First Time Watching Riverdance _ Eurovision Song Contest Dublin Ireland 1994/ REACTION

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@colinmoore7460 Жыл бұрын

That night the "half time performance" stole the entire show!

@sysiphuscorinth 10 ай бұрын

true, no other interval show comes close @@Hstsan

@jakerazmataz852 8 ай бұрын

Didn't that happen with Janet Jackson.😁

@laurabryannan Жыл бұрын

The whole world fell in love with Irish dancing after this performance.

@debraprince4511 Жыл бұрын

I am astounded at the level of strength and endurance displayed here. That dance looks exhausting! But it is amazing to watch.

@reactandrelaxtv4078 Жыл бұрын

Yes very beautiful

@TheGreenhillsCyclist Жыл бұрын

I'm 52 and my ankles are STILL recovering from years of Irish Dancing from my childhood! Some of those dances play havoc on our ankles and shins. But, well worth it when you see the reaction of the audience.

@vallee3140 Жыл бұрын

did you have to put your feet in ice after performing?

@TheGreenhillsCyclist Жыл бұрын

@@vallee3140 Back then bags of ice in the local shop was unheard of. Basin of cold water from the tap was the norm.

@vallee3140 Жыл бұрын

@@TheGreenhillsCyclist but did it help much?

@TheGreenhillsCyclist Жыл бұрын

@@vallee3140 Yes it did. Help a great deal.

@whishywashy1 Жыл бұрын

I used to employ 20 Irish girls in the summer season as chambermaids in my hotel. They’d roll up all innocent and crying as they missed their Mammies. Every Saturday night we’d go to our local and boy could those girls drink, Merrydown cider and pints of snakebite! We’d get in a lockdown and then they’d dance. The local lads were smitten, spent many an evening with kicked shins and bruised ankles trying to be taught the basics but what fun we had. My job was to keep them all happy, in one piece and try and be a surrogate Mam. First job to get them up on a Sunday morning so they could all turn up for mass. They could dance and sing like angels yet I had to teach them all how to make a bed as their Mammies did everything for them. Happy days!

@Styxswimmer 10 ай бұрын

What was intended as the interval act stole the whole show a d became an international phenomenon. This was something special

@redders6858 Жыл бұрын

Apart from the Irish dancing which is beautiful, I love the drums, it wakes something almost primal within me, especially the Bodhran ❤

@antuamach4334 4 ай бұрын

Craziest thing about thisbwas that it wasnt even the main event 😂 it was an interval and it completely blew the main event away.

@doubleducks814 Жыл бұрын

It's what makes us Irish. My 8 year old granddaughter just started Irish dancing. Makes me so proud.

@louisemcateer1314 Жыл бұрын

It still gives me chills every time

@reactandrelaxtv4078 Жыл бұрын

It amazes me

@chrismoule7242 Жыл бұрын

I saw this live with my wife, who was a dancer. It was one of the most amazing things that both of us had ever seen. Makes me cry every time.

@tonymurray814 Жыл бұрын

The people I really envy are the ones in the audience that night who were caught totally unaware of what to expect! It must have been a mind blowing experience,..........I’m from Ireland and I “ might” be a tad biased!🥰

@vaunmalone3064 11 ай бұрын

I definitely felt it that night and wished I was there. The audience jumped to their feet!!!❤

@free..to..air.. Жыл бұрын

I defy anybody not to be moved and amazed when they first see this...astonishing versatility..astounding finesse

@marksaunderson3042 Жыл бұрын

I am a rock/metal fan, but this is truly genius. It’s MUSIC, involving instruments, skill and practice.

@KC-gy5xw Жыл бұрын

Every time I watch this, it's as fresh and exciting as it was the first time that night. Amazing.

@Whippy99 Жыл бұрын

I’m so proud of the Irish blood that pulses through my veins when I watch this ❤😊

@daniel88503 Жыл бұрын

Desde luego, es una maravilla a mi me emociona y eso que soy francés pero cuando ves algo tan hermoso oufffffff.

