"Riverdance" steps up its 25th anniversary
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- Опубліковано 7 бер 2020
- In the 1990s "Riverdance," a boisterous celebration of Irish music and dance, became an unlikely show-biz phenomenon, with sold-out performances around the globe. Now it's back with a 25th anniversary show, headed for New York's Radio City Music Hall. Correspondent Mark Phillips talks with John McColgan and Moya Doherty, producers of the original "Riverdance" and its newest iteration, and with 22-year-old dancer Amy-Mae Dolan, who has never known a world without "Riverdance."
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If you see Riverdance or hear it's music and are not driven to tears are you even human!?!?
Seen it 8 times through cinema or live stage show since March and I still come out starstruck each time!
I remember being given special permission by my Mum to stay up and watch Riverdance in the half time show at Eurovision. I had to go and get my pyjamas on and be ready to go straight to bed when it finished. (Yeah right! I loved it and even 25 years later I still adore it!)
When I got to Middle School, Riverdance The New Show was on tour locally so a group from school went to The Derngate Theatre in Northampton to see it. I was absolutely transfixed! I would love to see it again if possible.
I saw Riverdance live in ‘99 or ‘00 with my mom. It was one of the happiest memories I have of her, it was a mesmerizing experience, I’ll never forget it. Someday I hope to take my daughters to see it too.
I've always loved the drums in Riverdance.... it stirs the warrior spirit....
You stir my warrior spirit
How wrong was this guy. It was Mill Street in Cork where it all started. 🙄
Proud mom of an Irish dancer!
You can be extremely proud!
Amy May Dolin.....so stunning. I am captivated.
Hmm... Not sure she's better than Jean.
She's gorgeous and extremely talented! Best principal lady dancer ever!
I was lucky enough to get a ticket to the first performance at Radio City Music Hall 10th row center Orchestra. It was love at first sight for me and Riverdance and for Maria Pages and Flamenco Dance as well. Yet I am not of Irish or Hispanic heritage just a world traveler. Can’t believe it is 25 years now.
So lucky! I grew up watching the Radio City Hall VHS over and over, sometimes twice a day. Maria Pages and Colin Dunne were my absolute favorites!
When I first saw them 25 years ago, they were just mesmerizing. I would love to see them again!
Just saw them today in Birmingham uk. Wow 🤩
I went to see Riverdance in Nyc last night and it was an absolutely brilliant performance. It made me so proud to be Irish.
Count yourself lucky because the theaters are now closed.
I’m surprised they went through with it! NYC is already the worst in the US when it comes to the coronavirus. They should have postponed it. Probably way more people got infected
Kay Muldoon One of the dancers tested positive I heard last week. Very irresponsible to have a show at 2pm when the ban was at 5pm. Especially considering Radio City holds like 3 times as many people as broadway theaters.
I watched it too and it made me feel proud to be a halfwit.
I went when it was 1998 and they were touring the States. Sold out. They opened up the orchestra pit, and we bought and they were the best seats in the opera house. A very special surprise treat from my best friend and my fiance. Loved it. I wish I could go again. But I dint live in the country anymore.
We are glad its back. Hope they do a PBS special.
Theresa Kleven yes!
Thatwould be so great! Especially now!
I used to do this when I was much younger! My cousins and I also competed in it. My one cousin won the worlds in Ireland 🇮🇪 It was so much fun and what a workout!! I also saw them the first time around at Radio City music hall. 💚Great show!! 💚
I'll always remember seeing Riverdance for the first time... I was a young adult and Eurovision was naff to me and my friends at that time (1994).. my parents had taped it (VHS days) and I was mesmerized watching these magicians and their crazy feet..❤🇮🇪
I played that VHS on loop! I love Riverdance and I also loved seeing Lord of the Dance. Jean Butler and her second co-star put together a fantastic show called Dancing on Dangerous Ground, which I saw on Ovation.
I always love the celebration of Irish music and dance with Riverdance.
