Since 1998, the Bessie Award nominated Darrah Carr Dance has created a unique blend of traditional Irish step and contemporary modern dance. The company draws from Irish music, step dance footwork, and spatial patterns to create high-energy, rhythmically-based dances. Carr calls her style ModERIN, which is a playful combination of the words modern (dance) and ERIN (an Irish American reference to Ireland). She and her Irish step dance partner, Niall O’Leary, have performed in a variety of venues ranging from Disney World to the Osaka Festival Hall in Japan. They are featured dancers in Absolutely Irish!, a PBS documentary with a cast of traditional Irish musicians led by Mick Moloney. In 2022, Carr collaborated with Seán Curran on an ensemble work entitled Cèilì.
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