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(dramatic drum music)
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- I was invited to a new show
at the Point Theater in Dublin
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and it turned out to be one of
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the most memorable nights
I've spent in the theater.
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The force of the music, the
primal power of the dancing,
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the beautiful symmetry of
so many bodies in motion.
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I think anybody who was in the
audience that night realized
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that they were watching
something unique and original.
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The show of course was
Riverdance.
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(dramatic instrumental music)
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(audience applauds and cheers)
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- Well I suppose Riverdance the
show
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and then there was
Riverdance at the Eurovision
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so 25 years ago we had
already had Riverdance
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at the Eurovision which happened
in 1994
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as a 6 minute and 40 second
piece that surprised people.
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- [Both] Ladies and gentlemen,
Riverdance.
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(joyful instrumental music)
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- The interval act at
Eurovision is normally
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something of cultural
value from that country,
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they didn't know what it was,
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they're normally quite boring
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but when Riverdance came on the
stage
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it was an electrifying moment.
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(audience applauds and cheers)
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- [Announcer] The audience
are on their feet.
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- The audience as one jumped to
their feet
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and for like a sustained
4 or 5 minutes applause
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that in my experience of
the business was unique.
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- At that moment I suppose
we knew that Irish dance
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was never going to be the
same again and that maybe
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Irish culture was never
going to be the same again.
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(audience applauds and cheers)
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- When we had the initial
sort of tidal wave response
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that was the time that we all
thought,
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wow Riverdance has really had an
effect,
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we have a number one record,
we should make a show.
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- [Moya] Bill Whelan,
John McColgan and myself
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put our heads together round the
table
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and we really worked out
what the shape, form,
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concept of the two hour
piece was going to be.
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- Riverdance itself and I think
actually
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Maria will bring something
to it not only just with her
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talent of her dancing but
also just her personality.
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She has that kind of warmth
which you know
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in a company context is really
important.
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- [Moya] Sure.
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(enthusiastic music)
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- The theme was immigration
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and the theme was multi-cultural
and the theme was changing,
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interchanging ideas and
being to work with each other
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so all of the dancers didn't
just sit in their own silo,
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they interacted with each other
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and the choreography was
mixed up with each other.
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(enthusiastic music)
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One year later we had a full
show on in the same venue.
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- Please welcome Riverdance.
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(lively music)
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(audience applauds and cheers)
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- What we're doing is
telling a lot of good will,
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a lot of high energy and
we love what we're doing,
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the best thing about our show
is that all of us would do it
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for nothing without any audience
there
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and I think when you have a show
like that
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it will live for a while.
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- It exploded.
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We just dragged on,
held on by our knuckles
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to the coat tails of Riverdance,
and traveled with it.
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- So straight from there
we went to Hammersmith
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which is a 6,000 seater in
London
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and we played Hammersmith
for a record number of weeks.
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Then we went off and
started our American tours
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in Radio City Music Hall
and we hold the record there
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for the longest run of any
single show.
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(lively music)
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- [Moya] These dance forms
were cultural dance forms
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that were used to express
through history
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life and death and
celebration and challenge.
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It's a river of emotions,
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pathos, sorrow, joy,
it brings us great joy,
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it brings the audience great
joy.
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So bringing all of that
into a Broadway/mainstream
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entertainment stage is I think
what
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caused the real excitement.
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(dramatic music)
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- This was the show that
announced to the world
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that Ireland was a cultural
force
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to be reckoned with in the
popular sense.
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It made Irish dancing
sexy and it made it cool.
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(lively music)
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- [John] Irish dance,
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or as they call it the
Riverdance
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is now recognized all over the
world as a genuine art form
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and it employs thousands of
people.
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(lively music)
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- I think we are so blessed
25 years later to be able to
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experiment with this and
to produce this new show.
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- My hope and desire is that
now with this new treatment
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the show will be reinvigorated
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and attractive to people
who have never seen it,
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younger people who weren't
born when it started
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and even more attractive topeople who have seen it before,
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they'll also be blown away
so it's the next generation,
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it's Riverdance: the Next
Generation.
