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Annie Stark

Dance Instructor


Annie is a third-generation Irish dancer in her family with roots in Sligo, Ireland. She is a champion Irish dancer and teacher with the Driscoll School of Irish dance where she trains and competes year round, as well as being a company member of the dance company Ceili at the Crossroads, a company that fuses traditional and modern Irish dance with contemporary dancing. Along with being a dancer, she is an accomplished Irish fiddler and preforms Sundays as the in-house dancer at O’Dowds Irish Pub in Kansas City. Annie studied violin at the Chicago Collage of Performing Arts, and the mixture of the two art forms encourages a unique perspective on Irish dance.

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Irish Dance for Teens & Adults 2[25SU]
06/2/25 - 07/21/25, 7:30PM - 8:25PM | MO
Ages 14 to 120 | Annie Stark | Lawrence Arts Center
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Members $128 | Non-Members $128
Students work on finishing and perfecting the four beginner soft shoe dances (reel, light jig, hop jig, slip jig), and three beginner hard shoe dances (hornpipe, treble jig, St. Patrick’s Day set dance). We then begin advanced soft shoe techniques.

For those who have completed of Irish dance 1 and with teacher recommendation.

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Irish dance 4 / Advanced[25SU]
06/2/25 - 07/21/25, 5:30PM - 6:25PM | MO
Ages 8 to 18 | Annie Stark | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling Now | CDYRT1
Members $128 | Non-Members $128
Students will learn advanced speed reel, slip jig, treble jig and hornpipe.

For those who has completed Irish dance 3 and with teacher recommendation.

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Irish Dance for Teens & Adults 1[25SU]
06/2/25 - 07/21/25, 6:30PM - 7:25PM | MO
Ages 14 to 120 | Annie Stark | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling Now | CDAR1
Members $128 | Non-Members $128
Beginner-level students will learn fundamental movements and learn to combine them into upbeat group dances called céilís.

No previous experience required.

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Irish dance 3 / Intermediate[25SU]
06/2/25 - 07/21/25, 4:30PM - 5:25PM | MO
Ages 8 to 18 | Annie Stark | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling Now | CDYR21
Members $128 | Non-Members $128
Students have learned all four beginner soft shoe dances (reel, light jig, hop jig, slip jig), and work on finishing and perfecting the three beginner hard shoe dances (hornpipe, treble jig, St. Patrick’s Day set dance).

For those who completed Irish dance 2 and with teacher recommendation.

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Irish Dance 1 / Intro to Irish Dance[25SU]
06/6/25 - 07/25/25, 4:30PM - 5:25PM | FR
Ages 7 to 14 | Annie Stark | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling Now | CDYR15
Members $112 | Non-Members $112
These classes are upbeat and involve traditional and choreographed modern Irish dances. Beginner-level students will learn fundamental movements and the basic jig and reel steps.

Grades 2-8, No previous experience required. No class on July 4.

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Irish dance 2 / Advanced Beginner[25SU]
06/6/25 - 07/25/25, 5:30PM - 6:25PM | FR
Ages 8 to 18 | Annie Stark | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling Now | CDYR25
Members $112 | Non-Members $112
Irish dancers will add the Hop Jig and the Slip Jig to their beginner soft shoe repertoire, and learn basic hard shoe movements.

For those who have completed Irish dance 1 and with teacher recommendation. No class on July 4.

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