Travel to the distant land of Ireland with Music Center Teaching Artist Máire Clerkin and experience how a dancer prepares the body for dance to enjoy the energetic steps of Irish Dance. This lesson is ideal for grades 3-8.

Máire Clerkin is an Irish dance and theatre artist from London, of Irish parents. She moved to California in 2003, and has since taught for numerous educational organizations. A certified dance teacher and adjudicator with the Irish Dancing Commission in Dublin, and member of the Irish Dance Teachers of North America, Máire judges competitions worldwide, choreographs award-winning dance-drama productions and teaches at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and the University of Limerick in Ireland.