Irish Dancing Magazine + Celticore present "7 Steps to a Stronger Core" - the ultimate Pilates workout for Irish dancers. Celticore founder Joe Duffey demonstrates 7 essential Pilates moves designed to help you build a strong core and take your dancing to the next level. Great for all ages & skil...

Our focus here on "strength & length" combines a dynamic standing stretching series with mat core work. Pilates practice helps us create space & length in our body to assist us with challenging aspects of Irish dancing. Be sure to check out the "standing saw" - a take on the traditional "saw" ex...

Here, we begin with a series of "classic core" exercises, designed to increase length and agility in your abdominal region, and then finish out our workout with several deep stretches. It's always a good reminder: take time after this workout to focus on goal setting and healthy habit building....

Here, we present another segment of our "Technique Clinic" series, designed especially for Majors / Oireachtas training. Joe will guide you through a combination standing & quadruped position (hands & knees) workout to tone your legs, glutes and core in order to help facilitate the graceful jump...

In this special "technique clinic" Pilates workout, we're focusing in on a few particular aspects of Irish dance technique which many dancers often find challenging. This feature is especially designed to assist dancers with their final weeks of competition preparation. In this workout, we use ...

As we know, arm strength is vital for Irish dancers in order to maintain good posture and upper body control. In this "Arm Clinic" workout, we'll focus on our triceps and shoulders. Additionally, we introduce a fun exercise called "rapid fire arms"!

Level: All Levels
What You Need: Mat
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There are two parts to this video workout: the first part focuses on posture, engaging your arms, upper back and challenging your abdominal stability. The second part, as requested by a Celticore monthly subscriber, is a super-challenging ab set designed to ignite your core and help stay one ste...

This workout focuses on balance + control, two critical aspects of navigating the competition & show stage. We employ a flowing set of exercises designed to help you stabilize and isolate movement, including a challenging series of moves we like to call "Celticore clicks". Enjoy your workout! ...

We will begin with a creative take on the "saw" - a traditional Pilates exercise that helps to create length in your back, increase hamstring flexibility & strengthen your obliques. From there, we add in some dynamic stretches to mobilize & protect our knees (a request received from a dancer) an...

In this video, Alex takes you through her warm up ritual, developed to help set the stage for success as a dancer! Learn specific techniques for warming up/working your toes, feet, ankles and calves!

Here's some bonus movement science terms which are beneficial for YOU:

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In this video, Alex takes you through additional techniques within her Pilates-inspired warm-up ritual, developed to help set the stage for success as a dancer! Learn specific techniques for warming up/working your toes, feet, ankles and calves!

Here's some bonus movement science terms which a...

Try this comprehensive mat workout - with some props optional - a great way to ignite your core and stretch everything out! Enjoy!

We're excited to present this NEW all-level workout that will begin standing up to reinforce good Pilates-inspired form for Irish dance technique, and then we'll transition to our mats to fire up our core! This workout is designed for everyone, and you only need a small amount of space to practi...