New to RI: In step with an Irish dance master (sort of)
You know those people who make incredibly complex things look easy? Kevin Doyle is one of them.
Feet flying, heels clicking, legs kicking, the longtime Irish step dancer moves with sureness and precision, chiming into the music with the percussive snap of his shoes against the wood floor.
He’s been doing this a long time — 62 years, to be exact. He picked it up from his mother, Margaret Taylor, a native of Castlerea, a town nestled in Ireland’s County Roscommon. His training started during his upbringing in Providence’s Fox Point, where Doyle’s home was regularly packed with a crowd of Irish musicians, something he assumed was standard in all homes.
As the music played, eventually, Margaret would roll back the rug and begin dancing. Doyle, watching what he described as nothing short of joy, wanted to learn.
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