I was speechless. All I could do was point my wife to the TV as I could not talk. I had never seen anything even close to it. I smiled and admired the talent on display. It brought joy to my heart!
I was a teenager at the time and I thought Riverdance was so exciting. How can they do that? Energy? Coordination? I'm still in total awe. How amazing is the human body and brain? We are wonderfully made.
DVD? Haha I remember my dad giving my mum Riverdance on VIDEO (VHS), many years ago for either Christmas or her birthday (I’m guessing approximately mid to late 90s). She must have watched it repeatedly for about a month. I was about 8 or 9 years old at the time and had never heard of Michael Flatley or Riverdance, but I was instantly hooked. The dancing, music and sound are all completely mesmerising.
This year was 1995 and it can be found on VCR and called "Riverdance, The Show." It was performed at the Point Theater in Dublin, Ireland and is THE ORIGINAL Riverdance. It had the Irish feel and flair that later shows do not have and the audience was absolutely stunned by it's brilliance: the cheers and applause after each segment were deafening. Yes, I was one of the lucky ones to see it in Dublin after it opened and it was like nothing I had ever seen, before or since.
One of the things I really love about this, is you can tell they actually ENJOY it. It's not just another chore or job for them. It makes them joyful and PROUD to do this dance in front of so many people. They do it because they want to. Not because they have to.
Michael and Jean are out of this world and the rest of the troupe aren't far behind. Amazing talent and dedication to their craft. Could watch this forever.
I had a 7:30pm Curtain call to catch Riverdance at the NAC in Ottawa -- I got off work at 5:30 -- got home at close to 6pm to get my new wife and had to make it -- from Shannonville Ontario to Ottawa .. and was seated with time to spare (not much but...) -- google earth it and thank God no cops ... was amazing
I saw Michael Flatley live. I had the privilege to see him and his ballet performer's preformed it was a mesmerizing show! This video is wonderful thank you for sharing. ❤
Wow could Michael Flatley and Jean Butler ever dance! Nothing could be better than those two young dancers. They complimented each other - I think. Thank goodness I have some DVDs of the dancing in the mid 1995s.
I love this woman jean butler . I could watch this a million times. I am not typically in to this sort of thing but I could watch her all day any time LOl. She is one of a kind and this was the greatest performance of all times. I would of wrestled a bear to sit in the front to watch her Lol great stuff what a talent!
I have a problem with perfection. I am not young, but I know and hear real perfection and not just the perfectionist as there is more there than just the originator when i am in its presence, I can say no more than perfect to everyone there. Well done.
dude, i'm part Irish, and seeing how these people dance is amazing, especially Jean, i gotta say, she is so beautiful, Riverdance is the coolest dance and the best show, i'm damn proud to be an Irish man
@@CB394 take it easy, what hell is wrong with you? There are so many ways you could have conveyed your message, but you just had to be so arrogant and downright rude. Well here's how I reply to people like you: I can call it whatever the hell I want and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it. Next time you want be all tough and post a stupid reply, maybe you can talk with fucking respect you peice of shit. Did you enjoy getting talked to like that? Get lost.
But it’s not really tap dancing it started as a way for the Irish to dance and not go to jail when the English took over no dancing no traditional Irish anything so being Irish they found a way you dance from the waist down don’t move anything from the waist up it could be seen from the windows by English and you would go to jail maybe loose everything you had so Irish dance was born I’ve always found it fascinating and impressive
Actually, there's no better display of joyous electrifying synchronicity than this! What a wake- up theme for an alarm clock to raise you rhythmically to a feeling of being fully alive! (and kicking!). Yeah!
I'm not a dancer by any means, so maybe its easier for a dancer, but I don't know how they tune themselves and their feet so well when there's no beat. Its absolutely amazing!
River Dance venait de faire un malheur, effaçant complètement le concours et personne ne faisait attention au vainqueur de l'Eurovision. Tout le monde s'en foutait : c'était River Dance qui avait gagné le concours et avait emporté toute la sympathie et l'admiration. La gloire pouvait commencer. C'était la seule fois où il y avait encore quelques imperfections bien compréhensibles avant le triomphe encore actuel dans le monde entier. Fabuleux, exceptionnel, génial ! Les mots manquent : bravo !
