The Medford Recreation Department is offering an eight-week course that will introduce the basics of Irish Step Dance to children ages 7 to 12. Children will practice dancing on their own and with a partner or group. A strong emphasis will be placed on the connection between music and dance, and children will dance to reels, jigs, and hornpipes over the course of the class. Instructor Hannah DeRusha has been dancing for 25 years and currently teaches with O’Riley Irish Dance in Medford and Cambridge.

The class will be held at the Medford Senior Center from 6 to 7 p.m. on eight Thursday evenings between March 21 and May 23, with no classes on April 18 or April 25.

Cost is $64 for Medford residents and $80 for nonresidents.

Register through the Medford Recreation website.