Irish dancing fanatics on Wednesday afternoon.
“It was so unexpected, it was really exciting. It was so, so nice,” stated Kristina.
“We were delighted to see real professionals, real Riverdance dancers, it was so good.
“In Ukraine I see Riverdance only on TV or the internet but I have seen the Riverdance performance three times in Ireland, so I was delighted to see them, it was so brilliant.”
Kristina stated she would sooner or later wish to emulate the Riverdance stars and change into an expert Irish dancer herself.
“I am training in Irish dance every day for one hour and I really want to grow up and be an Irish dancer,” she stated.