*'Heartland'* is the absolute standout track for me. Those spotlights....that big thumping beat....the ascending strings.....Jean & Colin dancing....and the final huge dance spectacular with all of the Irish dancers. Brilliantly dancing...flicking heads...shuffling feet...and all the rest! *WOW! It doesn't get much better than this!*
I'll be honest, my favorite version , is the original and not just because it was Michael Flatley but there were some pieces of music and dance segments that I loved in the original, that were taken out of this version. I'm still happy though, that Riverdance has stood the test of time and the feeling of being transported to a world where I can get away from the stresses of everyday life, never gets old. It was a bit eery seeing the World Trade Center Towers in the opening credits but shows like these, remind us, of the rich heritage of New York and America. Long live Riverdance. ❤️💜🥰🥰🥰
Recuerdo que el día que salió a la venta en mi país España, este trabajo de Will Whelan fuí a la tienda para comprarlo, y en cuanto tuve noticias que sobre este mismo trabajo se estaba haciendo un montaje para llevarlo como espectáculo musical a los grandes escenarios, en cuanto el mismo se puso en escena en Dublín, me cogí un avión y allí me presenté para verlo. El problema de todo ello, jajajaja........ fue al salir una vez que presencié todo aquello que me dió como un golpe en seco en aquel momento que de aquello resultó que en aquella isla me quedé una temporada. Aunque ya conocía de muchos años atras sobre este tipo de música, la realidad es que Riverdance, sirvió y ha servido para dar el impulso definitivo para dar ha conocer ante el mundo el tipo de música que durante ya muchísimos años se estaba cociendo en Irlanda, así como el que penetre el interés ante la gente la cultura en general de este fantástico pais.
@@juanherreroramos5902 RREECUERDO QUE ESE PAIS ME MARCO, POR EL HICE MI PRIMER VIAJE EN BICI, Y A PESAR DE QUE EL ULTIMO DIA EN DUBLIN ME LA ROBARON, ESE VIAJE ME MARCO, POR EL LUEGO VINIERON OTROS 15 PAISES EN BICI
@@juanrodriguezpelaez555 Al final como se suele decir "el mundo dentro de un calcetín", uno que comete la locura de marcharse para ver el espectáculo de Riverdance a Dublín y que después decide por acabar quedándose una temporada en aquella isla, y otro que comete la proeza de marcharse nada menos que a ese país en biciceta. ¡¡¡Santo Dios......!!!!. Me encanta el mundo de la bicecleta, pero tanto a ese nivel ya no llego. Siempre he admirado cuando algunas veces los veo y los he visto a esas gentes como igual que serás tú, con sus bicis por la carretera a todos esos aventureros que a golpe de pedales y con sus alforjas en su parte trasera, nos les importa cuando llegar porque de lo que más están llenos es de aventura, y de disfrutar lo mejor posible.
Next time Riverdance confirms a tour for Mexico I’m not missing out as I did a year ago. Ive been going to every Riverdance whenever they visit Mexico since I was in elementary, it never ceases to amaze me.
This version definitely feels more balanced than the original performance. It's fascinating to watch these back to back plus the documentary... it seems like, as amazing a dancer as he is, Michael Flatley was a bit of a narcissist, much of the original performance was his show whereas this show is about the whole troupe. Jean Butler seems more confident and powerful in this performance, and I like that both of them are up on stage when the curtain rises on the troupe at 1:25:58, whereas in the original it was just Flatley. I think really, what I love most about the 1995 version is the quality of the sound, the tapping in this version doesn't have as much of the lower frequency sound? The taps seem so high pitched and I can't really hear any of the stomps :(
Really agree to that. The sound of the tapping is artificial. I think I remember they used a lot of pre-recorded tapping performances for this one. I read an article with the producer of the show, admitting to this. You can hear the difference quite well when you compare the part "Trading Taps" with all the group dancing parts. "Trading Taps" is what it sounds like, when you microphone taps on a stage live.
While I agree everything you said, the reason why the stomps were less powerful here was because the issue with the stage floor; it was so hard and many people complained about it before the opening night, at the rehearsals. The documentary tells more about it. The production team tried everything to add something beneath the foot work and amplify the sounds as best they could, but the stage wasn't flexible enough to produce those low stomp frequencies sufficient to be heard in the tv. Many of the audiences felt and heard it, but it doesn't carry enough through the stereo.
