Artist: Riverdance
Genre: Musical
Background:
At its most basic level Riverdance is an exciting display
of music, dancing and singing. On another level it is the
story of Ireland and its people. Like a river that is fed
by many tributaries, and then flows out into the ocean, the
Irish people came from many different places, and then, centuries
later, "flowed" out of Ireland to other parts of
the world. On still another level, it is the story of humanity's
creative exploration of nature through the arts. The show
features not only Irish dance, but also Spanish, Russian,
and African-American. This fits in with the analogy of the
river, because the creative expressions -- the music and dances
-- come from different sources, like tributaries, but all
merge into the mighty river that is their common quest.
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