This article is sponsored by Riverdance.
RIVERDANCE is offering a VIP Experience for the first time as the iconic show returns to Irish shores this summer.
The exclusive offer includes a meet & greet with the Lead Dancers and members of the cast.
The saying "Summer in Dublin is not Summer without the original Riverdance" has stayed true with the show returning from worldwide touring to perform in the beautiful Gaiety Theatre beside St Stephen’s Green in the heart of the city.
Many of the current cast of Riverdance dancers and musicians were not even born when the show broke box office records at its premieres in 1995 at the Point Theatre, Dublin and at the Apollo, Hammersmith, London in 1995.
The seven-minute interval act was first performed at the Eurovision Song Contest featuring Michael Flatley and Jean Butler. It was then developed into the electrifying and innovative full length stage show by composer Bill Whelan, producer Moya Doherty and director John McColgan.
Since those early shows, Riverdance has toured for over two decades across all 6 continents, performing to a live audience of over 25 million people.
The show is a fusion of Irish and International music and dance and features a talented cast of lead Irish Dancers, the Irish Dance Troupe, the live Riverdance Band and singers and international artists from Russia, Spain and the USA.
The Riverdance Irish Dance Troupe are world-class Irish dancers. They hail mostly from Ireland, but also from Britain, the United States, Canada and Australia. Between them the dancers can boast of hundreds of championships won in Ireland and abroad.
The dance troupe this summer includes three sets of siblings – two brothers from Bristol, two sisters from Sydney and a brother and sister from Co. Meath.
The story of Riverdance traces the life of a river. The river, from cloud to sea to cloud again, symbolizes the life cycle, and echoes the Irish experience of emigration and renewal: people who had left their homeland and traveled across the sea, returned to enrich Ireland with their talents and experience gained abroad.
The show as a whole builds on this idea of exploring the way people from different lands enrich the countries they emigrate to, bringing with them their own culture, music and dance.
A recent addition to the shows in Dublin is the exclusive Riverdance VIP Experience - which includes a meet & greet with the Lead Dancers and some of the cast for individual photos, autographs and conversation.
Tickets for Riverdance at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin can be booked on www.Ticketmaster.ie/Riverdance, by phone on 00353 1456 9569 or in person at the Gaiety Theatre Box Office on South King Street, Dublin 2.
