I know that everyone in river dance is in f-ing awesome shape because when I was trying to teach myself Irish step dancing my legs burned and keeping my back strait all that time hurt! I just love watching this it always makes me smile and puts me in a good mood:]

These guys are unbelievably strong!!!

This one is one of the best concerts of all time by one of the world's most successful dance troupes of the generation since 1994.

This was easily one of the many highlights of seeing Riverdance live several times. Fantastic music and fantastic dancing. What stamina!

Oh... My... God... That was awesome. The core strength and stamina it must take for them to do that!!! Total props to them.

The oriental music was lovely.........the combination of Irish trad dancing and russian trad dance was excellent........

I remember having a video tape of riverdance when i was about 6 and i used to watch it ALL the time, it was my favourite tape. And i remember the Russian dancing was always my fave part (plus i had a crush on Michael Flatley when i was little). Thanks for posting!

I taped this show when I was little, now and then I watch it, and still love it. Timeless music, great dancing.

they so successfully fused the two cultures into a magnificent piece of multicultural art

My best friend, Great... We liked and enjoyed to the end. Awesome... Full watched. Thanks Have a happy day!

fantastic dance and fantastic music!!!!

oh my goodness. this is sooooo unbeleivably hard. I am jsut looking at these moves. it must have taken sooo long to be able to master this incredible style.

Wow! The men looked mighty fine while dancing ;)

Beautiful music. Especially after the pause (3:50) Just magnificant.

This was always my favorite part of the show. the music is so light and happy feeling. I was fortunate enough to get to see the show live when I was 16 and the recordings just don't do the Russians any justice.

Great! I just wished they kept the original costumes of the ladies the same!

My god they're incredible !

such great music...i want rhythm!

WOW...

Agree!! This one was fantastic as well and it's good that they've added some new movies. But I love the '95 version. There's something about it, they seem to have more charisma? I don't know lol. Plus their moves seem more in time with the music.

Awesome!

Очень круто!!! Молоды!!!

that so awesome

This version, while basically the same, can't even compare to the 95 version. The costumes, the lighting, the camera work, the choreography, all superior. I thought the dancing was better in the 95 too.

wonderful,perfect combination of Irish, Russian and Macedonian

this used to be my ringtone

Incredible. Great talent.

lovely💗

They are in perfect shapes (hic)

Cool finally some one with the same valid opinion :-)

5:21 to the end. Just... wow.

krasivi

Espetacular!!!!

this is amazing i do contortion and the feeling that come from performing with amazing music just make everything magical :D

M -a-r-v-e-l-o-u-s!

This version has more variety in coreography! I love it! I still like the 1995 version more though - idk I feel like this is lacking something. Still amazing stuff though :)

Yeah, im a junior tamburitzan, and my teacher is one of the best dancers in the world. And he agrees that russian is my strong point =P

'95 version is a Romanian/Moldovan dance on Macedonian music (well, Balcanic rhythm - it could be Romanian as well). Have no idea why it was called "Russian dervish". The modern version looks more Russian, yes, because of costumes and male solo.

Спасибо.

My favorite part of riverdance! The first part of this dance sounds more Macedonian than russian. The rhythm is 15/16 (counted 2+2+2+2+3+2+2) and the introduction features the gadulka a bowed instrument used throughout the balkans.

1. This is Russian style dancing 2. This is Bulgarian/Macedonian music (the rhythm, instruments, etc.) 3. It's amazing to see a fusion of different styles

Best version

So funny... great mix of russian elements in irish style of dancing and oriental music.... hehehe :)) (i'm russian, i can see it) anyway, it's nice

They are all really strong. And I don't just mean the guys. The girls have to hold up their body weight and either hold still in a pose while the guys swing them, or they have to move themselves around while in the air. Trust me, that is hard and takes a whole lotta core strength.

Psh I'm an Irish dancer and I used to think ballet was totally not as hard, but now I TOTALLY admit that (esp. at the upper levels) it is JUST as hard, if not harder....... but I still love Irish most

My god! What do the russians have in their water!!?? Lol, this is amazing:D

omg thats so kool basiclly impossible i do ballet and tap

In lay speak, Dervish is a type of dancer who spins around himself following a very fast melody. They are mainly seen in middle-east shows but I think some Russian dances also have this kind of spinning. The title "Russian Dervish" refers to the dancer, not the ascetic.

It is choreographed by Igor Moiseyev in 1994. Riverdance asked him to put the dance. He gratis did that and sent a group of his dancers(known now as "Moscow Folk Ballet Company") that they have taught Irish.But Riverdance lured those Russian dancers, and they became to dance in Riverdance(but very soon they were sacked).And now in the titles Moiseyev isn't an author.The result-Riverdance making money and not paying for author's rights.

