Riverdance 25t h Anniversary Re-im agined Show Review By Patrick Weld

The Riverdance Am erican Tour is a sensat ion piece of st agecraft The April show at The Dolby w as absolut ely t he best m usic and dance show t hat I w as ever lucky enough t o see t hanks t o t his publicat ion. I act ually saw t he orignal as a child in Brisbane in March of 2010. My folks t hought I needed t he exposure t o Irish Cult ure This new show w as fast er, t he cast seem ed t o be m uch bigger and t he audience m ore engaged and m oved. The run in LA w as by far t oo short but t he t our goes on for several m ont hs and closes in Sarasot a, Florida.

Since

Riverdance began perform ances in Dublin in 1995, t he show has...

- Played m ore t han 15,000 perform ances

- Been seen live by over 28 5 m illion people w orldw ide

- Played t hroughout 48 count ries across 6 cont inent s

- Played t o a global t elevision audience of m ore t han 3 5 billion people

- Sold over 3 m illion copies of t he Gram m y Aw ard-w inning CD

- Sold 10 m illion Riverdance videos & DVDs

- Riverdance holds t he Guinness World Record for t he ?Longest Riverdance Line?

- 2500 of t he next generat ion of dancers have at t ended Riverdance Sum m er School and learned t he iconic Riverdance st eps