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2025 Michigan Celtic Festival
2025 Michigan Celtic Festival
Over the summer, Léim participated at the 2025 Michigan Celtic Festival, hosted at the Washtenaw County Fairgrounds. Our dancers did a short set, including a jig workshop for the audience. Other exhibition events included Artscapade 2025 and Pride Outside 2025.
Competition
Competition
Léim participated in the 2025 National Collegiate Irish Dance Campionships, hosted by the University of Dayton. We took one 8-hand team and two 4-hand teams, with a fun number called "The Swashbuckling Suite of Seafaring Songs." Three dancers competed in the solo competitions.
Greetings from the Emerald Isle
Greetings from the Emerald Isle
Greetings from the Emerald Isle celebrated 2025's dancers' hard work in another spectacular performance on January 24, at the Lydia Mendelssohn theater. The dancing ranged from traditional sets to a fun Abba sequence at intermission. We welcomed back guest performers including MSU Irish Dance Club, Pure Dance, and Vibrance Dance---also including live music played by Roy Schlomer, Gabe Khouri, and Katie Zhao.
See the full show here
Midnight Madness 2024
Midnight Madness 2024
Again this December, members of Léim came out to entertain holiday shoppers in downtown Ann Arbor. As part of the Midnight Madness celebration, dancers and musicians braved the cold and performed multiple choreographies outside for over 2 hours. We had such a good time combining the holiday cheer with our Irish spirit!
Leap Year
Leap Year
Our 2024 annual show, titled Leap Year, was January 19th at the Mendelssohn Theater. This was the first year we livestreamed the show to viewers from all around. Dances included a High School Musical Themed dance, traditional sets, and the revival of live music. We brought back guest performers for a second time, including MSU Irish Dance team, Pure Dance, Outrage Dance, and Vibrance Dance.
See the full show here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW6jE34a5rjKdoFfC2K8d_T7nQa_HTJmE
Midnight Madness 2023
Midnight Madness 2023
This December, members of Léim came out to entertain holiday shoppers in downtown Ann Arbor. As part of the Midnight Madness celebration, dancers and musicians braved the cold and performed multiple choreographies outside for over 2 hours. It was a lovely night of dancing filled with holiday spirit! Enjoy a video of dancing to live music...
Pride Outside
Pride Outside
In early September members of the exhibition team performed at the annual UM Pride Outside event. Check out our performance to Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran.
MSU Showcase
MSU Showcase
In March our team was graciously hosted by the Michigan State Irish dance team in East Lansing. We performed our original choreography at their annual showcase and even collaborated with their dancers in a group dance. Thank you MSU!!!
UMIX Workshop
UMIX Workshop
To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, we collaborated with the UM Center for Campus Involvement to teach students the basics of Irish dance. During a UMIX Late Night event we taught enthusiastic newbies basic steps and a simple group dance.
Rhythms of Ireland
Rhythms of Ireland
Our 2023 annual show kicked off on February 3rd at the Mendelssohn Theater. The theme was "Rhythms of Ireland" and showcased the dancing talents of our members, regardless of past experience. Highlights of the show included a boy-band themed full group dance to music by BTS, 5SOS, CNCO, One Direction, and the Backstreet Boys, as well as an advanced hard-shoe a cappella number, many traditional sets, and dances to Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Star Wars, and Tangled. This was also the first year we incorporated guest performances - including the MSU Irish Dance team, comedy by Joe Gailey, and For Good Measure a cappella. Videos of the performance are available on our youtube channel.
Midnight Madness 2022
Midnight Madness 2022
Members of the Léim exhibition team performed outside of Connor O'Neils pub in downtown Ann Arbor to the delight of passersby. The 2022 Midnight Madness performance featured a number of dances including original choreography to Christmas in Killarney by The Irish Rovers. Watch our featured video!!
2022 Show
2022 Show
Our 2022 annual show was held at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater in January. Titled "Celtic Caras," this exhibition was an original production highlighting Léim's diverse range of Irish dancing skills. Dances were modern, traditional, hard-shoe, and soft-shoe, and were entirely choreographed by the members. Highlights of the show included a disco-themed full group dance to a medley of 70s tunes, an advanced hard-shoe a cappella number, and of course the annual alumni dance performed with past members....
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