Irish dance school at 47 East St in Hadley that runs summer dance camps and short intensives. Camps run 9:00am-3:00pm and combine Irish dance drills, technique and conditioning with a craft project - themed weeks include a practice-habits camp where dancers build their own equipment 'TUFFet', a showmanship camp, and the all-day 'Motha Duffer' bootcamp for dancers who can handle a full day. Intensives run Monday-Thursday for two hours a day (1-3pm, 3-5pm or 5-7pm), each targeting a specific step, shoe type or level. Camps and intensives are ticketed individually and dancers are placed by level, from Wee Ones through Youth, Master and adult classes.
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We list only what the camp itself publishes, and programs change — dates, prices, ages and availability can all move after we check. Confirm the details on the camp’s own website and contact The Duffy Academy of Irish Dance directly before you register or pay. Last checked August 2026.
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★Chad WideloDUFFYS SHALL NOT! Reply! Alycia needs to GO!! And to make it Mandatory she shall leave promptly! and she SHALL pass ownership to a more competent and experienced owner snd instructor who shall hire more.Alycia shall also stay FAR away from children! Thank you
★★★★★Susan McNamaraMy daughter loves learning Irish dance here. Her Irish dance lesson is always the highlight of her week. Ms Alycia and her assistants are so talented and absolutely great with kids. We appreciate how relaxed and welcoming the studio is while still pushing the dancers to grow and improve. It’s the perfect balance in my opinion.
★Meghan AshmanWe so badly wanted to love this dance studio, but it didn’t work out for a few reasons. First off, the communication is the worst I’ve ever seen in a dance studio. You’ve got to text or email (or both) multiple times to get any questions answered. If it’s a question or concern that she doesn’t want to answer, you’ll never hear from her. We had a rehearsal for my kindergartener and a parent there (not the owner but the owner’s friend who think she owns the place) ripped my daughters shoes off her feet, and knelt down and screamed in my daughters face when she thought I wasn’t looking. Never ever ever would I think about doing that to a five year old child I didnt even know. The owners husband watched the entire thing and said nothing. When I voiced concerns on this, of course the owner had her friends back, which led us to leaving. When i asked for a refund for the month and uniforms I ordered (that weren’t even ordered yet), she didn’t give me what she owed me back, but an amount she thought was sufficient. The teacher is an amazing dancer, though she rarely teaches class and leaves it to the teens to teach the young ones. The studio is chaotic with no exact start times or end times for class and everytime there’s an announcement it leaves parents reaching out for questions to be answered and last minute planning for everything. We had such high hopes, but left there extremely disappointed in the entire thing.
★★★★★Matt HellyarNothing but good things to say about this place. Been wonderful experience for our daughter. The shows are fantastic and the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Holyoke is a blast. Most importantly the girls there are happy kind and supportive of each other. The parents are really nice and supportive as well.
★J KennedyWe were excited to start dancing here because it seemed fun to try something so different from our previous ballet/tap, but unfortunately it was not a good fit. Nowadays my expectation for a paid lesson is that the teacher would have some training in childhood development, to ensure lessons and methods were appropriate - this was not the case. The instructor couldn't even stay present in the class for more than 5 minutes at a time, needing a teen assistant to keep taking over. Everything was very chaotic and unclear, always running late or canceling, or spending class time on fitting tshirts or cleaning plastic shower curtains with sponges - really can't make this up. Communication was horrible, can't tell you the number of times her phone 'lost' our emails or text messages. Although she really does mean well, it is not executed.