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.
Sincere thanks to all the cast and crew of Riverdance in the Gaiety from the McCole School of Irish Dance in Galway. We had the most fabulous experience ever at the show and the Meet and Greet with the cast was the icing on the cake for the kids.
Promoting the forthcoming Riverdance dates at Kursaal, Ostend from July 24 to August 5, Riverdance dancers entertained the 20,000 enthusiastic fans at the Fan Day at Club Brugge KV on 8th July 2012.
PODCAST : Lead dancer Catriona Coyne and fiancée, percussionist Mark Alfred plus Dance Captain Niamh O’Connor and husband lead dancer, Padraic Moyles talk about life and romance touring with Riverdance.
It’s bittersweet as I finish the last step in the last number of the last ever North American Riverdance show. Some 6,000 people are on their feet in the fantastic outdoor arena at WolfTrap, Vienna and boy has it been a long journey!
As we neared the end of the last ever North American Tour of Riverdance, it was evident that the show will most certainly be missed. We have had the most amazing response here in North America and I’ve decided to dedicate this blog to the thousands of people who have come to see our shows over the past few months.
Did you see the movie “The 5 Year Engagement?” The whole first scene is pretty much how it went down. I had the whole thing planned in my head how and where… with Rocio’s family and everything… Things started falling apart, and it just wasn’t gonna happen. I ended up doing it in the car. Not the most romantic thing in the world, but it was funny to us… She said “Si Kelly!” and that’s all that matters to me.