dance, dance

Last night I went and saw Riverdance with three of the other girls on the trip. We were a little skeptical, but excited nonetheless. The show takes place in the Gaiety Theater by Grafton Street and were only 25 euros, so we decided to do a slight splurge and get acquainted with one of the biggest tourist attractions. The cheap tickets, however, gave us some pretty interesting seats. We were in the last row possible of the highest balcony. Thankfully it wasn’t a very large theater and we could stand since there was no behind us. The view wasn’t as bad as you would think. Irish dance is crazy. You always hear about how intense it is and how their legs don’t look like their attached their bodies. For some reason I was expecting a robotic performance after that explanation. But, it’s really a combination of tap dance and ballet, a much more flowing dance than I expected. They had a series of numbers, with all women, all men, solos and combinations in the first half. My favorite by far was an a capella type dance with all the men. There was no music but the stomping of their feet and it was so cool. Another dance was a partner dance that was like half acrobatic, the guys were lifting the women all over the place and spinning them like tops… it’s really hard to explain but it was so sick. We were a little confused as to whether there was a plot enough, but that did not take away from enjoying the dance sequences. There were also a series of musical pieces, with just singers. One of the female singers had one of the most amazing voices I have ever heard, it was super high soprano and you just got goosebumps listening to her. But, the real talent was the fiddle player. It was a young woman, and throughout the show the curtain blocking the music would rise and we could see them playing live. And, during a few scenes, she walked down and played in the center of the stage, all while playing intense fiddling. Overall, it was a really cool show and I’m really glad we went.