these dancers are incredible!!!
Riverdance is an Irish stage production, which consists mainly of
traditional Irish stepdancing and Celtic music. Irish step dance is
characterized mainly by rapid legmovements while body and arms are
usually kept very rigidly. The special feature ofRiverdance, the fact
that this quilt synchronous multiple (sometimes over 20)
dancersabsolutely. Riverdance, the origin is Irish step dancing
demonstrations, such as Lordof the Dance.
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Riverdance was first presented in Dublin, Ireland during the Euro Vision
Song Contest in 1994 as a 6 ¼-minute break performance. It was produced
by the dancerMichael Flatley, the music was by Bill Whelan. The
soundtrack, which was firstpublished in Ireland remained for 18 weeks,
number one. In this soundtrack can be heard among other things, the
Irish group Anúna, the RTE Concert Orchestra, DavySpillane and other
well-known traditional Irish musicians.
In November 1994 began in Dublin, the ticket sales for the first
full-length Riverdanceshow at the Point Theatre on 9 February 1995. In
addition to Michael Flatley took thefamous American dancer Jean Butler
Irish descent to the female part of thedemonstration. The show ran for
five weeks and was completely sold out. Even moreperformances at the
Point Theatre (1995 for six weeks) and at the HammersmithApollo in
London (four and eight weeks) were sold out.
