A teacher is returning to her Irish roots with a troupe of young American dancers.
The Keltic Dreams, which took Ireland by storm last year, is made up of Hispanic and African American children from a public school in one of the poorest districts of the Bronx in New York.
The youngsters, aged from seven to 12 years, performed for President Mary McAleese during their last trip to the capital.
They are now bringing their talents to Belfast, performing in The Great Hall in Stormont before First Minister Ian Paisley and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness on Thursday.
The dancers, who had no connection to Irish culture until Dubliner Caroline Duggan became their teacher, will then entertain pupils at the Hazelwood Integrated School, Belfast, on Friday.
"This will be a very powerful show as the children from Hazelwood school will then perform for us," said a troupe spokeswoman.
"This show will give a powerful message to its audience demonstrating children from different worlds reaching out to each other regardless of cultural differences, religion, or race and shows the power of Irish culture and its ability to connect children from different worlds.
"A very positive example of diversity at its finest will be seen in this show."
Ms Duggan, from Crumlin, and her troupe will perform at Johnny Foxes in Dublin on Saturday morning before putting on a show in St Stephen's Green shopping centre
on Sunday.
The youngster's inspiring moving story was recently told in the television documentary
A Bronz Dream, produced by Tyrone Productions.
PA