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enochs_fable

Lord of the Prance

Jan 29, 2007 09:29

Saturday we went out and saw Lord of the Dance. It kinda went like this ( Read more... )

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We've Been Fooled! enochs_fable January 29 2007, 15:27:29 UTC

Oh, the ignominy! Still, whoever was Teh Lord was dancing Flatley's choreography, and the ego was still there.

"Welcome to the greatest dance show on earth!"

echoweaver January 29 2007, 16:50:13 UTC

Heh. I saw Lord of the Dance years ago in Indy. I enjoyed it, but the sound system was poorly set up, and we couldn't understand the narrative. Which probably meant we didn't notice any disjointness b/c there was no joint to begin with.

Saw Riverdace a couple of years ago here and loved it.

Riverdance enochs_fable January 29 2007, 17:04:50 UTC

So how would you characterize the differences?

Re: Riverdance echoweaver January 29 2007, 17:09:44 UTC

Well, Riverdance is a sort of historical narrative of the evolution of this type of dance and its cultural role, whereas Lord of the Dance is based on legend and fantasy. I enjoyed the dancing in both a great deal, but I recall thinking that Lord of the Dance got a bit repetitious after a while.

But it's really been a long time since I saw LotD, plus previous sound system gripe. I'd love to see it again.

amelia_eve January 29 2007, 17:19:11 UTC

I wish I could remember who told me about her stint working at a bookstore cafe where one of the regulars came in for several hours everyday with a big notebook to work on her romance novel about Michael Flatley. The heroine was, of course, the very authoress herself. It's all I can ever think of when I hear about this franchise.

Is Flatley the Next Fabio? enochs_fable January 29 2007, 17:30:49 UTC

Ha! Mary Sue of the Dance!

LORD of the PANTS!!! kickindancer January 30 2007, 00:47:57 UTC

That's what they called on MST3K when they were making fun of that, but I can't remember the rest of the skit.