James premieres his company's second production "CELTIC TAP" in the USA with a sold-out run of shows at the ICA (Institute of Contemprary Arts) Boston.
In February, James performed for world leaders at the special invitation of First Minister of Sccotland Alex Salmond at Edinburgh Castle.
James was invited to host an all-day Sean-Nos Jig Masterclass at the prestigious Feile Choilin Sheain Dhearach Festival in Connamara, Ireland.
James performs with B-Boy Dancers "Random Aspekts" as part of the 'Night Afore' Event in front of thousands of people in George street, Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland) to celebrate the night before Hogmanay and the New Year.
James and the Tapeire Band performed on Regis and Kelly LIVE in New York City seen by over 35 million people.
In November Tapeire opened on Broadway with 26 consecutive sold out performances at New Victory Theatre on 42nd St.
James released his first album from his Award-winning Dance/Musical TAPEIRE featuring music and dance rhythms from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton.
James led and taught more than 1,000 local and international dancers in an attempt at a 2,007-minute (33-hour) dance marathon for International New Year's Eve Celebrations at the World Trade Centre in Hong Kong.
James won a TOTAL SELL-OUT AWARD at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, accomplishing a record-breaking 25 consecutive sold-out performances for the entire run of the Fringe Festival.
On 12 August James and his Tapeire Band are invited to perform to an audience of 150,000 people at Bank Of Scotland Fringe Sunday - an all day open-air event at The Meadows in Edinburgh.
James and his Tapeire Band are one of three acts selected out of 2500 perfoming companies at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to perform at Fringe Select at the EICC.
James Devine's Tapeire headlines the Fringe Launch Party held at the Cargo Bar, Edinburgh.
On 3 August James had the world premiere of his first solo show, TAPEIRE, at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, UK, the largest arts festival in the world receiving critical acclaim from all quarters.
The List Magazine invited James and his Tapeire Band to perform at the prestigious annual List Festival Party at the world famous Spiegeltent.
He created his own production entity (Devine Dance Company) with which he performs nationally and internationally.
James was invited as Special Guest Artist in the Irish music and dance spectacular "RAGUS" in Eastern Europe.
James performs on tour with Jose Feliciano, six-time Grammy Award winning Guitarist.
James was invited to perform at the World Music and Dance Festival in San Francisco.
James follows up with another extensive workshop tour of North America teaching over a 1000 dance participants the art form of Irish dance.
James choreographs and directs opening dance sequence at Toni & Guys Hair Fashion Awards in Dublin, Ireland.
James embarked on a North American Workshop Tour where he taught over 2,000 dance enthusisasts the art form of Irish Dance
James was acknowledged as the "fastest dancer in the world" in the Millenium Edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
James was the principal star and choreographer of the hit dance show Gaelforce Dance, receiving critical acclaim from all quarters and ticket sales in excess of 2 million worldwide.
He was honoured as the first ever male dancer outside the opera and ballet art form, to perform at the Opera Naradowa (Grand Theatre) in Warsaw, Poland in its 200 years existence.
Setting a world record for tap dancing speed at an astonishing 38 taps per second, James was recorded in The Guinness Book of World Records on May 25th. (N.B. May 25th has been declared National Tap Dance Day in the US by President George W. Bush. It is also legendary tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson's birthday).
Performed live at the Academy Awards show in Hollywood seen by over 2.5 billion people worldwide.
July 2, James was invited to perform in the world premiere of Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance, at The Point in Dublin, Ireland.
Appeared on the Des O'Connor Show, London with Michael Flatley in Lord of The dance.
In a competitive career that spanned eight years, he was a 3 time World Champion, 5 time North American Champion, 3 time Great Britain Champion, 1 time All-Ireland Champion and 8 time Provincial Champion.
Crowned World Champion of Irish dance for the third successive year.
Wins back to back World Champion Title of Irish dance.
At the age of 14, James won "The Grand Slam" of Irish dance by winning all four major international dance championships - World, US, British, and All-Ireland titles in the same year. He is the only Irish man ever to accomplish this feat.
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