The Lord of the Dance

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bit, but after that first act I could not look away from it. The sheer power and passion behind the performers was breathtaking. I had never seen anything like it and ever since that first performance I have been attend 2 to 3 performance a year.
The story follows the Lord of the Dance and the fight against the dark lord Don Dorcha from taking over Ireland. The Lord of the Dance defeats the dark lord's with help from a spirit. There is also a story with a love vs lust theme expressed through dance throughout the show. Saoirse, the Irish CailĂ­n fights for the love of the Lord of the Dance against the Morrighan, the Temptress
The first thing that you will notice when watching the show is that when the dancers move they move in synchronization with each other. This type of dancing does not happen overnight, these dancers spend months if not years perfecting their dancing and just rehearsing a 30-second segment takes eight hours said Flantley during an interview with the Daily News ...

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and by the end of the night the show had received multiple standing ovations. Within months of its opening LotD was the highest grossing international tour of the year setting new records for live performances. It has gone on to break even more records, LotD broke all known box office records in South Africa, have been seen by over 60 million people in 60 different countries on every continent, and many more records.
Flatley took traditional Irish music and dancing to a whole new level when he had created Lord of the Dance. At first many people did not believe that the show would amount to anything and said it would be a failure. After the show was a success he then went on to add ...

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