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Artistic Directors
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Peggy Leiby was a founding member of FiddleKicks in 1996. Upon assuming a leadership role in 1998, she envisioned that FiddleKicks could be taken from its informal community dance roots to a quality performance troupe, whether in a concert setting or community hoedown. She has had extensive experience in the Philadelphia folk dance and music community as an events organizer and dance performer/choreographer in various forms of dance, and thrives in developing concepts for events and outreach programs. She brings skills of her past experience as a co-owner of a magazine publishing company to her passion and drive for traditional dance and music. She has studied percussive dance styles with the Monique Legare Int’l Dance Company in Willow Grove, PA and at numerous workshops including those held at Pinewoods in MA, Buffalo Gap Camp in WV, Berea College, in Berea, KY, Folk College in Clarion, PA. Ashokan Music & Dance Camps Southern Weeks, and the Swannanoa Gathering Old-Time Weeks in NC. And, various workshops offerred on Zoom during the Covid Pandemic. |
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Pat McGrath, Co-director,
joined FiddleKicks in 1998. With extensive tap training as
a child, it wasn’t long after joining the group that
she began collaborating with Peggy to lead and develop FiddleKicks,
especially artistically. Pat is always on the lookout for
new dance forms and concepts that she can bring to FiddleKicks.
Most recently Pat has expanded FiddleKicks repertoire with
gumboot, body percussion and advanced Cape Breton dancing.
Since joining FiddleKicks, she has studied dance at Augusta
Heritage Center in West Virginia for Appalachian Clogging
and Flatfooting, Pinewoods in Massachusetts, The Gaelic College
of Celtic Arts and Crafts, Cape Breton, the Swannanoa Gathering
and an independent study dance class at Penn State Abington.
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