Word: accompanimental
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The music that currently forms the show's backbone was entirely absent at first. Then the three founders asked some musicians to improvise accompaniment and were shocked at the new-wave-ish response.
Riverdance was bold from the beginning, owing nearly as much to a Broadway chorus line as to Irish tradition. It opened in Dublin early last year with a cast of 26 dancers and musicians (the company now numbers 85). The production's signature is scarcely controlled energy and bravura. Legs...
A resurgent Irish pride has also helped Riverdance thrive. The brief history of the troupe coincides with a period of real progress in the peacemaking process in Northern Ireland. Says Doherty: "It was really a great time to be Irish. People took pride in rediscovering their culture. They felt good...
Even the track "Rilkean Heart", with gorgeous vocal harmonies and exquisitely timed instrumental accompaniment, is marred by Fraser's lyrical weaknesses. The song manages to sidestep the bottomless well of self-pity into which most breakup songs plummet, but Fraser still sounds as though she's reading from a self...
The huge success last year encouraged the restaurant chain to continue the carbo-loading as an annual accompaniment to the regatta.