DATE:05 MAY 2011
ARTICLE:MADODA NTULI
PICTURE: SULLPIED
IF YOU LOVED RIVERDANCE
LORD OF THE DANCE AND SPIRIT OF THE DANCE, YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS
For the time in south Africa, Joburg Theatre is was proud to present the exclusive visit of DANCE OF DESIRE on the Mandela stage last night with the grand opening, the show runs 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 productions and has uniquely elevated the world of Irish 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 15 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 audience from Beijing to Berlin, Chicago to the Czech Republic and 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 realistic and all encapsulating manner. While the choreography describe as “outstanding and extremely innovative” speaks for itself in terms of heights it reaches and the boundaries that it crosses.
DANCE OF DESIRE has birthed and lives in 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 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 dancers and many more of the Riverdance current dancers came from us ‘’ says micheal Carr, executive producer, we are the parent company who trains the dancers.
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