Television review: The Year That Rocked Irish Dancing opens before an explosive ‘fixing’ scandal had become public
The Year That Rocked Irish Dancing: behind the jigs and the reels, an 'open secret’ lurked - that of allged widespread cheating. Photograph Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Why did the BBC get the lawyers in? The reason is hinted at in the voiceover that introduces The Year That Rocked Irish Dancing , an otherwise unremarkable portrait of the competitive world of Irish dancing. However, all that lay far in the future as the cameras start rolling for the BBC film. We meet Derry dance instructor Rosetta McConomy. She doesn’t take prisoners and approaches dancing much as a drill sergeant would a squad of unruly troops. “A few think I’m their mammy. I’m sure a lot think I’m a bitch,” she says wryly.
Also attending the world championships in Belfast are American dancers Riley and Liam. They’ve arrived in Belfast for intense prep. Riley’s mother says the appeal of Irish dance is its tooth-and-claw nature. “It’s not this ‘everybody gets a trophy’ world’,” she says. “There are winners and losers. I like that aspect of it. That’s real life.”
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