of where is native the riverdance?

Question

yes!!I am trying to say:
what country does the riverdance come from?

Answer 1

If youve ever seen it, youll recall those lovely emerald green costumes.... traditional IRISH dress wear for dancing, with an unmistakable IRISH flair.

Yep, Its IRISH

Answer 2

It's Ireland. Michael Flatley is the lead dancer for this, even insured his feet for millions, got to admit, Ireland have some good treasures! here are a few facts for Michael Flatley:-

Michael was the principal star and choreographer of Riverdance, the featured highlight of the Eurovision Song Contest seen by over 300 million television viewers worldwide.

Riverdance was expanded to a full-length production and Michael became a super-star receiving critical acclaim from all quarters.

July 2, Michael premiered his own show, Lord of the Dance, at The Point in Dublin, Ireland. The show set live performance and video sales records all over the world. In Australia 250,000 tickets sold out in 10 days.

Answer 3

Michael Flatteley IS "Riverdance". He is also in the Guiness Book of Records as the fastest tap dancer in the world.

He's from Ireland. Most of his troop was from Ireland and were recruited from "clogging" groups. Clogging is an ancient Celtic form of dance.

It is widely held that the story line of Riverdance came from ancient Celtic myth.

Answer 4

Oi think what you are tryin to say there is what country does the riverdance come from? It is a sexed up version of traditional irish country dancing (a bit like scottish dancing, but the arms stay by the sides, whereas the scots like ta flail them around and generally get down and groovy...)

Answer 5

Ireland

Answer 6

Riverdance is a theatrical show consisting of traditional Irish step dancing, notable for its rapid leg movements while body and arms are kept largely stationary.

Riverdance was first performed during the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest on April 30, in a seven-minute format produced by Moya Doherty, John McColgan , dancers Michael Flatley and Jean Butler and composer Bill Whelan. The music accompanying the dancing, composed by Bill Whelan, which featured the Irish choral group Anúna, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and assorted traditional musicians, was released as a single in Ireland, where it went straight to number one and remained there for eighteen weeks.

The Eurovision broadcast has been cited as one of the crucial moments in the creation of the Celtic Tiger myth amongst the Irish themselves — a moment when to be Irish was to be at the forefront of European culture. (Others cited include Ray Houghton scoring against either England in 1988 or Italy in 1994 and Mary Robinson being elected President of Ireland in 1990.)

The Eurovision performance featured an opening section entitled "Cloudsong" featuring Anúna, directed by Dublin composer Michael McGlynn. Anúna were founded in 1987 and continue performing and recording to this day. They left the show in 1996, and their unusual choral sound has brought them success in their own right. They have recorded nine albums, and feature on all versions since 1996 of the Riverdance album.

In November 1994, tickets were sold in Dublin for the first full-length show of Riverdance, which opened at the Point Theatre on February 9, 1995 including in the cast Irish Dancing Champion Jean Butler. The show ran for five weeks and was a sell-out. Later in 1995, the show enjoyed another sell-out run of six weeks at the Point Theatre, and two sell-out runs of four and eighteen weeks at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. In October 1995 Michael Flatley, who had been with the show since its inauguration, quit the production due to mutual "creative differences" with the owners over its direction — he went on to produce his own show, Lord of the Dance.

In March 1996, the show was performed in the United States for the first time — at Radio City Music Hall in New York City — where it sold out eight times. Between March 2000 and August 2001, the show was performed on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre.

On March 5, 2002, the 5,000th performance of the show was celebrated in Edinburgh and San Francisco.

Riverdance continues to be performed all over the world. Each production company is named after an Irish river. Currently performing companies are the Boyne (touring the United States), Avoca and Foyle (in Europe). Current productions are half the size

In 2005, the troupe appeared in Birmingham, as an act for "Jasper Carrott's Rock With Laughter". She appeared alongside performers such as, Bill Bailey, Jasper Carrott, Lenny Henry, Bobby Davro and Bonnie Tyler


[1][2] of the original performances[3].


[edit] See also
Music of Ireland

[edit] External links
Riverdance website
Anúna website
Michael Flatley's website
Bill Whelan's website
Jean Butler's website
Colin Dunne's website
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverdance"
Category: Irish dance

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hope this helps

Answer 7

Its Ireland

Answer 8

Ireland x

Answer 9

Aye, 'twas indeed the Emerald Isle.

Answer 10

its from ireland and is based on traditional Irish folk dancing