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Title

Riverdance -- a journey [videorecording] / Tyrone Productions for Abhann Productions ; produced by John McColgan ; lighting cameraman/director, Ciaran Tanham ; executive producers, Joan Egan and Moya Doherty.

Publication

U.K. : VCI ; Culver City, Calif. : Columbia Tristar Home Video, c1996.

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Additional Authors

• Doherty, Moya.
• Doherty, Moya
• Whelan, Bill.
• McColgan, John.
• McColgan, John
• Flatley, Michael
• Butler, Jean
• Dunne, Colin
• Riverdance Irish Dance Company.
• Tyrone Productions.
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
• DHCA.

Description

1 videodisc (78 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Documentary on the origins and evolution of Riverdance -- the show, told mainly in the words of its creators and principal performers, and profusely illustrated with performance and rehearsal excerpts, television news reports and interviews. Producer Moya Doherty describes how she was inspired by the dancing of Jean Butler and Michael Flatley at the Spirit of Mayo performance in August 1993. She, composer Bill Whelan, and director John McColgan recall Riverdance's seven-minute debut as part of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, and the process of expanding this into a two-hour production, which opened at the Point Theatre, Dublin, in February 1995. Further milestones in the show's history include its first London run in Hammersmith in June 1995, followed by an engagement at Labatts Apollo in London; the departure of Michael Flatley and his replacement by Colin Dunne in September 1995; and a second London run in October 1995. The program concludes with scenes from the show's triumphal appearance at Radio City Music Hall, New York, in March 1996.

Uniform Title

Riverdance (Musical)

Subject

Dance companies > Ireland

Genre/Form

• Filmed dance.
• Dance.
• Documentaries and factual films and programs.
• Video.

Performer (note)

• Interviewees: Moya Doherty, producer ; Bill Whelan, composer ; John McColgan, director ; Michael Flatley, Jean Butler, Colin Dunne, principal dancers ; and others.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6408

OCLC

• 42433475
• NYPY99-F977

Title

Riverdance -- a journey [videorecording] / Tyrone Productions for Abhann Productions ; produced by John McColgan ; lighting cameraman/director, Ciaran Tanham ; executive producers, Joan Egan and Moya Doherty.

Imprint

U.K. : VCI ; Culver City, Calif. : Columbia Tristar Home Video, c1996.

Country of Producing Entity

U.K.

System Details

DVD.

Original Version

Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.

Performer

Interviewees: Moya Doherty, producer ; Bill Whelan, composer ; John McColgan, director ; Michael Flatley, Jean Butler, Colin Dunne, principal dancers ; and others.

Danced by Jean Butler, Michael Flatley, Colin Dunne and the Riverdance Irish Dance Company ; with Maria Pagés, members of the Moiseyev Dance Company, the Harlem Tappers (Marcel Peneux, Jelly Germaine, and Leon Hazelwood) ; and others.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIA 4-3563.

Local Subject

Irish step dancing.

Added Author

Doherty, Moya. Producer

Doherty, Moya, interviewee.

Whelan, Bill. Composer. Interviewee

McColgan, John. Director

McColgan, John, interviewee.

Flatley, Michael, interviewee.

Flatley, Michael, dancer.

Butler, Jean, interviewee.

Butler, Jean, dancer.

Dunne, Colin, interviewee.

Dunne, Colin, dancer.

Riverdance Irish Dance Company.

Tyrone Productions.

Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)

DHCA.

Added Title

Riverdance (Musical)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6408