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The highlight of the night is the astonishing dancing of young Nicholas Yenson, who extends Irish step dancing with ballet and modern dance imagination.His audacious grace is nicely echoed by Kieran Jordan. A dance backed by local percussion master Paddy League is as ingenious as a magic trick.
-Daniel Gewertz, The Boston Herald , 15 December 2006
There was one teenaged boy in the group: Nicholas Yenson ... who is mortifying to dance next to. Mr. Yenson has the grace of a thoroughbred. His feet can attain the high arch of a ballerina.
-Scott Simon. Weekend Edition, National Public Radio . 30 June 2001. Nicholas Yenson is a dancer in the no-man's-land between Irish and contemporary dance. A native of Washington, D.C., he participated in local Irish dance and theatre before studying at the Irish World Academy of Music & Dance and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts . He has performed in Irish dance shows (including Riverdance and Ragús) throughout Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, and the United States. Nick has also danced with the crème de la crème of Irish music, including Lily Neill , Alys Howe , the David Munnelly Band , Gráda , Niall Vallely , the London Lasses and Pete Quinn , Niall Keegan, and the Chieftains . In 2006 he was featured as a dancer and choreographer in the Hong Kong Academy dance repertory concert and the HK City Contemporary Dance Company Dance Centre 's open house. Nick is currently an apprentice with Dana Tai Soon Burgess and Company , a modern dance company in Washington, D.C.