Of All versions this is the one that I preferred and also I like to call it my "Safe Place". First of all because is more balanced and the dancers were told to exagerate their movements so that the performance could be delivered for the people that were at the very top of the Radio City Music Hall seats. The additional choreography that Colin Dunne, Jean Butler, Mavis Ascott, María Pagés, The Moscow Folk Ballet and Tarik Winston made is the current escence of the Show along with Michael Flatley's original pieces. 1995 version at The Point was good also but Radio City Music Hall is the Best because it allowed for all the dancers, musicians and singers to Shine instead of focusing only in the Leads. This is want I want to see from Riverdance, although the current versions of the show are good they have shortened the crew and are starting to rely more on recordings and screen animated stagings that look great but made the people to focus less on the dance and the performers, same thing happened to Lord of the Dance and I believe that's why they are deciding to go back to the Feet of Flames format which in my opinion is 100 % better than the LOTD Point Theater version. I had this DVD signed by María Pagés, I met her with her own Flamenco company in 2006, unfortunaly a friend of mine lost the DVD a week after I gave it to him to watch it. You did an amazing work by uploading this remastered version. Thank you so much.
Outstanding dancing. But why continually change the camera angle? And showing waist-up shots of Irish dancing? I know they want the recording to be worse than the live show, but .....
Motto: ”Nu cerul este promisiunea ce ni s-a făcut, ci creaţia. Pământul ar trebui să-l transformăm în stea, căci este...” (LUCIAN BLAGA) ”STELELOR” - LUCIAN BLAGA C-o mare de îndemnuri şi de oarbe năzuinţi în mine mă-nchin luminii voastre, stelelor, şi flacări de-adorare îmi ard în ochi, ca-n nişte candele de jertfă. Fiori ce vin din ţara voastră îmi sărută cu buze reci de gheaţă trupul şi-nmărmurit vă-ntreb: spre care lumi vă duceţi şi spre ce abisuri? Pribeag cum sunt, mă simt azi cel mai singuratic suflet şi străbătut de-avânt alerg, dar nu ştiu - unde. Un singur gând mi-e rază şi putere: o, stelelor, nici voi n-aveţi în drumul vostru nici o ţintă, dar poate tocmai de aceea cuceriţi nemărginirea! Mulțumesc din suflet pentru acest spectacol show briliant! 🙂❤❤❤👏🌹☀🌚💎🎵🎶🎻
Some welcome changes/addtions in the dancing and music compared to 1995. Where they really blew it is the camera work. This camera people can't focus on the image for 10 seconds, too many camera angles, too much zooming. These are dancers, not jetski commercials, slow down and let us see their dancing. Hire back the camera crew from 1995!
Maybe if I hadn't seen the original Riverdance i would have a different opinion, but with the Michael Flatley version as a benchmark, this version falls far short for me. The original had such a more light / joyful feel to it and Michael Flatley was always smiling. This version i feel like all of the dancers always look so serious (almost angry at times!) or concentrating so hard without that same effortless and joyful feeling the original had. And sorry but i had to skip past that death metal blue fiddle part... that's a solid no for me.
*'Heartland'* is the absolute standout track for me. Those spotlights....that big thumping beat....the ascending strings.....Jean & Colin dancing....and the final huge dance spectacular with all of the Irish dancers. Brilliantly dancing...flicking heads...shuffling feet...and all the rest! *WOW! It doesn't get much better than this!*
Wow, Eileen from The Blue Violin. Thank you.
my favorite version with Colin Dunne and Jean Butler
My too
I like Colin Dunne much better.
