Where were you for the first performance of Riverdance?
During that seven-minute interval, the 4,000 people present at the Point Theatre, as well as the recorded 300 million viewers worldwide, witnessed the birth of a phenomenon.
Upon seeing the reaction to the piece, husband and wife production team Moya Doherty and John McColgan decided to invest over a million dollars into producing a full-length show, which has since travelled around the world and been performed live in front of millions of people. "Just as my life changed with Eurovision 1994," said Moya Doherty,"so the cultural image of Ireland was also transformed. Irish culture, expressed in this case through dance and music, and as part of a wider, cultural awakening, took its place with confidence on the world stage."
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