Fabulous performance....positively breathtaking. However, I must admit, I prefer the "original" troupe of russian dancers that appeared in the 1995 original version.

They're used to the shows routine.

*gobsmacked* I think I like this choreo best :)

Riverdance is lots of different styles of dance... EG, Spanish, Russian, Irish

Auch chic.

Original Macedonian Oro!!

The coolest part is at 2:30 threw 2:38

Better than the 1995 orijinal lineup. these guys have much more depth of emotion in their dancing. they seem to feel the music.

Riverdance - Russian Dervish/Morning in Macedonia

You mean that number when the americans and the Irish has like a battle in tapdanceing. I find this very funny too. I think they call it "trading taps"

Wow, & these are the guys who supposedly couldn't make the cut with the Bolshoi or the Mariinsky???

the Russian toy store that comes to life at night

i wish i had the pose, stage presence and pressicion the girls have (my english is disastrous haha)

@Lisichkasestrichka the original was better but one has to realize that they are competing with pure brilliance. i am glad that this new version had some new stuff in it but i felt like there wasnt as much of a storyline as in the original. kudos for trying and looking great.

everthin u said, exactly the same wiv me!!!! lol

Core strength. Not going to the gym or doing yoga, either. Like, 'OMG, man, you have an 8pack? Check out MY 18THpack!' core strength. And probably LOTS of caffeine!;) (I is a ballerina, and said seriously, these guys have tight abs and are able to lift themselves from their bum [not even joking, it's WEIRD!] they're really, really good and I applaud them;)

god, does it ever.

Never mind being strong how the hell do they keep stood up at the end. I would be on my knees throwing up after all that spinning.

@b4rocklegendx: I agree. It also seems to lack the spontanaeity of the original

Okay Mysticmilotic...first off, the style hasn't really changed, just got more complicated...you're just used to the old show, welcome to the new one. They're still uplifting!

Where is the Macedonian Morning part? (It just includes the Russian Dervish)

the towers on the background are those from the Kremlin in Moscow ;)

2:31 How the hell does one achieve that??

What sorcery is this? :)

and gals XD ^_^

The 1995 original dance was much better Still, the dancers here smile and look like they’ve been working hard.

For the record: Russian temples of Medieval have five cupolas, not three. So the projection looks awkward.

@palych64 First of all. A dervish is not a religion nor a concept. Its a dance performed by Sufi followers, a Muslim sect. Second of all. There are no elements of Arab music in this. Time signatures, instruments, etc. The string instrument used is a gadulka, which is of Bulgarian origin. Riverdance is about cultural symbiosis, not cultural correctness. Its a fusion of Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Macedonian music styles. Get your facts straight.

@dionneeee18 Dee, you sack of wine.

when they spin the girls around i feel bad 4 the men

I am a Russian from Russia. I really like Riverdance. And I want to say something. Performers dance very well. But ... this music is absolutely not suited to this dance. This is an absurd mixture. And the name "Russian Dervish" is also an absurd combination of incongruous concepts. I think that this music and this name should be changed to Russian music and a more appropriate name. And then I will be long and strong applause. Sorry for the computer translation into English.

Oh, pleas. The Kiev Rus and modern Ruaaland are different countrys! Even modern Ukrain, on wich teritory located earlyer Kiev Rus, and Rus are different. It's another volk, you know. It's like Antic Greece and modern Greece. They could be conected to Viking but it was to long agou

prefer the old moves

From Wiki: Many Dervishes are mendicant ascetics who have taken a vow of poverty, unlike mullahs. The main reason they beg is to learn humility, but Dervishes are prohibited to beg for their own good. They have to give the collected money to other poor people. Sounds a bit like Leo Tolstoy. I see no reason why a Russian Dervish would be incongruous.

@marinkaaaa Well.. timeless is a big word dont you think? And I guess your mom/dad taped it. Not you. Just to set things straight!

For me this isn't as good as the original performance in the 1995 show. I'd say this is technically better, but it lacks the humanity and honest joy of the older version.

Dervis is the concept of the Muslim religion. Russian people have always been and is the Christian religion. Therefore, the "Russian Dervish" bizarre and illogical as "salty sugar" or "dry water" or "non-combustible gas". As for Arab music and Russian dancing style. Try to imagine a Viennese waltz or Argentine tango under this Arabic music. Sapienti sat.

Good, but not as good as the original "Riverdance" that starred Michael Flatley and Jean Butler and opened at the Pointe Theater in Dublin,1998. It seems to have lost the Irish flavor that was captured by the original "Riverdance."