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(lively music)
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(audience applauds and cheers)
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♪ Hear my cry
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♪ In my hungering search for you
♪
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♪ Taste my breath on the wind ♪
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♪ See the sky
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♪ As it mirrors my colors
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♪ Hints and whispers begin
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(wistful music)
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- [Man] Out of the dark we came.
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Out of the night.
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The first of many mornings
in this new place.
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When the sun rolled back the
mist
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we rose like a strong wave on
land.
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Now we were the people of this
place.
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(wistful music)
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What burns through the rain and
mist?
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What banishes dark?
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What makes the children
straight and bright?
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What makes the mountains sharp?
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The sun is our Lord and Father.
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Bright face at the gate of day.
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Lifting our hearts we sing his
praise.
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Dance in his healing rays.
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(triumphant music)
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(audience applauds and cheers)
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(wistful music)
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(audience applauds)
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♪ Where the river foams
and surges to the sea ♪
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♪ Silver figures rise to find me
♪
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♪ Wise and as daring
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♪ Following the heart's cry
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♪ I am the deep pool
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♪ I am the dark spring
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♪ Warm with a mystery
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♪ I may reveal to you
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♪ In time key to everything is
love ♪
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♪ Flow into a deep desire
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♪ Passion and desire
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♪ See the eagle rise
above the open plain ♪
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♪ Golden in the morning
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♪ Weaving and soaring
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♪ Watchful and protecting
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♪ I am your shelter
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♪ I will enfold you
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♪ Warm with a mystery
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♪ I may reveal to you
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♪ In time key to everything is
love ♪
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♪ Flow into a deep desire
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♪ Passion and desire
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(audience applauds and cheers)
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(delightful music)
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(intense music)
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(audience applauds and cheers)
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- [Man] Cuchulain is dead.
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Our great Cuchulain.
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He was the sun of morning.
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He was a fire at night.
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He was a powerful story.
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He was lightening in forest.
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A sudden storm.
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A short life.
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(haunting music)
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(audience applauds and cheers)
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- [Man] Thunder and
lightning batter the rocks.
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The winds howl and great
storms break on the forest.
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Scatter the herds like grain.
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Fire leaps from dark to dark.
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Fear and anger leap to meet it.
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We will not go down.
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We will not be beaten down like
grain.
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(lightening cracks)
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(shoes tapping)
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(audience applauds and cheers)
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(sultry music)
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(audience applauds and cheers)
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(haunting music)
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(sings in foreign language)
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(audience applauds and cheers)
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(hopeful music)
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(joyful music)
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(audience applauds)
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(joyful music)
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(audience applauds and cheers)
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♪ Hear my cry
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♪ In my hungering search for you
♪
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♪ Taste my breath on the wind ♪
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♪ See the sky
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♪ As it mirrors my colors
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♪ Hints and whispers begin
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♪ I am living to nourish
you, cherish you ♪
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♪ I am pulsing the blood in your
veins ♪
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♪ Feel the magic and power of
surrender ♪
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♪ To life, Uisce Beatha ♪
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♪ Every finger is touching,
searching ♪
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♪ Until your secrets come out
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♪ In the dance, as it endlessly
circles ♪
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♪ I linger close to your mouth ♪
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♪ I am living to nourish
you, cherish you ♪
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♪ I am pulsing the blood in your
veins ♪
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♪ Feel the magic and power of
surrender ♪
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♪ To life, Uisce Beatha
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(ethereal music)
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(frantic music)
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(joyful music)
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(audience applauds and cheers)
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- With the 25th Anniversary
production there
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is a significant change
in terms of the lighting,
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in terms of the set, in terms
of the content on the screen,
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in terms of some of the
costumes,
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in terms of the running order of
the show,
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in terms of the casting of the
show.
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And for everybody that
is part of Riverdance 25
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there is absolutely an
understanding
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and an opportunity and
also a responsibility
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on each and every single one of
us to
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make Riverdance be the
best it's ever been.
