Performing Company

The Belisama Irish Dance Company is known for its joyful, energetic traditional dancing and its whimsical forays into other styles of music and dance. Repertory includes elements from sean nós (old-style Irish dance), jazz, swing, and modern dance. The Company’s dances are showcased in the Rhythm of Fire performance around St. Patrick’s Day each year and at other venues throughout the region.

Company choreography and music is often created through collaboration with internationally known choreographers and performers such as Michael Patrick Gallagher, a former Irish dance world champion and lead of Riverdance; modern dance choreographer and former Stomp member Seán Curran; Boston Sean Nós (old-style Irish dance) dancer and choreographer Kieran Jordan; fiddler Laura Cortese; and Ronan McCormack, also a former member of the Riverdance company and a world-renowned Irish dance choreographer.

Performing Company dancers have appeared with internationally known artists such as Natalie MacMaster, Eileen Ivers, Trinity Irish Dance Company, Lúnasa, and Gaelic Storm. Several Company members are regional or national dance champions.