RIVERDANCE

*  Riverdance  *

... at the Boston Opera House.

  My feet hurt just from watching these amazingly talented young performers do their 'thing' !

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After 16 years, the North American tour will be coming to a close this June and will move on to tour other continents.  This is the eighth stop in Boston on this record-breaking tour.  

Boston, home to the highest percentage of Irish Americans in the United States has always loved

RIVERDANCE.

The final Boston engagement for this amazing show that introduced the world to Irish dance is a must see !

Truly a world-wide hit, since becoming an international phenomenon in 1996, Riverdance has now been seen live by more than 22 million people in over 40 countries and played to a worldwide television audience of more than 2 billion people!

                                                                                       Many of the Riverdance Irish Dance Troupe are World Champion Dancers.  

The troupe hails mostly from Ireland, but also from Great Britain, the United States and Australia. Between them, the dancers can boast of literally hundreds of championships won in Ireland and abroad. Most started dancing at 3 or 4 years of age at local dance schools and progressed to World Championship level before being chosen to perform in Riverdance.   The dancers wold have known and competed against each other at various competitions, including the World Championships. 

Riverdance has given them the opportunity to perform together for the first time in a non-competitive way.  The grace and eloquence of their soft-shoe dance, the power and precision of their hard shoe routines clearly display the endless hours of practice and their dedication to the art of Irish Dance.

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The 2011 - 2012 season        at The Boston Opera House!

After an extensive multi-million dollar restoration, Boston's landmark Opera House has re-emerged, after being shuttered for over a decade, as New England's finest and most historically significant performing arts venue.  

Designed in the Beaux Arts manner by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the foremost theatre architects of his day, its white terra cotta Beaux Art facade presents one of the finest examples of architectural terra cotta in Boston and the elaborate French Baroque interior is remarkably intact.  Floor-to-ceiling detaining adorns the magnificent auditorium, two-story lobby, and grand staircase, rich in marble, brass tracery, gold leaf, decorative plaster, wall murals and mirrors. 

The building itself  IS a work of Art, so look around and take it all in when YOU visit

The Boston Opera House !