I got a ticket to go and see the “Lord of the Dance” which is a spin off from Riverdance which was around last century. Michael Flatley’s name is still attached to this event and so his reputation is obviously carrying it a little. Now I would never have bought tickets to this show because I don’t mind watching a youtube video of this bizarre form of dancing where it looks as though the dancers leg is about to come off at any moment or even more disturbing the feeling you get when you see there legs flying around as if they are broken, but to sit through an entire show is another thing.

This show was also 2 hours long, I mean how long can you really flog a dead horse. It is impressive, the speed and precision of the dancers, their timing is amazing and the foot work is mesmerising………..but two hours. We had so many costume changes, I mean I lost count. Each time the male dancers, who I felt were better dancers but not so easy on the eye as the fine young ladies, would come out and do their thing and prance around and then they would finish with some heavy coordinated footwork. The rhythm and timing as I say was great and for two mins or more the audience was spellbound by the footwork.

This show was called “Dangerous Games” and it was about the “Lord Of the Dance”, the hero, and the other guy Mr Bionic wearing some kind of terminator gear fighting over the forest to be the best dancer………..or should I say the Lord of the Dance.

There was a young girl that was the guide or a creature of the forest and she got caught up in the fight, but she was a very good contemporary dancer and her style was very refreshing. The young women that came to dance were really prancing around a lot, but the dancing was not strong and at best I would say mediocre. When both sexes danced together they choreography was better. They were very pretty but the fake blond wigs looked really tragic, I don’t think there were many Irish lassies on stage last night. Most had those fake American style smiles that you see painted on and of course the Americans can do this really well.

There were two girl fiddler’s that played some good old fashioned Irish jigs and the second time they came on stage the whole ensemble joined them and that was good. There was also a singer that appeared 3 times and what a dreadful casting that was, mind you the material she was singing with was very week and so maybe it wasn’t all her fault.

So all in all I think if the performance had run for an hour, they had cut out the singer, there had been a lot less prancing around the stage. think I would have enjoyed it a lot more. But to put this all in perspective, the audience is Chinese and they are also amazed at by the young foreigner folk on the stage. They gave them a rousing reception. For them to see so many white females together was quite the spectacle. many would have never seen this kind of dancing before, I have. and so I think many people enjoyed it and I did see a kid walking out the auditorium trying to prance around like the eegits on stage, so you never know maybe in 10 years time she will be in Ireland doing her thang.