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. …

The first Riverdance tour of South America opened in Via Funchal, São Paulo, Brazil last night.
Lead dancers Chloey Turner and James Greenan lead the Riverdance cast in the first ever Riverdance performance in South America with a wonderful reaction from the Via Funchal audience.

When Riverdance flamenco dancer Rocio Montoya first met tap-dancer Kelly Isaac on a Japanese tour in 2005, they were instantly attracted to one another. There was a slight problem, however — the Spanish beauty spoke no English while the gorgeous American hadn’t a word of Spanish. Happily, by the time they got together in 2008, she had learned a bit of the language, but still found other ways to get her message across.

Principal Dancers for the featured performance were Lauren Smyth and James Greenan,

Riverdance continues the summer season at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin until 2nd September 2012.