@ 2:18. That's the heart-stopper! that's when they are all in the air at the same time. How do they manage to all come down at the same time? Galileo, right? He predicted they would all come down at the same time - provided they all got to the same height when they jumped.
lighttakesthetree How? Practice, practice and more practice. The arts are a craft and they hone it to absolute perfection. Boohoo on the 'it must be fake'sters! The appearance of perfection is through darn hard work and love of it. Nothing else.
Once I was a folk dancer and I can tell you that none of the dancers I knew was able to reach even 10 percent of their perfection. The y were the gods and goddesses of the dances.
Flatley is such a gaywad prissy pants drama queen. Jean Butler is the most beautiful and graceful woman on the planet. The video would be so much better without Flatley.
A-Flippin-Mazing .. Still remember watching the show on the Telly and then on a Video-tape, which got worn out from being re-wound all the time... BRILLIANT.. @BodranSophy thank you so much for posting this fantastic extravaganza... *Phew I will have to have a sit down now, I'm worn out from watching* Hee hee :0)x
Fantastic. My father taped their Riverdance show for.me years ago. I got to go to Indiana University and saw their show. It wasn't all Irish dancers or even Irishmusic. It was about diversity. I went there to see Irish dancing and hear Irish music.
I always thought the same about Jean Butler, she does bear a resemblance to Nicole Kidman. She’s such a beautiful and graceful dancer, it’s impossible to look away. Wish I had a fraction of the talent and finesse that she does lol!
Et dire que tout a commencé lors de la pause/entracte à l'Eurovision à Dublin en 1994, car Johnny Logan avait gagné l'année précédente. Une fois les chants de la chorale passés avec la voix de cristal de la chanteuse, le groupe entrait en scène petit à petit, faisant d'emblée l'unanimité au fur et à mesure que les danseurs et danseuses apparaissaient dans la lumière. Michael Flatley et Jean Butler allaient faire connaître l'Ile d'Emeraude qu'est l'Irlande devant des millions de téléspectateurs.
This is the best overall performance. I had it on my "myspace" back in the day. You can see how much better they dance together after a few seasons and how confident. LOVE it!
La finale avec Michael Flatley et Jean Butler est étourdissante et elle fait le tour du monde où les places sont "sold out" partout. Je ne les ai vus que deux fois, dont une fois en Belgique à l'université de Louvain-la-Neuve. J'en avais des frissons et la chair de poule : je me gavais. Le violon me fait penser à l'excellente et remarquable violoniste belge Françoise Rolain, pionnière du groupe de jeunes musiciens de folk irlandais AIRLANN, les danseurs en moins, sauf un avec des claquettes..
Просто улетаю. Ножки заточены и поставлены. Туфли у девчонок мастером сшиты. Люблю сцену, когда канифоль под каблуками плавится. Тальк за кулисами не дает возможности поскользнуться. Степ отбитый у станка, высказаный на сцене это чудо, которое вы дарите взгвяду с ушами.
This is amazing! I must admit though, that I was cracking up the first time I saw this vid! Only when the man danced alone though. I just think it sounds so funny, when there's only one dancing! Oh well, this is really amazing though!
@BlanketMonsterLOL i am doing a goldfish face. this is phenomenal. i use to tap dance but quit because i got stage fright. Michael Flatley is my inspiration. i dont know whether to take ti up again.
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I was speechless. All I could do was point my wife to the TV as I could not talk. I had never seen anything even close to it. I smiled and admired the talent on display. It brought joy to my heart!
I personally think that Micheal Flatley and Jean Butler are the best River Dancers of all time. No one will ever be better than that pair x
I was a teenager at the time and I thought Riverdance was so exciting. How can they do that? Energy? Coordination? I'm still in total awe. How amazing is the human body and brain? We are wonderfully made.
I could watch this a thousand times and it would still give me goosebumps. The precision of movement and sound is above and beyond perfection.
Same here!!!! Love, love it!..
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I agree 100%!!
Amen!!!
Amen!!!
They are all so talented, but Jean Butler hypnotizes me
Be careful Dr., lust of that magnitude is of satan...
OMG! It's 2021 and I will never get over watching the entire dvd of 'Riverdance'
DVD? Haha I remember my dad giving my mum Riverdance on VIDEO (VHS), many years ago for either Christmas or her birthday (I’m guessing approximately mid to late 90s). She must have watched it repeatedly for about a month.
