Can I book Green Steps for a corporate or private event?

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Yes. According to the Green Steps website (greensteps.dk), the ensemble can be booked for performances at corporate events and private events, with or without a live band, and with the option of Irish social dance instruction as part of the booking. Booking starts with a request submitted through the website.

What Green Steps offers

Green Steps is an Irish dance ensemble that performs modern Irish step dance in original choreography. The site describes two performance modes:

  • Hard shoe — rhythmic step sequences
  • Soft shoe — high, graceful jumps above the stage floor

Both are performed to traditional Irish rhythms: jig, reel, hornpipe and slip jig. Dancers keep their arms close to the body while the energy of the music comes out through the footwork — the visual and musical elements are presented as one combined experience.

Booking options at a glance

Option What it means Choose it if
Performance only Green Steps dances to recorded or provided music You want a compact dance feature within an existing programme
Performance with live band Green Steps performs with The Early House You want a full concert-style Irish evening
Add dance instruction Teaching in Irish social dance You want guests to participate, not just watch

The live-band pairing is with The Early House, described on the site as a high-energy band with plenty of swing. Its lineup is Paddy Lawless on violin, Joel Andersson on harmonica, Martin O'Hare on bodhrán, and Doyle on vocals and guitar. Green Steps performs original choreography to the band's music.

Two formats to consider

Irish evening / concert with The Early House & Green Steps

A concert experience combining Irish music and step dance. This suits organisations that want a headline entertainment slot rather than background performance.

"Grá" — a music and dance production

A stage production set against Ireland's green hills and fairy-filled mythology, where past and present merge: traditional Irish folk melodies are reinterpreted and combined with new dance choreography. Green Steps performs energetic Irish step dance and elegant soft-shoe pieces. The performance is built from small stories told through song, music and dance.

On stage: five dancers, a live orchestra, and singer, flute player, choreographer and dancer Marianne Green, who created "Grá" and is described on the site as acclaimed by reviewers. This format fits a larger venue and a audience expecting a full theatrical programme rather than a short booking.

How to proceed

  1. Decide the format: standalone performance, performance with The Early House, or the "Grá" production.
  2. Decide whether you want the live band and whether you want dance instruction included.
  3. Submit a booking request through the website's booking enquiry link.
  4. Confirm practical details — date, venue, stage space and technical needs — directly with the ensemble, since the site does not publish these.

Points to check before committing

  • Stage and floor requirements are not specified on the site; hard-shoe dance in particular needs a suitable surface, so raise this in your enquiry.
  • Pricing, travel range and availability are not stated on the site — treat these as open questions for the booking dialogue.
  • Audience language: the site content is in Danish, and the productions are described for Danish venues, so confirm whether introductions or narration can be adapted for an international audience.
  • "Grá" is a larger production (five dancers plus orchestra), so it implies different venue and budget expectations than a short event performance.