Irish Dance: Set

Irish set dancing is based on french quadrilles that the Irish adopted and combined their  sean-nos steps and Irish music. Set dancing is danced in square sets of four couples, and consist of numerous figures, each of which has a number of parts and is repeated throughout the set. Each part of the set is danced to a music tempo that is mostly  polkas, jigs, reels, slides and hornpipes (Wikipedia, 2013).