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In the same way as
Manchester City or Liverpool
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or any of these guys bring in
new players to help energize
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and fuel that next generation,
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the same way as the Lakers
or anybody out in America,
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those professional sports teams,
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that's the way we look at
ourselves,
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we look at ourselves as a
professional sports team
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trying to be the best team in
the world.
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You would have went around
and caught on to Peter.
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For the most part it's
practicing it
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so much so that you can't get it
wrong.
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And its making sure that
the communication is clear
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between every single dancer
as to where they're moving,
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when they're moving, whatthey're supposed to be thinking,
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what they should be visualizing,
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what they should be feeling on
stage
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so that the audience feels
it in the auditorium,
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where their toes are
supposed to be placed,
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how high their legs come up,
how low their legs go down.
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There's so many aspects to make
it as perfect as it can be.
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- We've been Irish dance and
when we were four, five, six
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so we kind of grew up trying to
be
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this Riverdance style of dancer.
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In terms of the troupe coming
together
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and having to dance at exactly
the same speed every night,
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that takes hours and hours of
rehearsals.
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(shoes tapping)
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- When it comes down to
it the sheer speed of tap,
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it comes over years and years of
training.
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(shouts)
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Some people have been measured
up to 40 taps per second.
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I know some of the solos
probably
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range between 20 and 35 per
second.
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00:54:40,978 --> 00:54:42,779
I mean I've been dancing
for, what, 24 years now,
256
00:54:42,813 --> 00:54:45,916
and even then I'm still
trying to get faster
257
00:54:45,949 --> 00:54:49,586
and speed is one thing,
there's execution as well.
258
00:54:49,620 --> 00:54:52,656
So sometimes you'll see
when you do go really fast
259
00:54:52,689 --> 00:54:54,424
you lose your technique,
but it's the uniqueness
260
00:54:54,458 --> 00:54:58,195
and the presentation of the
feet as well, at that speed,
261
00:54:58,228 --> 00:55:00,230
that's really difficult.
262
00:55:04,268 --> 00:55:05,502
Right now you're seeing in the
world
263
00:55:05,535 --> 00:55:07,604
there's such a huge thing about
inclusion
264
00:55:07,638 --> 00:55:10,240
and acceptance of
everyone for who they are,
265
00:55:10,274 --> 00:55:12,776
whether it's race, religion,
sexuality,
266
00:55:12,809 --> 00:55:17,147
and Riverdance is all about
the sharing of cultures.
267
00:55:20,017 --> 00:55:22,586
(group cheers)
268
00:55:25,455 --> 00:55:26,623
- Before the show starts
when we're warming up
269
00:55:26,657 --> 00:55:30,460
the Irish boys come and jam
with us when we're tapping
270
00:55:30,494 --> 00:55:35,499
and we all kind of like mesh
our stuff together, it's good.
271
00:55:36,199 --> 00:55:40,370
Never thought I'd Irish
dance ever in my life but.
272
00:55:41,438 --> 00:55:44,941
- It's nerve-wracking because
not only is it a new style
273
00:55:44,975 --> 00:55:48,412
but you're also doing it next
to professional Irish dancers
274
00:55:48,445 --> 00:55:51,381
who are world champions andthey're the best at what they do
275
00:55:51,415 --> 00:55:52,983
so the pressure is on.
276
00:55:53,016 --> 00:55:55,385
But saying that I absolutely
love it
277
00:55:55,419 --> 00:55:58,355
and I'm loving to learn new
styles.
278
00:56:00,924 --> 00:56:03,593
(shoes tapping)
279
00:56:06,463 --> 00:56:09,700
- We are like a big family,
and the energy we're getting
280
00:56:09,733 --> 00:56:13,337
on the stage is very
inspiring for dancing.
281
00:56:15,072 --> 00:56:16,740
Not only with Irish,
282
00:56:17,674 --> 00:56:22,446
we have different types ofdance and learn from each other,
283
00:56:22,479 --> 00:56:23,914
and it's amazing.
