As one of the lead dancers in Riverdance, Caterina Coyne has travelled all over the world and performed to audiences of hundreds of thousands of people.
She always had a keen interest in Irish dancing. After many years of hard practice, she decided to follow her dream of becoming a professional dancer.
She has danced in prestigious venues such as Radio City Music Hall in New York and the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin.
Now she is China for a ten-week tour, where she will perform to an expected audience of 86,000 people across 24 major cities.
Caterina was interviewed by Worldirish.com

Riverdance embarks on a 10 week tour of China, performing to an expected audience of 86,000 people across 24 major cities. A Chinese language website riverdance.com.cn has been launched to support the tour.
The tour includes performances at the world renowned Beijing Exhibition Centre Theatre and the Shanghai Oriental Art Centre.
Riverdance will also perform in a large number of newly constructed; state of the art venues on this tour and in a number of instances Riverdance will have the honour to take part in the official opening of these new venues.

It’s made of navy silk velvet, delicate crochet and jet beads, and it was like no other Irish dance dress ever seen before. Jean Butler wore it during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest interval act she performed with Michael Flatley, and in seven minutes changed the image of Irish dancing forever. Her first dance—soft shoe, delicate—looked traditional, but her sexy, off-the-shoulder dress showed how Irish culture could be reimagined for a modern, global audience. After Michael Flatley’s solo, Butler came back on stage in hard shoes, and their kicks, clicks and taps created a percussive power that resonated further than anyone could have imaged. Bernice Harrison

Riverdance’s longest serving female principal dancer talks about her career with Riverdance.
” It makes me feel privileged. I know that when I joined the show, I never anticipated that I would have such a long run as lead. There are so many factors that go into the show from staying fit, to dancing at a level that you as a dancer are comfortable with, that I’m glad I still feel up to the task. It gives me great satisfaction that I’ve been able to entertain audiences at that level for so long, not only from a personal standpoint, but up to Riverdance’s high standards.”

This summer season for us full-time dancers saw a mix of work and play. Weddings, festivals and mandatory beach holidays all draw us away from our duties as dancers at some point during the height of the summer period. This brought back many past Riverdancer’s to grace the stage.

Se escucha un bodhrán furioso, una uilleann-pipe penetrante y, de pronto, una lluvia de pasos inundan el escenario. Pasos que son música, pasos que juegan con las simetrías y que, sumados, son una avalancha. Al tiempo que bailan, estos cuarenta y pico de artistas mantienen los brazos pegados al cuerpo y en sus rostros sostienen el orgullo irlandés. Es parte del embrujo que provoca Riverdance , el espectáculo de danzas irlandesas

“Somos embajadores de la cultura irlandesa”, define Julian Erskine, productor multiterreno que diagramó la versión teatral de Riverdance, un show singular tanto por su dinámica como por su origen. Surgió en 1994 como desprendimiento de un concurso televisivo de baile y canto, en Dublín, que incluía un amplio muestrario de la cultura irlandesa y de sus tradiciones. Mientras los jurados deliberaban los puntajes de los concursantes, se realizaban coreografías. La más importante fue una titulada Riverdance y duraba alrededor de siete minutos. Fue tal el éxito que Riverdance se transformó en un espectáculo de dos horas.

Riverdance representa la vida de un río. La primera canción, titulada “Canción de la Nube”, invita a la lluvia que cae, alimenta al río y llega hasta el mar. A partir de ese momento, comienza la coreografía que representa su movimiento, transmitiendo la energía del curso del agua y su ciclo renovador. El impactante espectáculo irlandés se presentará en el Gran Rex desde el miércoles 22 al miércoles 29 de agosto, con doble función los fines de semana.

Maeve Croke, the phenomenally talented Dance Captain led the class. The group loved learning what everyone thinks of as the signature dance of the show and Maeve was such a generous tutor in time and patients. It was sensational to be allowed on the stage of the Gaiety Theatre and to meet the cast and have group photos taken with them. …