Ciara Sexton, 2010 All Ireland Champion, 2010 World Champion & Lead of Lord of the Dance is a true role model an inspiration to dancers and teachers globally. For as fabulous as she is in accomplishments, she is twice as humble!
I was personally given the pleasure to share the stage with Ciara at the 2010 All Ireland Championships. We were backstage for our first round and I kept asking the other contenders if they would like to switch rotations with me as I did not want to "battle" the stage with such an icon in the dancing industry! After frightening the other competitors with my panic, I decided to have a chat with Ciara. By the time we walked on stage together, our faces were beaming with delight as we had realized we made a new friendship.
Ciara won the entire competition and I came in 25th place - although we were both pleased with our placements, we were even more excited we had made a connection. It's been over a year and thanks to Facebook messaging, I still keep in touch with this incredible woman!
The moral of the story: Irish dancing is competitive, but the Irish dancing world does not and should not revolve around competition. Your Irish dancing experience is what you make of it and you won't make it far unless you embrace the other dancers and form life long friendships!
Let's raise our glass to Ciara - five time World Champion and true Irish dance success story! May we all strive to be like her one day and if we don't get there, at least we made great friends along the way!
Pictured below: Meagan McGough and 2010 All Ireland Champion, Ciara Sexton!
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