The End of Riverdance?
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"And so it shall end the way it began: with mini-skirted colleens and leather-panted boyos stomping their feet while the audience cheers.
Yes, the big news is that Riverdance – the combination of New Age Irish music, rapid-fire footwork, folksy charm and G-rated sex appeal, which has been pleasing audiences for 15 years – is planning to hang up its shoes ... sort of.
The production that starts performances May19 at the Canon Theatre is being billed as its "farewell tour" and it's wending its way through every city the show has ever played in Europe and North America, just to say goodbye.
But is this a genuine last kick at the can? Or is it like the tours that Charles Aznavour and Cher keep announcing, only to return as regularly as Wiarton Willie does each Feb.2?
"No, this is the real thing," insists Julian Erskine, the senior executive producer of all things Riverdance. "There are no plans to return to any of these venues in the immediate future."
But it doesn't mean that those Gaelic feet will go tapping off into the twilight. Far from it.
"Riverdance is moving into new territories," says Erskine. "Just as Europe and North America opened up to us 15 years ago, the Far East is opening up to us now. We tried to get into Asia, South America and Africa before, but we never made it. Now the time is right."
While it's true that some fans will shed a shamrock-shaped tear over its departure, a lot of other people will sigh with relief."
Yes, the big news is that Riverdance – the combination of New Age Irish music, rapid-fire footwork, folksy charm and G-rated sex appeal, which has been pleasing audiences for 15 years – is planning to hang up its shoes ... sort of.
The production that starts performances May19 at the Canon Theatre is being billed as its "farewell tour" and it's wending its way through every city the show has ever played in Europe and North America, just to say goodbye.
But is this a genuine last kick at the can? Or is it like the tours that Charles Aznavour and Cher keep announcing, only to return as regularly as Wiarton Willie does each Feb.2?
"No, this is the real thing," insists Julian Erskine, the senior executive producer of all things Riverdance. "There are no plans to return to any of these venues in the immediate future."
But it doesn't mean that those Gaelic feet will go tapping off into the twilight. Far from it.
"Riverdance is moving into new territories," says Erskine. "Just as Europe and North America opened up to us 15 years ago, the Far East is opening up to us now. We tried to get into Asia, South America and Africa before, but we never made it. Now the time is right."
While it's true that some fans will shed a shamrock-shaped tear over its departure, a lot of other people will sigh with relief."
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