DANCE OF DESIRE

Date: 19 April 2011
Article: Madoda Ntuli

"IF YOU LOVED RIVERDANCELORD OF THE DANCE
ANDSPIRIT OF THE DANCEYOU WON’T WANT TO MISS"

For the first time in South Africa, Joburg Theatre is proud to present the exclusive visit of DANCE OF DESIRE on the Mandela stage from May 3rd until May 22nd 2011.
Complete with entirely original music and choreography DANCE of DESIRE is undoubtedly unique in its imaginative design.  This ground breaking Irish production challenges the boundaries of other Irish dance productions and has uniquely elevated the world of Irish dance to a new level.  DANCE of DESIRE is also one of a select few Irish resident and touring dance productions which was actually produced in Ireland and has received critical acclaim not just abroad but also at home in Ireland where creative distinction is reserved for only those who excel amongst their peers within the Irish music and dance traditions. 

The show has a cast of 25 performers and comprises world and Irish champion dancers and a selection of Ireland’s finest musical and vocal virtuosos. It has already played to sell out audiences from Beijing to Berlin, Chicago to the Czech Republic, Kuala Lumpur to Paris and just finished a nine-month residency in Jupiter’s Casino, Gold Coast Australia.  The accumulative skills and talents of the costume, set and lighting designers has insured too that the power and passion of the shows story-line devised by Sean Quinlan is conveyed to the audience in a realistic and all encapsulating manner.

While the choreography described as “outstanding and extremely innovative” speaks for itself in terms of the heights it reaches and the boundaries that it crosses.      
DANCE OF DESIRE has birthed and lives in a post-Riverdance world. What is important is that it is not a sonic mirror of the now world famous Bill Whelan musical score, but brings a fresh spirit to bear on the story. In doing so, DANCE OF DESIRE is opening further doors for the continuation of the new professionalism of Irish dance… DANCE OF DESIRE brings an upbeat joy to the lives of so many through his professionalism and musical inventiveness. 

DANCE OF DESIRE is the national dance company in Ireland where Riverdance was born.  “We supply them with their dancers and many of the Riverdance current dancers came from us,” says Michael Carr, Executive Producer.  We are the parent company who trains the dancers.”

Tickets are priced from R171 and are on sale now exclusively by visiting http://www.joburgtheatre.com/ and purchasing your print-at-home ticket on the internet, or by calling the theatre’s new direct ticketing line on 0861 670 670.
Tickets for Joburg Theatre’s shows no longer add the traditional ticketing agency booking fee, so the price you see advertised is the price you pay.  Subsequently, the theatre’s tickets are no longer available at Computicket.