An amazing achievement for Team Ireland on the world stage
Four talented local dancers, all from Kidkast Theatre School, travelled to San Sebastian in Spain recently where, alongside dancers from Dublin, Kildare, and Kerry, they competed successfully with Team Ireland in the Dance World Cup 2022.
Dancers from all over Ireland auditioned to be part of Team Ireland for the World Championships in Germany last November, but unfortunately due to Covid restrictions, this event was cancelled at the last minute.
Team Leader, and IDO President Dr. Trish Melton from Kerry Tap Ensemble submitted the dancers through video qualifying rounds and over 30 Irish entries were selected for the Finals in San Sebastian with one group piece awarded the highest scoring entry in the qualifying rounds. Of the 13 dancers on the team, four are from Drogheda.
Dancer Katarina Roberts from Kerry attained Gold for Ireland in the Tap section, a proud an emotional moment with Team Ireland onstage for our National Anthem.
The local dancers were also outstanding in the Tap section – Oisin Dunne was part of the Senior small group who were awarded second place and silver medals for Ireland. Oisin also placed 4th in the duo competition and 8th in the solo.
Meanwhile, Asha Kiernan Woods and Isobel Murtagh placed 8th in Duo, with their groups placing 7th & 11th with Saoirse Dunne also part of the group placing 7th. An amazing achievement on the world stage.
The dancers trained via Zoom several times per week over the past 15 months, with several trips to Tralee for team training with Dr. Trish and Kerry Tap Ensemble. Hard work definitely paid off with the fantastic results from the team.
All four dancers continue their training with Kidkast Theatre School, while Oisin, having completed a year of full-time dance training in Inchicore College, will be going to the UK to train on the degree course in the prestigious Performers College in Essex this September.
