Irish Dance - Faking It

I've been involved with Irish dance in some capacity for over 15 years. In that time I've seen just about every variation on steps, figures and ceili dances. Some good, some not so much.

But allow me to vent a brief moment on "faking it."

There seems to be a proliferation of teachers and online posters putting up faked or dumbed-down versions of dances. This is ridiculous, and I'll tell you why: people always start faking it when they are tired regardless of what you teach them.

So why not teach it correctly from the start? There's no need to teach a ceili dance taking out all the jig steps or more vigorous footwork simply because you think it's over the heads of the dancers or beyond their stamina and coordination. They will, they always do, replace the harder steps with simple walking or skipping as it suits them...even when you encourage them not to wimp out.

I have no issue with people doing less strenuous steps or simpler figures - sometimes time doesn't allow to teach a dance fully. Sometimes, after 2 hours of dancing, doing more Rise & Grind steps are way too much to ask. But if things are posted for others' education, they should be noted when they are not the full version, and that they are a modified version. Otherwise, we have ceili groups popping up (and I've witnessed this) who are self-taught incorrectly.