RIVERDANCE

Lord of the Rings ambience. Music that varied from haunting melodies to foot stomping numbers.(Now I know where AR Rehman gets his inspiration!!) Dances that ranged from tap dancing to flamenco. Costumes that were a feast to the eyes. Angelic voices that reminded you that there was a God. Splendid performances that left you gasping for more.

Riverdance, as the production is called, is a collection of music, comedy, and some wonderful Irish dancing. My first experience of theater and I was in raptures. If this is what it does to your soul, I definitely want more of it. I had always though of theater as being stuffy, snobbish and for the fuddy-duddies. And I gracefully accept defeat. I am grateful I got to experience something so moving.

It was wonderful to see how it touched everyone in the theater. There were a lot of school-going kids and they were just as enraptured as I was. Or was it the child in me reacting to something new, something wonderful? I was glad to see “C” was caught up in the spell too. She actually tried out a few of the steps during intermission. The rest of the intermission was well-spent figuring out which of the red-heads in the row ahead of us were fake. I, as usual, failed miserably, having no clue what a red-head was, fake or otherwise.

Intermission over, the magic started again. More dancing, more music, more magic. All in all, it was too short. I hated to leave, hated having to come back to earth after being in a dream for two short hours. But come back to earth I did, with a resounding thump!!