@fay-amieaspen6046 9 ай бұрын

Me too Erin Go Bragh Ireland Forever 🇮🇪

@mjw12345 Жыл бұрын

I love our Black sisters involved in our culture, already many nice fusions AFRICA-IRELAND. We're blessed!

@reactandrelaxtv4078 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@gailcrook2687 Жыл бұрын

I feel blessed to have watched this live, it still makes me feel that I'm watching this for the first time, it will never be beaten

@tipitii7388 Жыл бұрын

I was 9 years old when this was broadcast live, I remember seeing it like it was yesterday. I knew I was witnessing something great and was so excited by what I saw I had troubles sleeping that night. Truly a masterpiece.

@SasuNaruL0vR80 10 ай бұрын

Dance, song, and music are the universal language. It's a beautiful thing; no matter where you come from you can always find this language that connects us all.

@bathbedbook Жыл бұрын

I remember sat in front on the TV watching this live as it happened. That beautiful haunting music just hypnotises you at the beginning. I dont remember any of the eurovision singers from that night but this is forever etched in my memory. Its lovely watching someone experience it for the first time, your face was just a look of pure astonishment and love! ❤

@howardbeatman2820 Жыл бұрын

Irish step dancing is the ancestor of American tap dance. The rules for step dancing had been rigidly enforced for 200 years until Michael Flatley (along with a few others) realized that we had learned much about choreography and presentation during that period of time. What could be done, they wondered, to improve performance while still keeping to those rigid rules? The result was Riverdance. Its success enabled Flatley to create Lord Of The Dance which eliminated those rigid rules completely.

@stephenburke5967 11 ай бұрын

Irish dancing of all creeds is dated back for thousands of years Riverdance was a vibrant upgrade from its ancestors.

@helenluceyatkins7290 Жыл бұрын

29 yrs later and its still so captivating . Your lovely smiling face while watching the show was beautiful too..

@Hammarspiken Жыл бұрын

Hi Reactor 👍🏾 i remember this EUROVISION song contest from DUBLIN IRISH.1994❤️👁️🤯🇸🇪. i am from sweden and we are not famous dance people🎶👍🏻 like your country JAMAICA 🇯🇲 Everybody love Dance in Jamaica 🎶👍🏻 but i remember this Saturday 1994 when i saw this beautiful culture irish dance i was in chock because we always get on News about bombing and shooting in years from irish..so when i see 👁️ this RIVERDANCE performance it was just woderful and all the Swedish people as dancing to work in monday morning in Riverdance style ha ha ha ha ha. And it was wonderful to see 👁️ your react just because you are from a dancing culture the first you telling was that you know who hard this dance is to perform 🤯👍🏾🇯🇲. THX for a good reaction to Irish culture RIVERDANCE 🇸🇪❤️🇯🇲❤️🇸🇪

@ko0974 Жыл бұрын

That's really moving thank you

@silvergirl2847 Жыл бұрын

That makes my heart sing love from Ireland.

@mordor62 Жыл бұрын

still makes me cry every time,,saw it first live in dublin and to see it so is the only to do justice to the power of the music and dance

@polomis27 Жыл бұрын

This is IRISH. IRELAND is not a part of briitain or the U.K.

@AlainnCorcaigh Жыл бұрын

Just part of the British isles

@catherinefitzgerald7291 Жыл бұрын

YES!!!

@alandoust551 Жыл бұрын

The United Kingdom (UK) is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

@LFire12 Жыл бұрын

@@AlainnCorcaigh 'British Isles' is a 17th Century deliberately created British propaganda-ist term designed to lay claim to Ireland, it is not a proper geographical term and is not used in Ireland.

