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Riverdance,
the original International Phenomenon, will
play five Farewell Performances at The
Fabulous Fox Theater, May 1-3
Curtain times for this Dance St. Louis
presentation are Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday
at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; and Sunday at 1 p.m. &
5:30 p.m. Tickets for RIVERDANCE
will go on sale Sunday, March 1 at noon at
the Fox Theatre box office and through
MetroTix.
“Since 1996, the success of RIVERDANCE
in North America has gone beyond our
wildest dreams,” said producer Moya Doherty.
“The fact that the show continues to draw
and excite audiences 13 years after its
debut in Dublin is a tribute to every
dancer, singer, musician, staff and crew
member who have dedicated themselves to the
show.”
Composed by Bill Whelan, produced by Moya
Doherty and directed by John McColgan, to
date, RIVERDANCE has played over
10,000 performances, been seen live by more
than 21 million people in over 300 venues
throughout 32 countries across 4 continents.
They have traveled well over 563,000
miles (or to the moon and back!), played to
a worldwide television audience of nearly 2
billion; sold over 3 million copies of the
Grammy Award-winning CD (certified Platinum
in the US) and over 10 million videos making
it
one of the best-selling entertainment videos
in the world!
RIVERDANCE
had its world premiere at the Point Theatre,
Dublin, in February 1995, where it opened to
unanimous critical acclaim.
What began as a seven-minute dance segment
on the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest
(televised to over 300 million people in
Europe) and then quickly turned into a
full-scale production has become much more
than an international theatrical success.
"I believe Riverdance has been
basically a pathfinder,” said Niall O’Dowd,
founder of Irish America Magazine and the
Irish Voice newspaper. Along with the peace
process in Northern Ireland and the economic
miracle in Ireland proper, the show “has
been a hugely important part of a
transformation of the image of Ireland in
the last 20 years."
In a flash, RIVERDANCE became
Ireland’s greatest ambassador and the thirst
began. RIVERDANCE changed the face of
Irish dance and despite its imitators, has
remained on top and was voted the #1
Variety/Family Entertainment Show in the US
(1998).
There have been many milestones along the
way including the distinction of being the
largest Western musical to play China; a
record-breaking line of 100 Irish dancers
mesmerizing 85,000 people at the 2004
Special Olympics in Dublin; a 10th
Anniversary celebration at Radio City Music
Hall; dancing in Red Square and on the Great
Wall of China and much more.
Of all the performances to emerge from
Ireland in the past decade, nothing can
compare to the energy, the sensuality and
the spectacle of RIVERDANCE.
An innovative and exciting blend of dance,
music and song, RIVERDANCE draws on
Irish traditions and the combined talents of
the performers propel Irish dancing and
music to the present day capturing the
imagination of audiences across all ages and
cultures.
This extraordinarily unique show features an
international company all performing to the
magic of Bill Whelan’s music.
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