I’m a Vietnamese. I love River Dance. I love you guys! Seeing this make me feel so happy! Can’t wait to see more!
Harmonic Synchronised Discipline 👍 Outstanding magnificent performance.. I love Riverdance 💕🍃🌹🍃💕✌😊💕
1994 when I watched the eurovision song contest I felt this was very special :-) Thank god its still popular!
still the best musical score in the world
I saw a Riverdance show in Edinburgh in 2007. It was one of the best things I've done in Edinburgh.
It's my dream to see this live
I remember seeing this at EPCOT in Disney World in the late 90’s! I was so amazed by it! Beautiful!
Since I was little I had always been fascinated w/Ireland & loved seeing River dance. 3 yr ago I tested my DNA & found out that I am 97% European w/ 71% Irish. Its disappointing that both my mom & dads side never discussed or kept any traditions from our families that came to US. Just crazy how I was drawn all these years to my roots.
The Shannon is Ireland's longest river - many legends associated with it. Maybe, they had some memories of Ireland to name you Shannon?
@@mjw12345 maybe that's a possibility. I really think my ancestors were a spiritual guidance. Yes, I was little when I found out there was a Shannon river 😊
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This was JFK June 1963 Shannon Airport; there's better video somewhere on YT but can't locate. His parting words" I'm going to come back and see old Shannon's face again". Thought it might interest you
@@mjw12345 that's amazing!! I've studied The Kennedy's quite a bit over the years & I've never heard this. Thanks so much for this info. 👏😊
Ever since Riverdance had come out I absolutely loved them. I get goosebumps Everytime I see son social media.
so much energy that i cry every time i watch them dance! so spiritual~
I doubt they'll ever be another Jean Butler or Michael Flatley either. But this production is really outstanding including the "international" segments; delighted to see a lady in the tap-dance line up - she's fabulous, great smile!
I think you are correct! I loved Michael! It’s like he can fly. Effortless. He’s the Mikhail Baryshnikov of Riverdance. I’m sure his demands were high. It’s too bad they couldn’t come to a compromise. We all lost.
Wow. Has it really been 25 years? LOVED Riverdance when it came to my PBS station, I must have seen every repeat showing! I could tell Flatley was a bunch of egotistical hot air even through the TV (can only imagine what he was like to be with in real life) but boy could he dance. A spinoff was called "Burn the Floor" featuring several different types of dance styles EQUALLY amazing as Riverdance. If those kids didn't make you want to go outside and run around the neighborhood, you might have been comatose! Great stuff!
Seen it 6 times in the cinema and twice live in Manchester since March!
Wow! What a beauty.
If you are referring to Amy, she is...She's a lovely person to speak to, so down to earth. A very modest young lady!
@@johnskelton1117 Beauty? Wrong! Stunning, yes! Would love to meet her.Would love to see her dance.
I am extremely proud of my Irish ancestry!! #LongliveIreland #Riverdance
25 years is in incredible!
You gotta love the Irish
Flatleys huge ego cost him big time. He actually though that Riverdance was all about himself. It was nice to know that the two people responsible told him to go pound salt.
You do know he went global with immensely successful shows - probably more $$$ than if he had stayed.
Yeah Lord of the Dance and Fleet of Flames were wildly successful. He's no different than sports stars or artists in their prime getting their due. He did what he needed, and helped this style of dance and art spread throughout the world.
Well said sir!
@@mjw12345 True but they weren't possible if it wasn't for Riverdance. Where would he be?
The vanity was unreal.
Proud to be Irish.
I remember reading about River Dance when Michael Flatley was part of it but it is a team effort not just one man. This is toe tapping grab you by the heart entertainment.
That's why I hate Michael Flatley he thought the whole show was just about him when it's clearly not. So glad I never saw it with him in it!
I would love to take my dad to go and see this... oh course we are from Belfast.
