Lady of the Dance by Duffy Marie; Rowley Eddie;

Author:Duffy, Marie; Rowley, Eddie; [Marie Duffy and Eddie Rowley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 4803209
Publisher: The O'Brien Press
Published: 2017-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

A few nights later we gathered around a television in the green room at the Point. The female dancers were jumping up and down with glee, while the guys pretended to be cool, even though it was quite obvious that they were bursting with excitement as they watched a Lord of the Dance opening night report on the RTÉ TV early evening news.

There were shots of the crowd arriving at the Point for the show, and then it went to a recording of the dancers inside the venue.

‘Hey, it’s us!’ The girls were now bouncing around the room with excitement.

Michael and I glanced at each other, and judging by the gleam in his eyes I knew that he felt he’d died and gone to heaven.

With several performances under their belt, the dancers were comfortable and confident as they went out on stage for their big official opening night. I took my seat out front, passing our Irish promoter, a lovely old-school gentleman called Jim Aiken, in the wings. Jim, who had created the template for Ireland’s concert scene as the first promoter to bring in major international music stars on tour, looked really pleased with the way the public were responding to the show.

Waiting for the opening number my emotions were a mixture of nerves and excitement. There is always the niggling worry that something will go wrong. No matter how well you prepare, there’s the danger of an unexpected event happening. You always worry about a fall or an injury and the domino effect that would set off. But from the very start I could see that the dancers were supremely confident.

They were also buzzing with excitement, and, as it turned out, the show went smoothly with no glitches.

On opening night it struck me that while Michael Flatley’s fantastic charm and charisma had a major part to play in the success of Lord of the Dance, the energy and enthusiasm of the dancers, and the joy they exuded, were also infectious. That’s also the magic that pulled in the audience, got them involved in the show and ultimately had them jumping out of their seats.

I’ve always said that to dancers: ‘The night you become complacent and don’t get the audience out of their seats is the time you start to worry.’

But there were no worries that night.

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