{"id":29166,"date":"2015-11-23T15:54:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T15:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=29166"},"modified":"2015-11-23T15:54:10","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T15:54:10","slug":"irish-dancing-school-set-up-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/11\/23\/irish-dancing-school-set-up-in-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish dancing school set up in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former Riverdance cast member has established an Irish dancing school in Cardiff &#8211; and she&#8217;s recruiting new students.<\/p>\n<p>Nicola Dempsey, who first toured with Riverdance four years ago, acheived her dream of starting her own Irish dancing\u00a0school following a move to Cardiff in January. She is excited to add to her class numbers at the adult&#8217;s and children&#8217;s lessons in Roath&#8217;s Gate Centre.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29169\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/Nicola-Dempsey.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29169\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/Nicola-Dempsey-480x220.jpg\" alt=\"Nicola Dempsey teaching her class in Roath\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29169\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/Nicola-Dempsey-480x220.jpg\" alt=\"Nicola Dempsey teaching her class in Roath\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Nicola Dempsey teaching her class in Roath<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve only just started since September, and a lot of people are starting from scratch,&#8221; Nicola says. &#8220;At the moment we have about 15 people in the adult classes, but the numbers\u00a0differ each night. We cater for every level, from beginners right up, so everyone is welcome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegate.org.uk\/classes-at-the-gate\/adult-irish-dance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Irish dancing\u00a0classes<\/a> are held each Tuesday in the Gate Centre on Keppoch Street in Roath.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at Nicola performing some of the moves the students will eventually master.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Nicola Dempsey Irish dance teacher\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OSizKoogd6w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Nicola Dempsey Irish dance teacher\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OSizKoogd6w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicola Dempsey sets up Irish dancing classes in Roath<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":29168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[264,654,5081,98,149,4539],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-29166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-life","tag-culture-2","tag-exercise","tag-irish-dancing","tag-roath","tag-the-gate","tag-the-gate-arts-centre"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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