284
00:56:27,918 --> 00:56:30,320
- It has always been
gratifying to me to see how
285
00:56:30,354 --> 00:56:33,957
Irish traditional musicians
and dancers in Riverdance
286
00:56:33,990 --> 00:56:37,594
have embraced the fact
they they're in a show
287
00:56:37,627 --> 00:56:39,696
where you have flamenco dancers
288
00:56:39,730 --> 00:56:41,031
and where you have Russian
dancers
289
00:56:41,064 --> 00:56:46,069
and jazz tappers and you have
that sort of coming together
290
00:56:46,737 --> 00:56:49,439
of different forms which has a
respect
291
00:56:49,473 --> 00:56:53,577
for its own form and a
curiosity about the other.
292
00:56:54,911 --> 00:56:57,547
America has created an art form
with jazz
293
00:56:57,581 --> 00:57:01,017
which combines something that
we do use in Riverdance too,
294
00:57:01,051 --> 00:57:06,056
which is that invitation tomusicians to actually improvise.
295
00:57:07,290 --> 00:57:10,193
(thoughtful music)
296
00:57:30,147 --> 00:57:32,282
- These are called the uillean
pipes.
297
00:57:32,315 --> 00:57:35,185
Uillean is the Irish word for
elbow.
298
00:57:35,218 --> 00:57:38,722
So you pump the air from
the bellows into the bag
299
00:57:38,755 --> 00:57:41,525
and then this here is called the
chanter.
300
00:57:41,558 --> 00:57:44,394
And then here you have the
drones,
301
00:57:47,264 --> 00:57:50,267
so the drones are kind
of like an accompaniment
302
00:57:50,300 --> 00:57:51,334
and then you have the regulators
303
00:57:51,368 --> 00:57:53,503
that you play with your wrist,
304
00:57:53,537 --> 00:57:57,207
just to add something else into
the mix.
305
00:57:57,240 --> 00:58:00,644
(haunting uillean music)
306
00:58:08,351 --> 00:58:11,154
I love playing slow airs as a
piper.
307
00:58:11,188 --> 00:58:14,424
Queen of Cuchulain especially
just always moves me,
308
00:58:14,458 --> 00:58:15,592
the way Bill wrote the air,
309
00:58:15,625 --> 00:58:18,295
it's just impossible not to feel
310
00:58:18,328 --> 00:58:20,997
anything when you're playing it.
311
00:58:24,701 --> 00:58:27,971
("Queen of Cuchulain")
312
00:58:41,618 --> 00:58:42,953
- A couple came up to me one
night
313
00:58:42,986 --> 00:58:44,554
after a performance in England
314
00:58:44,588 --> 00:58:48,592
and said that listening to
the pipes air in Riverdance
315
00:58:48,625 --> 00:58:51,528
had helped them to grieve for
their son,
316
00:58:51,561 --> 00:58:54,130
who had died the previous year.
317
00:58:55,332 --> 00:58:59,903
And for them to say that
and for the music to have
318
00:58:59,936 --> 00:59:04,808
reached people in that way
was something that none of us
319
00:59:04,841 --> 00:59:09,346
really ever expected, and
it was lovely to hear.
320
00:59:09,379 --> 00:59:12,616
("Queen of Cuchulain")
321
00:59:18,722 --> 00:59:21,892
So music as a non-verbal tool,
322
00:59:21,925 --> 00:59:24,294
it's extraordinarily powerful
323
00:59:24,327 --> 00:59:27,197
and it reaches into
parts of the human psyche
324
00:59:27,230 --> 00:59:29,900
I think that we don't have
language for,
325
00:59:29,933 --> 00:59:33,270
and where language fails music
steps in.
326
00:59:50,620 --> 00:59:53,189
- [Man] No life is forever.
327
00:59:53,223 --> 00:59:55,559
We found and fought here.
328
00:59:55,592 --> 00:59:57,494
We loved and died here.
329
00:59:59,729 --> 01:00:04,467
We have seen smoke of warclimb from our fields of grain.
330
01:00:04,501 --> 01:00:06,269
A stain over the sun.
331
01:00:08,104 --> 01:00:09,539
The crops wither.
332
01:00:11,474 --> 01:00:14,811
The bones of hunger walk the
sunken roads
333
01:00:14,844 --> 01:00:17,013
in the black rain of ruin.