After Brexit Ireland should reunite. Catholic and Protestant alike, you are ALL Irish!🧒👧🧓👩
my son danced in the world championships that were held in Belfast about 8 years ago , nice city and we had a great time there
You can’t say Riverdance without thinking of Michael Flatley. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🕺👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️
I was agree iti it really the same
I watched it then, and I will watch it now. I love dancing (in my kitchen).
I love River Dance!
Just a thought: could be adapted as the only official social distance dance type.
I took my family to see this in L.A. at the Pantages. Great experience. Me wee Irish mother would have been apoplectic. Well worth the price and a real work of art. My respects to all of those dancers. I hope the Covid-19 didn't ruin this for them. Peace to all, and be careful.
I’m obsessed with Irish dancing atm I love in England but when I have left college I am definitely moving Dublin😌
This makes me feel old - I remember this being initially shown here in the states on PBS in the 90s as I was in high school. These dancers weren't even born yet :p
Obsessed.
I enjoy seeing the local Irish dance school perform every year at the San Antonio Highland Games
mattybynumfilms And i thought it was only the irish festivals(in america) that mix ireland and scotland.
Gosh that girl is gorgeous! I’m 23 and she’s so divine at 22 🥰
We saw it in Boston! Incredible!!!
Saw it twice in Manchester UK just before lockdown. Got tickets for 2 nights when the UK tour resumes again in 2021! For now, I am happy just to go and see it at the cinema whenever I can! This is the best tour ever!
I saw them in NYC in 2000. I loved it then and now. It must be the matching red hair...and the passion for dancing.
Who couldn’t be mesmerized⁉️
I was blown away when I first saw it…
This will sound old… But for gifts everyone would buy me different videos of it.
#StillLoveIt🇺🇸
And the friggin music, Anuna, and even more impressive for of España descent, flamenco and Maria Pages
Why aren't these videos CLOSE CAPTIONED?
It was never the same without Flatley, without whom it would never have taken off. He brought the drama and excitement that ignited the response. No performance without him since then has been as electric.
Found Flatley's account.
Beautiful xoxo
Awesome too bad theaters are closed right now.
We have several Irish Dance schools in my area. Every year the largest Irish music and cultural festival outside of Ireland itself is held here and I go to all of them. One thing I have been seeing since Riverdance is how much the competition dancing has gone the "Toddlers and Tiaras" route and it is very disappointing. The dancers are so glitzed up with huge curly wigs, tons of make-up, and even LED lights on their costumes. I really wish we would go back to where the dancing is the important part, not the look. On the other hand, I am seeing more and more kids from other ethnicities getting into step dancing which is really cool. One of the African dance schools teams up with one of the Irish dance schools and they perform at both Irish Fest and the African World Festival. It is a great way to see both the similarities (especially the drumming) and the differences in the two styles.
Nice post - yes the tiaras, the glitz, the stiff costumes, horrible; the wigs especially ghastly,
I feel like it’s started going back the other way. Very slowly, maybe, but some of the more gaudy aspects seem more toned down these days. But LED lights? lol have you really seen that or are you just exaggerating for effect
@@Wafaloo Nope. The first time I saw it was at a local competition about 7 years ago. I will admit I haven't been to a competition in about 5 years so there is a chance they are no longer allowed (which lines up with your comment that it is starting to go back). It looked like someone took fairy lights and outlined a couple of the main embroidery elements with them.
Was such a shame that Flatley's ego was evident at the very beginning....but, as my Dad told me after I landed my first job...."You Can Always Be Replaced".....And The Dance Goes On
These guys aren't social distancing
Oh wait.. this was 2 weeks ago before the coronavirus
Henry Mayer Ironic you’d say that. They decided to let the first two shows go on 12 and the matinee on the 13 at Radio City in New York. Meanwhile the governor announced the day before that he was shutting down all shows at 5pm on the 13th. One of the dancers later tested positive for the virus supposedly. Pretty irresponsible.
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I think the guitar player in the pub is John Deacon from Queen.