I was about 8 or 9 years old at the time and had never heard of Michael Flatley or Riverdance, but I was instantly hooked.
The dancing, music and sound are all completely mesmerising.
@@lottomillionaire5772 Mesmerizing , amazing, fascinating! I could watch it over and over again💖
This year was 1995 and it can be found on VCR and called "Riverdance, The Show." It was performed at the Point Theater in Dublin, Ireland and is THE ORIGINAL Riverdance. It had the Irish feel and flair that later shows do not have and the audience was absolutely stunned by it's brilliance: the cheers and applause after each segment were deafening. Yes, I was one of the lucky ones to see it in Dublin after it opened and it was like nothing I had ever seen, before or since.
I have that tape. I agree that it's a great performance, but Flatley went astray with other shows of various names.
And it started here as a 'fill in act' at the same theater the year before...
ruclips.net/video/w0v_pu6miJ8/видео.html
It’s on RUclips... the 1995 performance at the Point Theater Dublin
Subsequent performances grew into huge flashy performances. Those are excellent but to me this is completely magnificent.
@@andreawalbridge950 Exactly. I agree whole-heartedly.
I took one of my grandsons to see this when he was in elementary school. We both loved it.
Bless your heart
Good grandma
One of the things I really love about this, is you can tell they actually ENJOY it. It's not just another chore or job for them. It makes them joyful and PROUD to do this dance in front of so many people. They do it because they want to. Not because they have to.
Michael and Jean are out of this world and the rest of the troupe aren't far behind. Amazing talent and dedication to their craft. Could watch this forever.
I've watched this a dozen times and still love it. They are all wonderful.
Sometimes the original is the best and I think the chemistry these two dancers had on stage was amazing
Flatley,Butler and ALL....I thank you for the two performances during which,my young son and myself were present years ago.
*What absolutely amazing energy and talent ! One of the greatest dance routines EVER !*
This is the eight wonder of the world. Amazing music, superb dancing and choreography and very preety people.
I had a 7:30pm Curtain call to catch Riverdance at the NAC in Ottawa -- I got off work at 5:30 -- got home at close to 6pm to get my new wife and had to make it -- from Shannonville Ontario to Ottawa .. and was seated with time to spare (not much but...) -- google earth it and thank God no cops ... was amazing
OMG... I remember this from the Riverdance vid! Michael Flatley and Jean Butler were awesome together! Beautiful!
I watch the finale from 13 years ago it's hard to believe that I have been a fan of River Dance for that long. And will be for a long time to come.
I saw Michael Flatley live. I had the privilege to see him and his ballet performer's preformed it was a mesmerizing show! This video is wonderful thank you for sharing. ❤
That was such a fabulous live performance. Unforgettable.
One Word Amazing
My Daughter Took Me To See The Show
What a Treat Will Never Forget It
Perfectionxx
I remember how amazed I was as a child watching this. Im still amazed!
I am completely lost for words Michael flately is amazing guy
I love Irish dancing, and precision synchronised dancing in a line is something else. This gives me goosebumps every time.
Wow could Michael Flatley and Jean Butler ever dance! Nothing could be better than
those two young dancers. They complimented each other - I think.
Thank goodness I have some DVDs of the dancing in the mid 1995s.
14 years ago I seen this on PBS and feel in love 🥰 😍 ❤ 💖 ❣
Still stirs this Irishman's blood. Love it!
love them! Michael Flatley, Jean Butler & Gillian Norris are THE GREATEST Riverdance performers! My favourite ever!
Pretty amazing. The training and discipline it takes is difficult enough but the end results is darn near perfection !! Bravo..........
That was marvelous! It makes
my heart feel happy. 🍀 Thanks
for sharing.
I love this woman jean butler . I could watch this a million times. I am not typically in to this sort of thing but I could watch her all day any time LOl. She is one of a kind and this was the greatest performance of all times. I would of wrestled a bear to sit in the front to watch her Lol great stuff what a talent!
God bless Jean, Michael &Troop wherever you are.🌹💐
I have a problem with perfection. I am not young, but I know and hear real perfection and not just the perfectionist as there is more there than just the originator when i am in its presence, I can say no more than perfect to everyone there. Well done.
Saw Riverdance in Birmingham , many years ago . Totally Amazing show . Outstanding dancing all the way through .
dude, i'm part Irish, and seeing how these people dance is amazing, especially Jean, i gotta say, she is so beautiful, Riverdance is the coolest dance and the best show, i'm damn proud to be an Irish man
Jean Butler iss sooo pretty !!! ooomg!!
