Irish vs. Tap! 💥 #shorts #irishdance #tapdance

[mahanaxar]

The only real difference to me is that irish has strict leg movements.

[benebacher]

So Irish is more about crossing the legs and tap keeps the legs more open

[bignlilshmoo]

Love this! I've done both and it's so interesting how many options there are for sounds and visuals.

[Blssmly._.]

Bro would be a professional upstairs neighbor big time😂

[regularhuh]

You can tell that the guy has a much harder time moving his upper body while tapping bc he’s so used to doing the opposite in Irish

[superstarbros.superstarb]

Tap dancing in my opinion is more like regular dancing movements except you just have to tap with a rythim with your feet, Irish’s is more of just a full dance in itself. The main difference is one is from America and the other is from Ireland lol.

[roisinhart]

Tap is more stompy and less restricted, and Irish is more refined and delicate with the steps.

[mickosmile]

Also, Irish activates core and maintains a 5th position (ballet terminology), tap is loose in positioning and core activation.

[ucbearcats]

The shoes are different -- Irish dance heavy shoes have fiberglass tips and heels, and tap shoes have two metal plates screwed into the soles.

[KitsuneyokaiNinetales]

Me and my cousin dancing with shoes that have mettalic soles:

[raynakiss]

Irish is more strict and tap is more fluid. Both are beautiful types of dance. ❤

[LordWyatt]

I genuinely can’t tell the difference but this is still very impressive:)
❤️🖤💛

[lux]

God this is so impressive and it’s so so so interesting to see the same sounds coming from completely different visuals!! 😮

[ranaanar]

OMG wait I just realized. You know that audio in the art tutorials be like trend, the tap/ irish dance literally has the same beat and rhythm

[priseispeek]

I feel like Irish has like very specific movements or something like that

[Antifag]

I first noticed that in Irish the step motion tends to be more forward and back,
whereas tap the movement is more out to the sides and back in. Plus tap allows the whole body to move and sway with a rhythm. With the irish aka Riverdance there's almost a disconnect between the upper and lower body.
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I heard a rumor...probably bogus...that the reason the arms remain so rigid is because some douchebag king outlawed dancing and for whatever reason it didn't count as dancing if the arms dont move.

[Merit]

Now this sound will be in my head … for looong a guess

[Mushroomy_.-._]

My gosh I made the like count 1k :D YA’LL DESERVE THIS THOUGH THE SOUND IS JUST ADDICTING

[mickosmile]

The steps are more annunciated in Irish dance. I see it as tap is to Irish dance, what contemporary/modern is to ballet.

[edrozenrozen]

In Ireland, the dancer knees don't last long!
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