I biggest shout
she looks like jean as a young lady its crazy... happy 25th riverdance!
Майкл Флэтли лучшее что может быть в этом шоу!!!
I had tickets to this show in 2020...and yeah... I'm not salty about that situation. No, not at all. Radio City for 30 years? Please?
New glasses so forgive me because I read that as Riverdale. Hahaha.
They were participates on The Amazing Race
RiverDance is the art of war
As Michael tells it, he didn't storm out of anything, he was fired; Michael's attorney contacted him and told hiim he was out. And as for the contract matters, again, it isn't quite as it is explained here: there was to be the loss of control Michael had over the coreography; there were demands that all Michael's material be owned and copyrighted by Riverdance; and there was complete restriction put upon Michael from augmenting the show to be more than just a generic production. So let's be a bit opened minded, shall we, that we weren't there and that it's best not to take jabs at either Michael or Riverdance.
Merida is that you???
You didn’t give Michael Flatley’s side. The man was a great artist and hard worker. I saw his other shows. He couldn’t be all bad.
The blood knows.
Michael slept in my bed for a couple weeks in 1980.
I was off at school and he was visiting my family. We're cousins. :D
Isn't that Producer guy Jiminy Glick???
Wow, the stamina needed for that
Revision of history methinks... somebody ending up under a bus conveniently overlooked perhaps! Lol!
Agree ... Michael Flatley choreographed this, and they stole it from him, demonizing him in the process.
@@kctexan His ego got the best of him. They didn't steal it, he stupidly gave it away.
Exactly! This was his creation.
@@hectorsmommy1717 blah.
You all need to explain why or what happened?
Sadly without its creator Michael flatly
This is probably postponed from coronavirus :(
hello goodbye you’re probably right. 😞
It's wasn't Dublin. It was Mill Street in Cork. How many times is he going to say Dublin. By the way I'm not from Cork.
Riverdance, now IS OBSOLETE. The times chsnges.
Flatley is a great dancer but if he was a bar of chocolate he'd eat himself.
Martin Clail ...pmsl🤣.. I've been thinking exactly the same thing for over 25 years!!! He's a great dancer, but my God, he knows it!!!!
So true
They really need to have Riverdance take a good loooong look at what Irish immigrants did to Step when they got here...it evolved into something called Buck Dancing. Take a look. American Clogging is also a descendant of Irish Step Via first the pre-revolutionary war immigrants first from Ulster in the early 1600s and then later when they left Ireland enmasse during the potato famine, later on.
I’m sorry, but I just think of Stavros 🤣
land of bad eye glass frames
R5
Irish dancing roots are not in pubs and catholic priest had nothing to do hands by side. What rubbish. Irish people stop saying what Americans want to hear.
Yeah! She was talking major rubbish there!
There is no real reason for the dancers with arms at the side, some say it is to do with during British rule refused to move their upper body, but the church has also being given as also the reason, so you cannot say that this is wrong since it is not really known.
I like Michael Flatley, but he really had an ego. He must have been spoiled as a child.
stop that..just stop it
Ego or not which Flatley had In spades. When I saw River Dance without him. Sorry I was unexpressed. The replacement dancer was good. But he was no Michael. They should have gave him that contract. Yea. I know some will like this comment some won’t. But I call it like I see it. There’s good. Then there AWSOME. I used too dance a long long time ago. I can most certainly tell the difference
Had it not have been for Michael Flatley It would have not been As good or as successful Riverdance made a total mistake by letting him go and this 40 "demands" considering what he made the show should have been given it launched him to do the Best irish dance show BY Far Lord of the dance enough said.
Noooooooooooooo! Tell me it’s not back 🥺 I’m bored after 30 seconds. Ok seen enough.
You're the only one.
Your'e probably Irish and hate U2 also - the nation of begrudgers. Actually, I saw this 25th Anni. on PBS and it's really thoroughly enjoyable.
so repetitive