334
01:00:20,283 --> 01:00:24,120
Whole generations lift now to
depart.
335
01:00:24,154 --> 01:00:26,423
The land has failed us.
336
01:00:26,456 --> 01:00:29,459
The dark soldiers appear against
us.
337
01:00:30,827 --> 01:00:34,898
In dance and song we gift
and mourn our children.
338
01:00:35,865 --> 01:00:39,769
They carry us over the
ocean in dance and song.
339
01:00:41,071 --> 01:00:43,640
(joyful music)
340
01:03:48,525 --> 01:03:52,462
(audience applauds and cheers)
341
01:03:54,697 --> 01:03:57,367
(weeping music)
342
01:04:09,045 --> 01:04:14,083
♪ Now I will soon depart
343
01:04:14,117 --> 01:04:17,821
♪ With an aching heart
344
01:04:17,854 --> 01:04:22,826
♪ To a land that's far from here
♪
345
01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:29,165
♪ There I will hope and yearn
346
01:04:29,432 --> 01:04:33,269
♪ For a safe return ♪
347
01:04:33,303 --> 01:04:38,308
♪ To the home I hold so dear
348
01:04:40,743 --> 01:04:45,748
♪ Lift the wings that carry
me away from here and ♪
349
01:04:48,184 --> 01:04:53,189
♪ Fill the sails that
break the line to home ♪
350
01:04:54,090 --> 01:04:59,095
♪ But when I'm miles and
miles apart from you ♪
351
01:05:04,300 --> 01:05:09,305
♪ I'm beside you when I
think of you, a Stróirín ♪
352
01:05:12,008 --> 01:05:17,013
♪ And I'm with you as I
dream of you, a Stróirín ♪
353
01:05:19,749 --> 01:05:24,721
♪ And this song will
bring me near to you ♪
354
01:05:24,754 --> 01:05:27,757
♪ A Stróirín a Ghrá
355
01:05:39,669 --> 01:05:44,040
(audience applauds and cheers)
356
01:05:44,073 --> 01:05:46,643
(lively music)
357
01:06:20,543 --> 01:06:23,546
(audience applauds)
358
01:06:24,647 --> 01:06:27,483
(sorrowful music)
359
01:06:43,032 --> 01:06:45,668
- [Man] Dawn and the ships are
leaving.
360
01:06:45,702 --> 01:06:49,405
A lover's grief is lifting on
the tide,
361
01:06:49,439 --> 01:06:53,710
and heart's too young
for sorrow torn asunder.
362
01:06:53,743 --> 01:06:57,146
The cruel ocean's deep and dark
and wide.
363
01:06:58,047 --> 01:07:00,883
(sorrowful music)
364
01:07:25,408 --> 01:07:28,644
Tall and straight my mother
taught me.
365
01:07:28,678 --> 01:07:31,214
This is how we dance.
366
01:07:31,247 --> 01:07:34,550
Tall and straight my father
taught me.
367
01:07:34,584 --> 01:07:36,319
This is how we dance.
368
01:07:37,286 --> 01:07:40,189
Battering feet on the city
street.
369
01:07:40,223 --> 01:07:43,860
In pools of light on street
corners.
370
01:07:43,893 --> 01:07:47,063
The proud bright carnival of the
poor.
371
01:07:48,064 --> 01:07:50,733
(shoes tapping)
372
01:12:33,949 --> 01:12:37,853
(audience applauds and cheers)
373
01:12:57,173 --> 01:12:59,842
(shoes tapping)
374
01:13:40,816 --> 01:13:44,720
(audience applauds and cheers)
375
01:13:51,794 --> 01:13:54,463
(shoes tapping)
376
01:14:20,589 --> 01:14:24,527
(audience applauds and cheers)
377
01:14:33,969 --> 01:14:37,907
(audience applauds and cheers)
378
01:14:48,451 --> 01:14:52,388
(audience applauds and cheers)
379
01:15:02,932 --> 01:15:06,836
(audience applauds and cheers)
380
01:15:09,872 --> 01:15:12,541
(shoes tapping)
381
01:16:17,039 --> 01:16:20,943
(audience applauds and cheers)
382
01:16:38,527 --> 01:16:41,196
(shoes tapping)
383
01:17:44,059 --> 01:17:47,997
(audience applauds and cheers)
384
01:17:49,031 --> 01:17:51,600
(lively music)
385
01:18:29,171 --> 01:18:33,075
(audience applauds and cheers)
386
01:18:45,487 --> 01:18:48,090
(lively music)
387
01:19:09,478 --> 01:19:13,415
(audience applauds and cheers)
388
01:19:18,554 --> 01:19:21,290
(haunting music)
389
01:19:29,932 --> 01:19:33,602
- [Man] Over the rooftops
the music calling.