@cindycchesney5716 Жыл бұрын

Thank You!!!!!!! I live in the United States. This is a sore spot for a lot of us who are Irish to be considered British. You would be amazed at how many people still think of England owning all of IRELAND! Smh

@lilykhandker4126 Жыл бұрын

I still remember watching this performance - it was unbelievable

@pilibodonnchu3196 10 ай бұрын

Dia dhuit as Éireann 🇮🇪 Hello from Ireland , there is River Dance and also Lord of the Dance . You can see some of the dances from that show also . Glad you enjoyed watching Irish dancing unique to Ireland 🇮🇪. Do chara Pilib , ( your friend Pilib ) 😊

@decolonizeEverywhere 11 ай бұрын

I hope you look around a little more because that is just one part of the entire evening performance. There were some amazing performers that night. I've seen this I don't know how many times and still it makes me emotional. That performance literally broke World Records because of the speed of Michael and Jean's feet. This went viral without the aid of the internet.

@julianbarber4708 4 ай бұрын

I was halfway up the stairs (nobody watches the halftime show!) and talking to my wife, who was downstairs. Suddenly, this incredible sound permeated my brain.....what the hell is this

@tomoleary7935 Жыл бұрын

TOTAL MAGIC - Nothing less !!!

@JuandeFucaU Жыл бұрын

riverdancing was outlawed in Canada because too many people were drowning.

@Whippy99 Жыл бұрын

😂

@silvergirl2847 Жыл бұрын

That's a paddy Irish man joke for ya😂

@sarahmineart9977 9 ай бұрын

Your beautiful face. Your reaction is amazing. 🇨🇮

@reactandrelaxtv4078 8 ай бұрын

😊 thank you

@johankaewberg9512 Жыл бұрын

I have seen three things in my life that stunned me. One was Jean-Michelle Jarres mega concert in Huston. One was Shen Yun (look them up, now touring) … and the third. Guess what. Watching this at 12 years of age it hit me like a sledgehammer.

@williamneitzel2249 Жыл бұрын

Y'all need to check out the entire show, performed about a year after this. Little over an hour and a half of OMG.

@kirks1234 Жыл бұрын

Ireland here. Nice one :)

@reactandrelaxtv4078 Жыл бұрын

Thanks irieland for coming

@alecmichie1128 Жыл бұрын

I love my Irish roots I love this

@catherinefitzgerald7291 Жыл бұрын

I love my irish roots too.

@majbrat 10 ай бұрын

I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it. They created a full show with many songs and damces that has been touring the world constantly for the last 25 years from this one petformance. Its awesome.

@12bigredd Жыл бұрын

thank you for your words and smiles :) I still remember this....... takes me back

@goodehands5388 6 ай бұрын

Having seen River dance live, it was truly incredible. So what if I'm part Irish!!!! Lol And if you think it was easy just look at how hard they are all breathing when it finishes. Truly athletes!!!!!!

@mossfitz 2 ай бұрын

What it has, that few seem to mention, is huge power through restraint. By holding back on arm movement and keeping it highly focussed it has a great sense of implied power

@rosemarymccarron3887 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from Ireland ☘️

@Joodles22 2 ай бұрын

Welcome to Riverdance! Every time you watch it (I think I’ve watched this at least 100 times in the last 30 years), your body will have the same reaction! Mine does, every single time. But thanks so much for sharing your first reaction with us 🙏🏼 I love that you loved it 🥰

@reactandrelaxtv4078 2 ай бұрын

So good!

@paulcullen9162 Жыл бұрын

Was driving home from west of Ireland to Dublin that night ,listened to it on the car radio and was blown away, amazing !

@seeker1432 Жыл бұрын

If i tried any of those moves i would be in intensive care now. Must play hell with there legs.

@ritamoran4069 10 ай бұрын

All the girls and boys in the coris were amateur dancers from different dancing schools. It still gives me goose bumps each time I see it and I'm from Ireland 🇮🇪

@jeannelipham2583 7 ай бұрын

I loved watching your face as you were watching!

@chicotime69 Ай бұрын

I watch things like this and it makes me wonder what the fighting is all about!!!!!!!!!!!

@siramea Жыл бұрын

its the only Eurovision internal act to receive a standing ovation, I think these days the audience is not seated but still, also that the president of Ireland, in red at 9:14

@Ailichan01 Жыл бұрын

I was four when it first time appeared. It has been part of my childhood and it's what had made me like Irish dance and celtic music.