Zzz zAIZi
VERY ! Dare I say beautiful. And the girl can dance.
We saw this live. A proper night out
this takes stomping the yard to a whole new level.
Best dancers ever for River dance
This man could dance so fast his feet tore the fabric of reality.
True story.
I get goosebumps every time I watch this
This is absolutely amazing I can watch this over and over again
Checked this video out from our library probably 100x when I was a kid. Still love it as much now as I did then!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Wow wow wow. Never appreciated tap dancing this much xxxxx the choreography... The effort that was put into this.. Amazing 🙌🙌🙌
@@CB394 take it easy, what hell is wrong with you? There are so many ways you could have conveyed your message, but you just had to be so arrogant and downright rude. Well here's how I reply to people like you: I can call it whatever the hell I want and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it. Next time you want be all tough and post a stupid reply, maybe you can talk with fucking respect you peice of shit. Did you enjoy getting talked to like that? Get lost.
But it’s not really tap dancing it started as a way for the Irish to dance and not go to jail when the English took over no dancing no traditional Irish anything so being Irish they found a way you dance from the waist down don’t move anything from the waist up it could be seen from the windows by English and you would go to jail maybe loose everything you had so Irish dance was born I’ve always found it fascinating and impressive
Actually, there's no better display of joyous electrifying synchronicity than this!
What a wake- up theme for an alarm clock to raise you rhythmically to a feeling of being fully alive! (and kicking!). Yeah!
I'm not a dancer by any means, so maybe its easier for a dancer, but I don't know how they tune themselves and their feet so well when there's no beat. Its absolutely amazing!
There is a band with percussion, but the sound quality isn't good. You can hardly hear it.
How they remember the footwork 😃
Mindblowing. Graceful and a dedication hard work 🙏
Fantastic.
fantastic i have been luckyenough to see riverdance live 5 times never tire of seeing it such fabulous rythm such skill gives me goosebumps every time
This is worth cranking your tv/ surround sound up for.
River Dance venait de faire un malheur, effaçant complètement le concours et personne ne faisait attention au vainqueur de l'Eurovision. Tout le monde s'en foutait : c'était River Dance qui avait gagné le concours et avait emporté toute la sympathie et l'admiration. La gloire pouvait commencer. C'était la seule fois où il y avait encore quelques imperfections bien compréhensibles avant le triomphe encore actuel dans le monde entier. Fabuleux, exceptionnel, génial ! Les mots manquent : bravo !
I can not love this enough! Thank you!
@ 2:18. That's the heart-stopper! that's when they are all in the air at the same time.
How do they manage to all come down at the same time?
Galileo, right? He predicted they would all come down at the same time - provided they all got to the same height when they jumped.
lighttakesthetree How? Practice, practice and more practice. The arts are a craft and they hone it to absolute perfection. Boohoo on the 'it must be fake'sters! The appearance of perfection is through darn hard work and love of it. Nothing else.
lighttakesthetree .........oh, I think it’s more than just physics
PRACTICE,PRACTICE, PRACTICE.
Once I was a folk dancer and I can tell you that none of the dancers I knew was able to reach even 10 percent of their perfection. The y were the gods and goddesses of the dances.
My love is to see micheal and and jean both and this is it !
This is THE video to watch for Riverdance. Wonderful performance and camera work together with great sound. Unimaginable focus they all must have.
I loved this when it first came on TV many years ago...All the Dancers are awesome ....but it was Jean Butler that made me a fan of Riverdance !!!!
MICHAEL FLATLEY, THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM,I WAS HOOKED ON IRISH/ CELTIC DANCING. IT IS MY FAVORITE.LOVE,LOVE MICHAEL FLATLEY.
I absolutely love Irish dance !!
mind blown to bits..
Amazing dancers
We can only asume their must be so much rehersal to this , how can they remember all the sequences to it all ? Whew , it sure boggles my mind !!!
I really don't know who could Dislike Michael Flatley.. -_-
he reminds me of My Little Pony prancing around
Flatley is such a gaywad prissy pants drama queen. Jean Butler is the most beautiful and graceful woman on the planet. The video would be so much better without Flatley.
Jean Butler has publicly said that she was not attracted to him, in the least!
