O'Shea Irish Dance

Athleticism & Artistry

Your source for world-class Irish dance classes, solo and team competition, and professional Irish dance and music shows in Saint Paul.

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Pre-School Classes

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Boys Dance Too!

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Summer Camps

Ceili team stands on podium in first place, still surprised and delighted.

Céili Teams!

Professional Irish Dance Shows

Competition

O'Shea Irish Dance is led by director Cormac O'Sé T.C.R.G. (certified instructor with An Coimisiún Le Rinci Gaelacha), original cast member of Riverdance & native of Dublin, Ireland. Cormac comes from a deep pedigree with the legendary Scoil Rince Uí Shé of Dublin, Ireland, taught by his parents for the last 48 years. Cormac toured for six years with Riverdance, performing over 2000 performances, across four continents to over two million people. He can be seen in the original film, Riverdance, The Show and four other film productions.

Established in 2005, OID provides Irish dance classes and training for the demanding and technical art form of traditional and competitive Irish Step dance where dancers train as artists, musicians, and athletes. Teaching ages three to adult, OID instructors inform the whole dancer to train a healthy body in strength, flexibility, and fitness as well as a healthy mind in confidence, discipline, and performance.

OID currently has two T.C.R.G. qualified instructors, Cormac O'Se and Sandra Mullan. A school must have a T.C.R.G. for their students to compete in Irish dance.

OID's Minnesota dancers have achieved 9 Regional Solo Championship titles, 2 Regional Ceili Titles, 4 National Championship Titles and 6 top-ten placements in the World Championships bringing the only 2 world globes home to the state.

O’Shea Irish Dance features their dancers in performances throughout the year, and produces two professional, full-length theatrical shows annually at several Twin Cities venues, including Stepping Stone Theater, Chanhassen Dinner Theater, and the Fitzgerald Theater. Register for Irish dance classes today.

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Champions

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O'Shea Irish Dancers compete at:

Regional Oireachtas

November 28-30, 2019 in Louisville, KY at the Kentucky International Convention Center.

Oireachtas

Worlds (CLRG)

April 5 - 12, 2020 in The 50th CLRG Worlds will be held at Convention Centre Dublin, returning to the city where the inaugural championship was held in 1970.

CLRG

Nationals (NAIDC)

July 2 - 6, 2020, in Nashville, TN at the Galylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.

NAIDC

Centrally located in the Twin Cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and easily accessible from locations like Wayzata, Bloomington, Woodbury, Coon Rapids, and everywhere in between - just off Interstate 94.