I'll be honest, my favorite version , is the original and not just because it was Michael Flatley but there were some pieces of music and dance segments that I loved in the original, that were taken out of this version. I'm still happy though, that Riverdance has stood the test of time and the feeling of being transported to a world where I can get away from the stresses of everyday life, never gets old. It was a bit eery seeing the World Trade Center Towers in the opening credits but shows like these, remind us, of the rich heritage of New York and America. Long live Riverdance. ❤️💜🥰🥰🥰
Los vi en su presentación en México 2023 en Mexico, era mi sueño desde niña verlos en vivo, son fabulosos me gusta esta danza ❤
HACE ENTRE 25 Y 30 AÑOS QUE CONOZCO ESTA MUSICA Y ME SIGUE ECHIZANDO COMO EL PRIMER DIA QUE LA ESCUCHE
Recuerdo que el día que salió a la venta en mi país España, este trabajo de Will Whelan fuí a la tienda para comprarlo, y en cuanto tuve noticias que sobre este mismo trabajo se estaba haciendo un montaje para llevarlo como espectáculo musical a los grandes escenarios, en cuanto el mismo se puso en escena en Dublín, me cogí un avión y allí me presenté para verlo. El problema de todo ello, jajajaja........ fue al salir una vez que presencié todo aquello que me dió como un golpe en seco en aquel momento que de aquello resultó que en aquella isla me quedé una temporada. Aunque ya conocía de muchos años atras sobre este tipo de música, la realidad es que Riverdance, sirvió y ha servido para dar el impulso definitivo para dar ha conocer ante el mundo el tipo de música que durante ya muchísimos años se estaba cociendo en Irlanda, así como el que penetre el interés ante la gente la cultura en general de este fantástico pais.
@@juanherreroramos5902 RREECUERDO QUE ESE PAIS ME MARCO, POR EL HICE MI PRIMER VIAJE EN BICI, Y A PESAR DE QUE EL ULTIMO DIA EN DUBLIN ME LA ROBARON, ESE VIAJE ME MARCO, POR EL LUEGO VINIERON OTROS 15 PAISES EN BICI
@@juanrodriguezpelaez555 Al final como se suele decir "el mundo dentro de un calcetín", uno que comete la locura de marcharse para ver el espectáculo de Riverdance a Dublín y que después decide por acabar quedándose una temporada en aquella isla, y otro que comete la proeza de marcharse nada menos que a ese país en biciceta. ¡¡¡Santo Dios......!!!!. Me encanta el mundo de la bicecleta, pero tanto a ese nivel ya no llego. Siempre he admirado cuando algunas veces los veo y los he visto a esas gentes como igual que serás tú, con sus bicis por la carretera a todos esos aventureros que a golpe de pedales y con sus alforjas en su parte trasera, nos les importa cuando llegar porque de lo que más están llenos es de aventura, y de disfrutar lo mejor posible.
Excellent video quality! Thank you for the upload, I'm a massive Riverdance fan, 1996 production is my favorite one!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Loved this show have seen it 3 times all in Boston.
Next time Riverdance confirms a tour for Mexico I’m not missing out as I did a year ago. Ive been going to every Riverdance whenever they visit Mexico since I was in elementary, it never ceases to amaze me.
This version definitely feels more balanced than the original performance. It's fascinating to watch these back to back plus the documentary... it seems like, as amazing a dancer as he is, Michael Flatley was a bit of a narcissist, much of the original performance was his show whereas this show is about the whole troupe. Jean Butler seems more confident and powerful in this performance, and I like that both of them are up on stage when the curtain rises on the troupe at 1:25:58, whereas in the original it was just Flatley. I think really, what I love most about the 1995 version is the quality of the sound, the tapping in this version doesn't have as much of the lower frequency sound? The taps seem so high pitched and I can't really hear any of the stomps :(
Really agree to that. The sound of the tapping is artificial. I think I remember they used a lot of pre-recorded tapping performances for this one. I read an article with the producer of the show, admitting to this. You can hear the difference quite well when you compare the part "Trading Taps" with all the group dancing parts. "Trading Taps" is what it sounds like, when you microphone taps on a stage live.
While I agree everything you said, the reason why the stomps were less powerful here was because the issue with the stage floor; it was so hard and many people complained about it before the opening night, at the rehearsals. The documentary tells more about it. The production team tried everything to add something beneath the foot work and amplify the sounds as best they could, but the stage wasn't flexible enough to produce those low stomp frequencies sufficient to be heard in the tv. Many of the audiences felt and heard it, but it doesn't carry enough through the stereo.
