Intro to Irish Dancing – Wardrobe

so the next thing we’re going to look at
is Irish dance dresses originally people
would just wear their Sunday best when
going to perform or when just going to
the regular dance class if you’re
practicing with your teacher for the
most part you’re just wearing sweats
shorts leggings a t-shirt or tank top is
usually what you would wear but when
you’re getting into competition in
performances it’s a little bit more
elaborate for competitions usually
dancers wear solo dresses or a school
dress which is provided by your teacher
and usually chosen as well the price of
justice has also skyrocketed it can go
from a thousand to three thousand
dollars some dancers who are not
currently living in Ireland choose to
have their dresses come from Ireland
which you can imagine the cost of
shipping and handling and just the dress
making itself so when you’re competing
always remember to bring your trusty wig
I personally have had one for the past
maybe seven years originally it used to
take me about three hours to curl my
hair and then about an hour to take it
out so you can imagine how much time
that took not for me but for my mom so
wigs usually cost anywhere from a
hundred to two hundred dollars but the
time that you stay from curling your
hair is incredible and worth it and the
reason that we curl our hair is just
it’s a tradition in Ireland girls always
had nice ringlets so we just kept that
going and in competitions it’s very very
possible that you’ll see almost every
dancer with a wig unless of course
you’re talking about the younger girls