MANCHESTER, NH – Riverdance co-founder Moya Doherty will join Riverdance: The 20th Anniversary World Tour, back by popular demand, for a strictly limited engagement at SNHU Arena on June 7, 2017. Tickets for the international Irish dance phenomenon, will be on sale beginning Saturday, February 24 at 10 a.m.
Celebrating an extraordinary milestone for an incredible show, The Edinburgh Evening News raves about Riverdance: The 20th Anniversary World Tour, “As for the flaws? Well, there simply aren’t any. Here’s to another 20 years!”
The Riverdance anniversary tour is composed by Bill Whelan, produced by Moya Doherty, and directed by John McColgan. The tour will feature new costumes, new lighting, new projections and the addition of a brand new number, “Anna Livia,” featuring the female members of the Irish dance troupe in an a cappella hard-shoe number.
For the complete North American tour schedule please visit www.riverdance.com.
“The success of Riverdance across the whole world has gone beyond our wildest dreams,” said Doherty. “The fact that the show continues to draw and excite audiences is a tribute to every dancer, singer, musician, staff and crew member who have dedicated themselves to the show. This 20th Anniversary Tour is a thank you to our audiences and a celebration of what has been an incredible journey across two decades.”
The spectacle of the anniversary tour will be an innovative and exciting blend of dance, music and song. Drawing on Irish traditions, the combined talents of the performers propel Irish dancing and music into the present day, capturing the imagination of audiences across all ages and cultures. Set design by Robert Ballagh, lighting design by John Comiskey, costume design byJoan Bergin and sound design by Michael O’Gorman enhance the solid level of musical performance fans of Riverdance have come to expect.
For more than 20 years, there’s been nothing quite like Riverdance, which has carried the energy, the sensuality and the spectacle of this tradition to a new generation of fans. Riverdance began its journey as the interval act in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, produced for television by Doherty. This electrifying and innovative seven-minute dance piece was then developed into a full-length stage show by Doherty, composer Bill Whelan and director John McColgan.
With its fusion of Irish and International music and dance, the show broke all box office records during its world première run in Dublin in early 1995. When the show transferred to London the reaction was unprecedented. There followed a hugely successful tour starting in New York in March 1996, where eight sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall heralded the start of 16 years of non-stop touring by Riverdance companies throughout North America. Since its inception, Riverdance has packed theatres throughout North America, Oceania, Asia, Europe, South Africa and South America.
Tickets for the June 7 show at the SNHU Arena go on sale Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. You can purchase tickets via this link.
