Need help for music

xxDance1996xx · #1 08-05-2011, 11:24 PM

I'm doing an Irish dancing piece and I want to do it to music other than Irish (i.e. pop, jazz, classical, etc). The music can't be more than 2 minutes or it has to be an easy enough tune to cut down to 2 minutes. Any suggestions? I don't want to say what this routine is for yet as I want to keep it a surprise for the moment

I will reveal all in a couple of weeks......

One idea I'm thinking of is doing a ballet inspired Irish dance routine to the classical piece Farandole by Bizet. Another idea is to dance to the Mint Royale remix of Singing in the Rain, or do a routine to Got to Dance from the film (although a lot shorter). I'm also considering a couple of Florence and the Machine songs.

Any ideas? I don't hate Irish music; I actually love it. It's just that I want to kind of do a twist on Irish dancing, like the two Irish dancing acts on Britain's Got Talent this year or some of the acts on An Jig Gig. I want to show people that Irish dancing can be done to all types of music.

MurrayIrishDancerForLife · #2 08-05-2011, 11:32 PM

Well, classical music sounds cool.

I'm actually not a fan of most non-Irish music, but if you want a modern-sounding Irish piece, you could try Hugo's Big Reel by Solas.

It's really cool, and has some jazz and bluegrass influences (according to someone else - I wouldn't know either even if they whacked me over the head!) so it might fit the bill.

Sorry I can't help further.

xxDance1996xx · #3 08-05-2011, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MurrayIrishDancerForLife

Well, classical music sounds cool.

I'm actually not a fan of most non-Irish music, but if you want a modern-sounding Irish piece, you could try Hugo's Big Reel by Solas.

It's really cool, and has some jazz and bluegrass influences (according to someone else - I wouldn't know either even if they whacked me over the head!) so it might fit the bill.

Sorry I can't help further.

Thanks for your help

I'll look it up and see if it's ok to shorten.