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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