Круто ❤
My favourite version!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Огромное спасибо за эстетическое удовольствие от просмотра видео, большая фанатка Ривер денса❤
All of you are so damn good! My god, you are just amazing!! And the new MF, wow, you did it!
Thank you so much!!!!
Of All versions this is the one that I preferred and also I like to call it my "Safe Place".
First of all because is more balanced and the dancers were told to exagerate their movements so that the performance could be delivered for the people that were at the very top of the Radio City Music Hall seats.
The additional choreography that Colin Dunne, Jean Butler, Mavis Ascott, María Pagés, The Moscow Folk Ballet and Tarik Winston made is the current escence of the Show along with Michael Flatley's original pieces.
1995 version at The Point was good also but Radio City Music Hall is the Best because it allowed for all the dancers, musicians and singers to Shine instead of focusing only in the Leads.
This is want I want to see from Riverdance, although the current versions of the show are good they have shortened the crew and are starting to rely more on recordings and screen animated stagings that look great but made the people to focus less on the dance and the performers, same thing happened to Lord of the Dance and I believe that's why they are deciding to go back to the Feet of Flames format which in my opinion is 100 % better than the LOTD Point Theater version.
I had this DVD signed by María Pagés, I met her with her own Flamenco company in 2006, unfortunaly a friend of mine lost the DVD a week after I gave it to him to watch it.
You did an amazing work by uploading this remastered version.
Thank you so much.
I wish I was there.
Outstanding dancing. But why continually change the camera angle? And showing waist-up shots of Irish dancing? I know they want the recording to be worse than the live show, but .....
Love ...
Love this!
Wish I could have seen this in person!
You still can! check the dates on their site!
Motto: ”Nu cerul este promisiunea ce ni s-a făcut, ci creaţia. Pământul ar trebui să-l transformăm în stea, căci este...” (LUCIAN BLAGA)
”STELELOR” - LUCIAN BLAGA
C-o mare de îndemnuri şi de oarbe năzuinţi
în mine
mă-nchin luminii voastre, stelelor,
şi flacări de-adorare
îmi ard în ochi, ca-n nişte candele de jertfă.
Fiori ce vin din ţara voastră îmi sărută
cu buze reci de gheaţă trupul
şi-nmărmurit vă-ntreb:
spre care lumi vă duceţi şi spre ce abisuri?
Pribeag cum sunt,
mă simt azi cel mai singuratic suflet
şi străbătut de-avânt alerg, dar nu ştiu - unde.
Un singur gând mi-e rază şi putere:
o, stelelor, nici voi n-aveţi
în drumul vostru nici o ţintă,
dar poate tocmai de aceea cuceriţi nemărginirea!
Mulțumesc din suflet pentru acest spectacol show briliant! 🙂❤❤❤👏🌹☀🌚💎🎵🎶🎻
@56:21 the most epic display ive ever seen
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Columbia TriStar Home Video (1997)
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I have a couple of questions. When did Bud Bundy learn Irish tap dance? About 42 minutes in....why did they decide to dress like Chandler Bing?
I'm glad I wasn't the only person who thought it looked like Bud!
@@tdowdy111 He is a little shorty too.
I always wondered why in some numbers Jean would wear shoes and others she didnt
Some welcome changes/addtions in the dancing and music compared to 1995. Where they really blew it is the camera work. This camera people can't focus on the image for 10 seconds, too many camera angles, too much zooming. These are dancers, not jetski commercials, slow down and let us see their dancing. Hire back the camera crew from 1995!
Maybe if I hadn't seen the original Riverdance i would have a different opinion, but with the Michael Flatley version as a benchmark, this version falls far short for me. The original had such a more light / joyful feel to it and Michael Flatley was always smiling. This version i feel like all of the dancers always look so serious (almost angry at times!) or concentrating so hard without that same effortless and joyful feeling the original had. And sorry but i had to skip past that death metal blue fiddle part... that's a solid no for me.
You can really see how much Michael flatley's dancing style is influenced by flamenco dance.
This makes Michael Flatley's stuff all seem so corny and kitsch.
Nothing near as good as Michael Flatley... MF's performance was breathtaking.
The 1995 version shows Michael Flatley's genius, and this version really let Jean Butler shine!
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