ANSWERS

1) your legs go higher in the Irish dancing and a different type of shoe is used for the two different styles of dance.

2) your left foot.

3) 80 different figures and over 100 different musical pieces.

4) The Book of Kells

5) true

6) true

7) Taps have a thinner metal piece on both the toe and the heel  while an Irish hardshoe has a thick piece on fiber glass on both the toe and the heel. Also, a tapshoe has either a buckle or laces and a hardshoe has both.

8) 1,2,3's,sevens,and hop-heel-downs.

9) false

10) An Irish hardshoe has both a buckle and laces so that if one breaks, the other will still hold the shoe on the dancer's foot.

11) The French Medley

12) "Reel around the Sun" from Riverdance.

13) Traditional Irish Dancing

14) Maintain a straight,motionless upper body.

15) 4/4 time

16) 6/8 time

17)  The two types of dances are simple and complex.
         Simple reel: Dancing with Mrs. White.
         Complex reel: The Call to Dance.
         Simple Jig: Celtic dream.
         Complex Jig: Billy peddle.