390
01:19:34,536 --> 01:19:37,272
The air familiar but not our
own.
391
01:19:39,274 --> 01:19:42,778
Like something out of a
storybook.
392
01:19:42,811 --> 01:19:45,814
Somebody dancing the memory of
snow.
393
01:19:47,816 --> 01:19:50,586
(haunting music)
394
01:22:10,759 --> 01:22:13,762
(audience applauds)
395
01:22:19,902 --> 01:22:22,471
(joyful music)
396
01:26:48,537 --> 01:26:52,440
(audience applauds and cheers)
397
01:27:04,052 --> 01:27:06,154
- [Man] Cry of an infant.
398
01:27:06,188 --> 01:27:08,657
Heartbeat of the world.
399
01:27:08,690 --> 01:27:10,258
Storm against ship.
400
01:27:11,193 --> 01:27:13,562
Heartbeat of the world.
401
01:27:13,595 --> 01:27:16,865
Heel against floor and wave upon
shore.
402
01:27:17,766 --> 01:27:19,668
Heartbeat of the world.
403
01:27:20,602 --> 01:27:22,704
Sigh of a lover.
404
01:27:22,737 --> 01:27:25,440
Heartbeat of the world.
405
01:27:25,473 --> 01:27:26,808
Cry of a mother.
406
01:27:27,776 --> 01:27:30,378
Heartbeat of the world.
407
01:27:30,412 --> 01:27:31,513
Oh unstopped.
408
01:27:32,914 --> 01:27:34,816
Heartbeat of the world.
409
01:27:38,653 --> 01:27:41,556
(mysterious music)
410
01:29:38,807 --> 01:29:42,711
(audience applauds and cheers)
411
01:29:47,282 --> 01:29:50,185
(triumphant music)
412
01:32:01,649 --> 01:32:05,587
(audience applauds and cheers)
413
01:32:14,329 --> 01:32:19,334
♪ Into the river that had been a
stream ♪
414
01:32:21,970 --> 01:32:25,473
♪ There fell a tear
415
01:32:25,507 --> 01:32:28,877
♪ A single tear
416
01:32:28,910 --> 01:32:33,915
♪ The loveliest of all tears
417
01:32:35,717 --> 01:32:39,454
♪ The loveliest of all tears
418
01:32:48,162 --> 01:32:50,031
♪ A thousand of tears had come
eon her ♪
419
01:32:50,064 --> 01:32:51,933
♪ A thousand of tears had come
eon her ♪
420
01:32:51,966 --> 01:32:53,935
♪ And she was stuck on dancing
421
01:32:53,968 --> 01:32:56,204
♪ She was stuck on dancing
422
01:32:56,237 --> 01:32:57,672
♪ And her muddied name was
423
01:32:57,705 --> 01:32:59,908
♪ Mississippi Mississippi Anna
Livia ♪
424
01:32:59,941 --> 01:33:02,076
♪ Mississippi Mississippi Anna
Livia ♪
425
01:33:02,110 --> 01:33:04,512
♪ Riversippi Riversippi Anna
Livia ♪
426
01:33:04,546 --> 01:33:09,551
♪ River Liffey River Liffey Anna
Livia ♪
427
01:33:09,584 --> 01:33:12,253
(frantic music)
428
01:33:34,475 --> 01:33:36,611
♪ Mississippi Mississippi Anna
Livia ♪
429
01:33:36,644 --> 01:33:38,846
♪ Mississippi Mississippi Anna
Livia ♪
430
01:33:38,880 --> 01:33:41,249
♪ Riversippi Riversippi Anna
Livia ♪
431
01:33:41,282 --> 01:33:46,087
♪ River Liffey River Liffey Anna
Livia ♪
432
01:33:46,120 --> 01:33:48,790
(frantic music)
433
01:34:54,822 --> 01:34:56,224
♪ Amazon the Liffey and the
shimmer and the ripple ♪
