Interview with Lead Dancer Padraic Moyles
A large bucket of ice for sore legs after every show.
Every dancer soaks his or her legs in ice when they get off-stage – an essential practice among the dancers of the Riverdance company.
And it is probably one of the things that has kept lead dancer Padraic Moyles’s legs intact for the past 13 years that he has been with the show.
Wearing a black V-neck blouse, light-wash jeans and black ballet flats, 23-year-old Chloey Turner is the picture of a young dancer at the height of her dancing career…
It has been ten years since Riverdance was first performed in Singapore, and the show may not be back for a long time..
Riverdance Live from Beijing is available on PBS, beginning November 27, 2010.
This is the first US TV broadcast of the recent recording of the live show.
Please check local PBS listings for regional broadcast dates.
“It has been 10 years since Singapore has welcomed Riverdance to its shores, and I can’t think of a better show to open such a spectacular venue. Riverdance really is a unique spectacle of unbelievable talent which I’m sure will capture the imagination and thrill audiences across Southeast Asia” says Milan Rokic, Managing Director of BASE Entertainment Asia
For the first time in eight years the pounding feet and swirling music of Riverdance, that has tapped its way onto the world stage thrilling millions of people around the globe returns to Australia for a national tour opening in Perth in March 2011 then touring to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
An extra Grandwest Riverdance performance has been added in response to exceptional demand on Wednesday 23 February 2011.
MNET, 567 Cape Talk and Big Concerts are delighted to announce that an extra midweek performance of the original Irish dance spectacular Riverdance has been added to its Cape Town season.
THE WHITE SAPPHIRE BALL won the Award for MOST GLAMOROUS EVENT in Northern Ireland at the IN! Magazine awards 2010.
Whether it’s your first time or your fifth, you won’t want to miss a performance of Riverdance!
Full list of dates here…
Padraic Moyles Riverdance male lead dancer in the recently released Riverdance Live from Beijing DVD, teaches BBC’s Chris Hollings some basic Irish Dance steps. Chris, previous winner of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing is keen to perform his newly aquired Riverdance steps for the breakfast audience.
Riverdance Live from Beijing DVD and Blu ray is now on sale
Riverdance taps in Jilin, China. Ireland’s popular show Riverdance premiered in Northeast China, pulling the audience out of their seats and tapping their feet to the rhythm. Report by CNTV