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The Jig Is Up! (IrishCentral)

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:06:21 PDT

By: SHEILA LANGAN

As an Irish American who had a very culturally rich childhood, I may be something of an anomaly in that I never once tried Irish step dancing. I never raised a foot to a jig or a reel, never donned a massive curly wig, never learned how to jump two feet in the air while keeping my arms perfectly still.

Meet the stars of new documentary "Jig" - producer Sue Bourne - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:15:24 PDT

Creative Scotland's award-winning filmmaker Sue Bourne stepped out of the world as she knew it when she decided to pitch creating a documentary of the World Irish Dancing Championships Her first obstacle was presenting to 100 members of An Comisiun le Rinci Gaelacha in Dublin, whose protective hold on competitive Irish dancing world-wide is a well-known deterrent to all publicity Bourne was delighted to get full permission to produce the film and set about on a two- year journey to study, select and then chronicle the journeys of 8 solo competitors from New York, Northern Ireland, The Netherlands, and United Kingdom and a team from Moscow to the World Irish Dancing Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in 2010Bourne, whose award-winning works include "Mum and Me" which won the Best Documentary Award at the Celtic Media Film Festival and "My Street" which won the Best Documentary at Broadcast Awards, is used to delving deep inside human nature and knocking on doors to get answers to questions nobody else is asking READ MORE

Jig Trailer, A Feature Length Documentary by Award Winning Producer/Director Sue Bourne (IrishCentral)

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:25:20 PST

Two years in the making, JIG, was funded by BBC Scotland and Creative Scotland It was the first time the controlling body of competitive Irish dance had ever allowed an outsider to film this fiercely competitive world What Sue Bourne discovers is a remarkable world Sue Bourne discovers wonderfully diverse characters of all ages from the United States, Holland, England, Ireland, Scotland and Russia performing in what is a hot bed of dedication, hard work, obsession and passion READ MORE