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Katie Grubiak IRISH STEP DANCE CLASS SCHEDULE Katie Grubiak fuses Irish dance with diverse forms of movement and musical traditions. Ultimately she has created a new genre of Irish dance. Through the union of movement with music, she crosses boundaries of time and culture, expressing humanity, universality, and bringing the individual closer to one's soul. Ms. Grubiak has performed and collaborated with many different artists including the Liam Harney Irish Dance Company, Flamenco dancer Adrianna de Cillo, the Afro-Cuban, and Afro-Brazilian company Soul Beat, Irish percussionist David Page, the Irish rock band Young Dubliners, and world renowned traditional Irish musician Mick Moloney. She has toured across the United States and Europe, with performances at the Lyceum Theatre in San Diego, the Shrine Auditorium and Ford Amphitheater in Los Angeles, Redlands Bowl, the New Jersey State Senators' Ball, the American Ireland Fund, and the Liam Harney Irish Dance Company on stages throughout Germany and the rest of Europe. She debuted as soloist at A Celtic Festival in the annual August park series at the San Diego Museum of Art. Most recently she was the choreographer and featured dancer for Daiti, a show in tribute to an Irish uilleann pipe player at the Spreckles Theatre in San Diego. Ms. Grubiak is based in Los Angeles and focuses on collaborative, cross-cultural work with musicians and dancers. This is her vision of the evolution of Irish dance. In addition to Katie's busy schedule, she finds time to teach. She has taught for the Harney Academy in San Diego, YMCA Academy of Dance in Encinitas, the Soul Beat Dance School-multi-cultural studio in downtown San Diego, the Tap Academy in Santa Monica and the Los Angeles Metropolitan Performing Arts Academy. Most recently she began teaching at the prestigous Dance Arts Academy in Los Angeles. |