@yellow1483rose Жыл бұрын

thank you for letting me share the riverdance with you¬

@reactandrelaxtv4078 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@cyflym11 Жыл бұрын

I saw this when it first broadcast. I just happened to come into the room when it was on and I was completely transfixed. No one expected it and the audience just went mad at the end which I never forgot. I've watched the video so many times because it always cheers me up!

@Irish780 Жыл бұрын

Irish perfection

@riverdonoghue9992 Жыл бұрын

I dint like the idea of proud but this makes me very proud to be Irish.

@tanjagoodall1768 Жыл бұрын

Many Black people relate strongly to the tap dancing aspect of Riverdance, it's in their dna

@indiantinamorals5791 Жыл бұрын

Thanks , great reaction, love from Ireland

@helenwood8482 Жыл бұрын

I went to both the Riverdance and Lord of the Dance stage shows that grew out of this and I have never seen a performance so beautiful.

@debbiebanner 8 ай бұрын

Your reaction is so genuine and sweet.

@reactandrelaxtv4078 7 ай бұрын

Thank you

@GryLi 3 ай бұрын

This was so amazing

@PatrickLaneMJD Жыл бұрын

The Riverdance Show is still going all this time later and a huge hit world wide. Enjoy the Show.

@johnwilliams575 4 ай бұрын

4.25 - here comes the peacock! 6.06 - like a moth to the flame!

@taraann7753 11 ай бұрын

Your reaction was amazing..something like my own the first time I watched it.. Greetings from Ireland ☘️☘️☘️.

@ko0974 Жыл бұрын

Dia duit Agus buiochas mor leat as Eiireann🇮🇪☘️ Hello and big thanks from Ireland 🇯🇲

@samhartford8677 Жыл бұрын

To this day I have no ability to understand how they do that. I saw this in the 1990s, but still...

@danellacoffey5836 11 ай бұрын

I loved your reaction. You seemed as moved by the music as well as the dancing. This blew the world away when this brief show was first seen. Its not completely tradions, Irish dancers usually keep their arms still. They adapted this to be a complete stage show which was a celebration of global dance and culture. I was lucky enough to see it a couple of years ago and it was spectacular

@jujulionesselsa1416 Жыл бұрын

I remember when i watched this the first time i was mesmerised.

@wenchyfoodwench4098 Жыл бұрын

Anuna. Harmonies from a heavenly dream😀

@robertcross6834 2 ай бұрын

Ms Butler is a goddess

@legend9335 Жыл бұрын

I had to give up tap dancing when I slipped and fell in the sink.

@kilkennyrose7099 Жыл бұрын

This production brought Irish Dance to the forefront.

@dannymc7741 11 ай бұрын

Still great to watch

@steveburkitt1255 Жыл бұрын

So glad I found your podcast.Yes, that was the beginning.I know I'm a couple of months behind on your podcast, but please watch how vantasic River Dance has grown if you haven't already.Also please watch "2Cheloes".

@mishk9700 8 ай бұрын

Lovely reaction, I have found a few really good reactions to Riverdance, I'm so glad you liked it, I remember watching it at home and it eclipsed the actual Eurovision, which was crazy.

@reactandrelaxtv4078 7 ай бұрын

It's so good!

@celticworrior23 Ай бұрын

hello from Cork, Ireland.

@reactandrelaxtv4078 Ай бұрын

Hello there! From Jamaica

@christophercasey3530 8 ай бұрын

As an Irish person and this may be abit biased but we're deffo the best country In The world 😅

@patshaw4920 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous

@psychedelicpegasus7587 11 ай бұрын

The lady at the end in the audience was former Irish president Mary Robinson.

@silvergirl2847 Жыл бұрын

.y five yr old son is anew recruit to irishdancing .his teacher even danced in the show .im so very helappyhe loves it.

@Dragonfly_dance_ Жыл бұрын

I am a self taught irish dancer! Learning from watching the show!

