City Weekly · A And E
Salt Lake City Weekly's essential A&E picks for May 21 to May 27.
Riverdance; New World Shakespeare's The Seagull; Scandinavian Festival
Riverdance Courtesy Photo Riverdance It was really only supposed to be a palate-cleanser for the famed Eurovision Song Contest, first in a musical presentation called Timedance in 1981, and then accompanied by dancers in 1994. But that original music by Bill Whelan, set to choreography by Irish dance champions Jean Butler and Michael Flatley, immediately became a sensation, as a seven-minute performance evolved first into a five-week theatrical show that sold out in three days, and eventually into international renown.
Now, more than 30 years after Riverdance made its debut—and nearly that…
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