Riverdance one high-stepping show
"Irish eyes certainly have been smiling on “Riverdance” since its 1995 debut in Dublin.
Watching Thursday night’s show at Memorial Auditorium, it’s easy to see why: impossibly fast, thunderous, rhythmic tapping, 20-dancers strong, in a synchronized line that would put Radio City Music Hall’s Rockettes to shame.
Add to all that spectacular dancing a few heart-rending, haunting solo singing performances; a mad-skills drum solo on the bodhran by Mark Alfred; up-in-your-seat, joyful fiddle jigs by Patrick Mangan; and Matt Bashford’s reverberating turn on the Uilleann pipes.
And then there was lead dancer Alan Scariff, whose feet move so nimbly and so adeptly that you dare not blink too fast for fear of missing something, and also Caterina Coyne, who can match him with her quick feet and limber, graceful jumps."
Watching Thursday night’s show at Memorial Auditorium, it’s easy to see why: impossibly fast, thunderous, rhythmic tapping, 20-dancers strong, in a synchronized line that would put Radio City Music Hall’s Rockettes to shame.
Add to all that spectacular dancing a few heart-rending, haunting solo singing performances; a mad-skills drum solo on the bodhran by Mark Alfred; up-in-your-seat, joyful fiddle jigs by Patrick Mangan; and Matt Bashford’s reverberating turn on the Uilleann pipes.
And then there was lead dancer Alan Scariff, whose feet move so nimbly and so adeptly that you dare not blink too fast for fear of missing something, and also Caterina Coyne, who can match him with her quick feet and limber, graceful jumps."
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