Jordan Dudney

Georgetown, Washington, DC, USA

703.899.5317

Jordan@DudneyIrishDance.com

www.DudneyIrishDance.com

The Dudney School of Irish Dance
Founded January 2005

Located:

Springfield, Virginia and DC

 

CREDENTIALS

 

T.C.R.G., An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha

June 2005

 

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

 

 

Concerts

 

 

White House, Washington, DC

 

 

·      Annual St. Patrick’s Day Party for US President and Irish Prime Minister with Celtic Thunder

1997

 

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC

 

 

·      Project Children Benefit for Northern Ireland with Celtic Thunder

1998

 

·      Irish Arts Festival Performance with Cimeara

1999

 

·      St. Patrick’s Day concert with Zan McLeod and Eliot Grasso

2004

 

·      St. Patrick’s Day Concert with Cherish the Ladies

2000

 

Filene Center, Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts, Vienna, VA

 

 

·      Washington Irish Festival Evening Concert as part of the Champion Irish Step Dancers Set

1997

 

Gaston Hall, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

 

 

·      Annual Free Irish Music Concert with Mick Moloney

1994-1999

 

Sacred Heart Church, Camden, NJ

 

 

·      Benefit for Northern Ireland hosted by Mick Moloney

1998-1999

 

Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC

 

 

·      Concert with Billy McComiskey, Brendan Mulvihill, Zan McLeod

1999

 

The Birchmere, Arlington, VA

 

 

·      Appearance with Clandestine

1998

 

Baird Auditorium, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

 

 

·      Performance with Kips Bay Ceili Band

1997

 

Harper-McNeely Auditorium, Davis and Elkins College, WV

 

 

·      Staff performances with Regan Wick, Dierdre Connolly, others as part of The Augusta Heritage Center’s Irish Week

1996-2000

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

·      Various Concerts throughout Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas with Cherish the Ladies and the Eileen Ivers Band

1999-2003

 

 

Festivals

 

 

The Washington Irish Festival

1994-2000

 

·      Performance Sets with Moving Coud; Patrick Mangan and Eliot Grasso; Cherish the Ladies; Celtic Thunder; the Next Generation; Trian; Cimeara; The Baltimore Ceili Band; The Tulla Ceili Band; The Eileen Ivers Band; and Mick Moloney, Robbie O’Connell, and James Keane

 

 

The Taste of D.C. Outdoor Festival

1996-1998

 

Children’s Inaugural Gala

1996

 

First Night New Years Eve Festival

1996-1999

 

The Baltimore Irish Festival

1997, 1998

 

Shepherdstown Music and Arts Festival

1998

 

The Potomac Celtic Festival

1996-1998

 

 

Television

 

 

Radio Telefís Éireann

 

 

·      Provided dance content for piece on Irish America and St. Patrick’s Day

1997

 

Washington, DC Stations: FOX, NBC, ABC, PBS, cable access.

 

 

·      Promotions for St. Patrick’s Day or Celtic events in the Washington, DC area

1993-1999

 

 

Other

 

 

Washington, DC and Alexandria, VA St. Patrick’s Day Parades

1985-1999

 

Various performances with the O’Neill-James School of Irish Dance, The Regan Wick School of Irish Dance, The Bill Maple School of Irish Dance

1985-1999

 

COMPETITION EXPERIENCE

 

 

Feiseanna

 

 

Southern Region Irish Dance Championships

 

 

·      First Place

1997, 1999-2002

 

·      Second Place

1998

 

World Irish Dance Championships

 

 

·      Qualifier/Participant

1996-2003

 

 

Other

 

 

MacDonald Scholarship for the Arts

 

 

·      Gold Medal and $1000 scholarship

1996, 1998

 

·      Silver Medal

1997, 1999

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

 

Irish Week, Augusta Heritage Center

 

 

Step Dance Instructor

1999, 2000

 

Step Dance Assistant Instructor

1996-1998

 

 

Drake School of Irish Dance

 

 

Assistant Instructor

 

 

·      Primary Instructor, Decatur, GA location

2002-2003

 

·      Private Lessons, Norcross, GA

2002-2003

 

 

Wick School of Irish Dance

 

 

Choreographed performances and rehearsed students

1994-1998

 

Offered private lessons

1998