Show requests
You want Irish Dance for your event? Great! Please contact us via our E-Mail, admin@ivy-irishdance-academy.ch.
Upcoming Events
Workshop with in May
From May 23rd to 25th, our heads of school Carmen Palensky and Philipp Gaber will be giving a 3-day workshop.
You are interested in participating, but aren’t part of our school yet? Please contact admin@ivy-irishdance-academy.ch or Irish.Dance@gmx.at to inform us about your curiosity!

Festival der Kulturen Rheinfelden
We are celebrating the world’s different cultures at the “Festival der Kulturen” in Rheinfelden, together with our Northern cousins of the School of Highland Dance.
Let’s celebrate together on June 1st, at 4 pm
Learn more about:
School of Highland Dance: https://highlanddance.ch/
Festival der Kulturen: https://bak-roots.ch/

Past Events
Junges Basel Tanzt!
We were honoured to be part of Junges Basel tanzt on Sunday, 18th of May at Gare du Nord, from 14.00 to 15.30.
You missed the opportunity to see us? Find snapshots of our performance on our Instagram and on the Festival’s website, or come and see us live!
Find out more about the Tanzfestival here: https://dastanzfest.ch/basel/programm/junges-basel-tanzt/

Trial lesson
Our wonderful assistant teacher was teaching the basics of Irish Dancing to everyone who was interested to join!
Please be aware that this did not happen in our normal studio! Normally, our classes take place:
La Rosa Studio, Burgweg 15, 4058 basel
Find out more about the festival here:
https://dastanzfest.ch/basel/programm/irish-dance/

Open Space
We are excited to be part of Open Space on Saturday, 17th of May, on Kasernenareal between 15.00 and 17.00.
After seeing us do a performance, you could join us, step into the rhythm, and get a feel for the energy and joy of this dynamic dance form. Find snapshots of our performance on our Instafram and the Festival’s website.
Find out more about the festival here: https://dastanzfest.ch/basel/programm/open-space/


St. Patrick’s Day Show on 15.3.2025
The Basel Irish Club invited us to do a small show at their St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, followed by a Céilí for everyone to join in.

Public Céilí Class
On December 14th, from 12:30 to 1:30 PM, we were in the Foyer Public of Theater Basel!
Amidst the Christmas decorations, we danced in groups to perfect our Céilí dances.
Missed it? Don’t worry—our next open-door day is coming up on March 22nd, 2025! Stay tuned for more details and join us to experience the joy of dancing!
Show on the Open Stage
On December 1st we did a small show on the “Offene Bühne” in the Engelhof.
The atmosphere was welcoming and wonderful and we enjoyed being there. Thank you so much for joining us!

Trial Lesson in the Tanzcafé Public
Every month the Tanzbüro Basel shares invites a different dance school to share their passion in the Foyer Public of the Theater Basel.
We were delighted to be able to do a little trial lesson on November 24th from 14:00 to 15:00.
Thank you so much for joining us on the dance floor and we hope to see you in our regular lessons!

Kinder in Bewegung – Eltern vernetzt
We were invited to be part of the offer “Kinder in Bewegung – Eltern vernetzt” on the 1st of September. This was an event organised by gsünderbasel and we were glad to see you there!

Show at the Breiti Open in June
We were really happy to do a small performance at the Breiti Open! The show was followed by a Céilí for everyone to join in.
We enjoyed dancing with all of you to this very special occasion!
More information can be found at @mjabasel_ost or @vereinsichtbar.

Trial lesson in our studio at the Tanzfest Basel
We were happy do be able to do a trial lesson as a part of the Tanzfest Basel.
It was great to see so many interested people that came to meet us at our Studio! We hope to see you in our regular classes soon.
© Gaspard Weissheimer
St. Patrick’s Day Show on 17.3.2024
The Basel Irish Club invited us to do a small show at their St. Patrick’s Day Celebration in the Safranzunft, followed by a Céilí for everyone to join in.
We enjoyed dancing with all of you to this very special occasion!
© Ian Brouwer
St. Patrick’s Open Door Day on 16.3.2024
To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, we decided to do an open door day on the 16th of March 2024. So you could drop by, look at what our classes look like and maybe even try dancing yourself!
We were happy to welcome you in our studio from 10am to 12am. To find more information about the classes, you can check the classes section of our website.
GKG Show – “Sportnacht”
It was a honour for us to be able to dance with all the awesome people that participated at this event! Thank you Gymnasium Kirschgarten for inviting us!

