Stepping out for the dance festival

FOUR days of dancing got under way today with the opening of the annual Damhsa Fest, Cork’s international folk dance festival.

The festival programme includes a daily schedule of interactive street performances by dance troupes from Egypt, France, Estonia and Ireland in venues around the county.

Festival highlights include a brush dance world record attempt in Fermoy this Saturday, where organisers hope to assemble more than 500 dancers to beat the current title of 490 set in Eyre Square, Galway.