@kirpparilla2649 9 ай бұрын

Just found your channel. I loved to see the expressions on your face! This is indeed a masterpiece and as some other people have suggested please watch the 1995 Riverdance show, the opening is magnificent! Whole body chills! Thank you and you got yourself a new sub!

@reactandrelaxtv4078 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!, I will be checking it out

@ValMartinIreland 10 ай бұрын

It's a meeting courtship engagement wedding and celebration. Ireland is an independent nation in North eastern Europe

@devonvergiels5185 11 ай бұрын

First time I heard Irish music when I was a kid I was hooked. 64 now, still hooked.

@thomasenright5282 Жыл бұрын

As far as I can remember the lead male dancer that was 7 times world Irish Dance Champion, but I could be wrong.

@reactandrelaxtv4078 Жыл бұрын

@aranerem3767 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see you

@sannywicca7504 Жыл бұрын

whe saw it first time while it happend so whe never had seen that before in our live everyone loved it then..happy you enjoyed it to

@reactandrelaxtv4078 Жыл бұрын

It's so good! , I did

@TheLeahygirl 11 ай бұрын

We learn Irish language and Irish dancing from our first days at school.

@bernadettecrawford3656 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant such control skill elegance and tanacity love irish dancing and music its in my blood. GrandD was from Galway best ever video i watched it live still astounding talent ❤

@silvergirl2847 Жыл бұрын

Still makes me a blubbering irish mess 😂

@diannelavoie5385 Жыл бұрын

Have a Guiness. It'll help. ❤

@silvergirl2847 Жыл бұрын

@@diannelavoie5385 maybe I'll have a Murphy's instead .,😊

@patriciagerresheim2500 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed this early version of Riverdance. 'Lord of the Dance' was a follow-up to 'Riverdance', which also featured Michael Flatley. I thought you might like to see the finale of that production. There are several encores of the final few minutes in response to audience reaction: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qpmglM1pxrqsmn0.html The Hungarian dance troupe Ondras used the soundtrack of the 'Lord of the Dance' to great comic effect: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n5mIf92Kup2saKM.html

@ibolyaszegedi1616 Жыл бұрын

Az Ondras nem magyar tánccsoport , hanem cseh , bár a viselet hasonlít a székely népviselethez.A videó különben nagyon jó,jót nevettem rajta ,mostmár tudom hogy jött létre az ír tánc 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@patriciagerresheim2500 11 ай бұрын

@@ibolyaszegedi1616 Just found your comment. Thank you for the additional information.

@stockbag Жыл бұрын

Saw IslandGirlz Have Flow react to this with such joy, had to watch you too.

@itabrennan7420 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your appreciation ❤❤

@BaconIsNotBiceps 11 ай бұрын

Perfection...

@vincentwhelan475 Жыл бұрын

Lovely video 👍🇮🇪🇮🇪

@catandrobbyflores Жыл бұрын

You have to watch the full 1995 show. There is so much more amazing dancing. Not just Irish, but Russian and Latin dancing too.

@reactandrelaxtv4078 Жыл бұрын

Ok I will check them out

@tatianaoliveira2191 7 ай бұрын

I love the part when the flamenco dancer lady appeared ("Riverdance'' in 1995) Seeing her (Maria Pages) and Michael Flatley dancing together was amazing.

@mymanifesting Жыл бұрын

American Country Line Dancing mainly originated from Ireland and the British Isles.

@mymanifesting Жыл бұрын

@@donalkinsella4380 Not sure about "disgusting", but I get your point. 😊.

@christophercasey3530 7 ай бұрын

What can i saw one of the smallest islands in the world we just do thing better ask conor

@maureenjones7222 Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoyed it. ❤

@shanemolloy4731 Жыл бұрын

She had to change shoes then

@decolonizeEverywhere 11 ай бұрын

Not sure if anyone explain the reason for them dancing mostly from the waist down. When England was all up in Ireland's face and trying to take things over, they did the same thing they always do and outlawed the Irish national identity. No Harps, pipes, dancing, Irish tartans, Etc. So the people would Gather in pubs the British soldiers looking in the windows wouldn't see that they were dancing because they were only moving from the waist down.