Darrah Carr Dance celebrated its tenth anniversary with a weekend of performances at the Irish Arts Center in New York on October 25-26.

Drawing from Irish music, step dance footwork, modern dance and tap, Carr's choreographies blur the boundaries between different dance disciplines. Carr calls this style ModErin, encapsulating the modern and Irish Elements.

Based in a tiny studio in Brooklyn, the nine-person company has traveled all over the United States and Ireland and even established an educational program to introduce the ModErin style to a new generation of dancers.

The October performances at the Irish Arts Center featured some of the company's newer works as well as some old favorites.

From the jerky, stilted movements of the dancers in "Melange 445" to the gliding, ethereal feel of "Passage," the performances proved the versatility of the dancers and the scope of the artistic direction. Each piece was subtly crafted, original without feeling gimmicky.

Indeed, part of the success of Darrah Carr Dance is that the fusion of the various forms of dance never feels forced or artificial. Though each piece was entirely different in costume, music and attitude from the one before, they worked seamlessly together to further the concept of ModErin: a combination of the traditional with the modern.

The result was an energetic display of sound and movement that had the audience on its feet.