@@eatshit2863 "He's a dancin' man, Kat-leen!" - Sir Stevo Timothy
Well me for one! King Giant Ego of the Itsallaboutme people!
Jean Butler is absolutely gorgeous!
Unbelievable performance!
Sometimes words just can't express what it means to be Irish...
Music on the other hand...can just nail it...
i seen this live in milwaukee few yrs ago, just as awesome
Everlasting MAGIC ...
michael flatley&jean butler= AMAZINGG
A-Flippin-Mazing .. Still remember watching the show on the Telly and then on a Video-tape, which got worn out from being re-wound all the time... BRILLIANT..
@BodranSophy thank you so much for posting this fantastic extravaganza...
*Phew I will have to have a sit down now, I'm worn out from watching* Hee hee :0)x
Very beautiful presentation. Thank you.
Fantastic. My father taped their Riverdance show for.me years ago.
I got to go to Indiana University and saw their show. It wasn't all Irish dancers or even Irishmusic. It was about diversity. I went there to see Irish dancing and hear Irish music.
Amazing !
I have River Dance on VHS tape. That's correct, I said VHS
I also have it on VHS but I have it on DVD too. I love VHS. I still have a player and all my old tapes, bit worn out though
I do also
My 3 favourites, Flatly, Nureyev, and Astaire, so many amazing dancers singers too, xx 💕
My wife and I saw this show when they came to Nashville, Tn. .... what ever year that was. It was a fun evening for us. LOTS of work for them!
This so great. Love this.
Jean looks a bit like Nicole Kidman and Michael.... so light and quick on his feet. Amazing!
I always thought the same about Jean Butler, she does bear a resemblance to Nicole Kidman.
She’s such a beautiful and graceful dancer, it’s impossible to look away. Wish I had a fraction of the talent and finesse that she does lol!
Incredible!
If it ain't performed by Michael flatley doesn't make it as magical and electrifying for me
amazing! thank you for the wonderful performance.
Et dire que tout a commencé lors de la pause/entracte à l'Eurovision à Dublin en 1994, car Johnny Logan avait gagné l'année précédente. Une fois les chants de la chorale passés avec la voix de cristal de la chanteuse, le groupe entrait en scène petit à petit, faisant d'emblée l'unanimité au fur et à mesure que les danseurs et danseuses apparaissaient dans la lumière. Michael Flatley et Jean Butler allaient faire connaître l'Ile d'Emeraude qu'est l'Irlande devant des millions de téléspectateurs.
Jean you are fantastic!
Simply amazing.
This is the best overall performance. I had it on my "myspace" back in the day. You can see how much better they dance together after a few seasons and how confident. LOVE it!
Pure brilliance
Brilliant!
The best ever ,love it !
La finale avec Michael Flatley et Jean Butler est étourdissante et elle fait le tour du monde où les places sont "sold out" partout. Je ne les ai vus que deux fois, dont une fois en Belgique à l'université de Louvain-la-Neuve. J'en avais des frissons et la chair de poule : je me gavais. Le violon me fait penser à l'excellente et remarquable violoniste belge Françoise Rolain, pionnière du groupe de jeunes musiciens de folk irlandais AIRLANN, les danseurs en moins, sauf un avec des claquettes..
Fantastic
WOW how beautiful is jean butler !!!!!
Просто улетаю. Ножки заточены и поставлены. Туфли у девчонок мастером сшиты. Люблю сцену, когда канифоль под каблуками плавится. Тальк за кулисами не дает возможности поскользнуться.
Степ отбитый у станка, высказаный на сцене это чудо, которое вы дарите взгвяду с ушами.
Can watch Michael Flatley any time
Soo very proud to be irish god bless all
They are truly amazing!!!!!!
exceedingly elegant, I love it
This is amazing! I must admit though, that I was cracking up the first time I saw this vid! Only when the man danced alone though. I just think it sounds so funny, when there's only one dancing!
Oh well, this is really amazing though!
I always will love this man's tallent in dancing...
Jean Butler is a perfect 10
@BlanketMonsterLOL i am doing a goldfish face. this is phenomenal. i use to tap dance but quit because i got stage fright. Michael Flatley is my inspiration. i dont know whether to take ti up again.
Вот это дисциплина!!! творит Чудеса! Так держать!!!! МОЛОДЦЫ!!!