Our Celtic Journey
It’s all about the dance and the music!

The Nora Pickett Irish Dance Academy offers recreational, competitive and performance dance classes for boys and girls aged 4 to adult. Irish dance fosters personal and professional growth for each and every dancer at all levels.

The Academy's Performance Troupe, Eire Born Irish Dancers have performed in cities as far away as Zurich, Switzerland and New York, USA. They have also toured with Natalie MacMaster in North America and danced for the Queen during her Jubilee Tour.

Locally, Eire Born (pronounced "airborne") performs hundreds of shows. Their resumé is packed with occasions such as setting the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s stage on fire, rocking the docks at Steveston Pier, providing traditional dance shows, and audience participatory components for corporate and community events. Eire Born endears senior residences with music and dance that is not easily forgotten. They have also been known to liven up many a pub (Irish or not) with several rounds of thunderous Irish dance, especially during St. Patrick's Day Celebrations.