434
01:34:56,257 --> 01:34:58,159
♪ And the Volga and the Fergus
and the Tagus and the Thames ♪
435
01:34:58,192 --> 01:35:00,128
♪ Uisce in the Shannon
and the Chico Colorado ♪
436
01:35:00,161 --> 01:35:01,963
♪ And the Apalachicola
Chatthooche and the Seine ♪
437
01:35:01,996 --> 01:35:03,765
♪ Pooling and a pouring and
a flooding and a flushing ♪
438
01:35:03,798 --> 01:35:05,633
♪ And a pooling and a pouringand a flooding and a flushing ♪
439
01:35:05,667 --> 01:35:08,002
♪ Riversippi Riversippi
Anna Livi Anna Livi ♪
440
01:35:08,036 --> 01:35:09,737
♪ Riversippi Riversippi
Anna Livi Anna Livi ♪
441
01:35:09,771 --> 01:35:10,838
♪ Shimmer in the Riverrun
442
01:35:10,872 --> 01:35:13,207
♪ Anna Livia
443
01:35:13,241 --> 01:35:17,178
(audience applauds and cheers)
444
01:35:21,516 --> 01:35:24,285
(haunting music)
445
01:36:12,467 --> 01:36:16,070
- [Man] And after all the
moon over city and forest
446
01:36:16,104 --> 01:36:18,005
is everywhere the same.
447
01:36:18,940 --> 01:36:22,076
In the old land it silvers
fields of grain
448
01:36:22,110 --> 01:36:24,412
just as it does here.
449
01:36:24,445 --> 01:36:27,782
The rivers everywhere run down
to the sea.
450
01:36:27,815 --> 01:36:32,787
And the land everywhere
takes life from the river.
451
01:36:32,820 --> 01:36:35,022
It is all a journey.
452
01:36:35,056 --> 01:36:36,924
From one land to the next.
453
01:36:36,958 --> 01:36:39,026
From one life to another.
454
01:36:40,762 --> 01:36:43,831
A generation later, that
emigrant's child
455
01:36:43,865 --> 01:36:48,069
stands for the first time on the
old land.
456
01:36:48,102 --> 01:36:49,771
Memory rich in song.
457
01:36:51,072 --> 01:36:52,740
The heart come home.
458
01:36:56,577 --> 01:36:59,347
(haunting music)
459
01:38:06,247 --> 01:38:08,850
(lively music)
460
01:38:58,232 --> 01:39:02,136
(audience applauds and cheers)
461
01:39:07,675 --> 01:39:10,578
(proud drum music)
462
01:40:14,942 --> 01:40:19,080
(audience applauds and cheers)
463
01:40:19,113 --> 01:40:21,682
(lively music)
464
01:42:15,996 --> 01:42:19,934
(audience applauds and cheers)
465
01:42:31,479 --> 01:42:34,482
(high energy music)
466
01:43:58,699 --> 01:44:01,368
(shoes tapping)
467
01:44:44,178 --> 01:44:48,115
(audience applauds and cheers)
468
01:44:49,283 --> 01:44:51,785
(proud music)
469
01:45:00,628 --> 01:45:03,297
(shoes tapping)
470
01:46:22,710 --> 01:46:25,279
(joyful music)
471
01:47:39,286 --> 01:47:43,223
(audience applauds and cheers)
472
01:48:06,947 --> 01:48:09,450
(proud music)
473
01:48:44,985 --> 01:48:48,889
(audience applauds and cheers)
474
01:48:56,563 --> 01:48:59,166
(joyful music)
475
01:49:32,432 --> 01:49:36,336
(audience applauds and cheers)
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