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Since its debut performance in 1999 on a stage in Norway, Rhythm Of The Dance has played to over 4.5 million fans in 44 countries worldwide and appeared live on Chinese TV for the Millennium to an audience of 700 Million TV viewers.

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image of Dancers on stageThe energy and quality of Rhythm of the Dance has meant that it is repeatedly rebooked in most territories in which it has performed, Touring for some forty weeks a year with a live band, three tenors and some 22 dancers be sure to experience the passion of Rhythm of the Dance when it plays near you. 4.5 Million Fans can't be wrong!
Produced by
The National Dance Company of Ireland
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Rhythm of the Dance
The Team
To create the dynamic yet beautiful “Rhythm Of The Dance” only the cream of Irish dancers, musicians and singers were recruited.
Back breaking rehearsals got underway. Costume designers, dressmakers and tailors worked long and hard. Composer, singers and musicians toiled from morning to night.
The cast of dancers, singers and musicians have been meticulously selected for their various outstanding talents to make "Rhythm of the Dance" such a wonderful spectacle.
For all concerned in the continuing success of the show, cast, technical crew, company manager and office staff (the engine room), a big thank you for your efforts and to you, the public for coming to see the show, it is hoped that you will not only enjoy, but go home having had a memorable experience at "Rhythm of the Dance". The story continues

Producer

Kieran Cavanagh
The shows producer, Kieran Cavanagh has for many years been a promoter of international renown and was the recipient of the prestigious CMA award for “International Promoter Of The Year 1995” in Nashville TENN.. His roster of concert successes, too numerous to list in full here include sell out tours with , Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, James Brown, Van Morrison, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Trisha Yearwood, Mary Chapin Carpenter, the late Tammy Wynette etc and for some twenty two years has promoted sell -out concerts in Ireland for Irelands truly International star Daniel O'Donnell. Kieran continues to expand his productions, promotions, and agency under the heading KCP. With “Rhythm of the Dance”, Kieran fulfilled a long held ambition in the late '90's to produce a superb dance spectacular. Having invested a vast amount of time and effort into market research he finally came up with the blueprint to create and bring to fruition “Rhythm of the Dance” in 1999 and judging by reaction to the shows continual worldwide touring and 4.5 million ticket sales, he got the formula just right. KCP book and route tours for International artists on a worldwide basis and Kieran prides himself on his company being one of the very few Irish based companies who undertake and manage tours on a worldwide basis.

Composer

Carl Hession
Carl Hession is today regarded as one of traditional Irish music's finest accompanist, composers and arrangers. Born in Galway, he grew up in a very musical family. The Hession family home in Salthill was a well known session venue and musicians were welcomed and encouraged to drop in regularly
for a tune. This young Carl Hession was highly influenced by all this musical activity and before long began accompanying these sessions on piano. Over the years he participated in competitions at various Fleadhanne Ceili throughout the country and has All Ireland titles to his credit both as a soloist and as a member of duets and trios with flute player Matt Molloy and accordion player Joe Burke.
Carl's interest in classical piano playing developed alongside his attraction to traditional music and he later studied at University College Cork, where he was awarded a B.Mus. Degree. He continued his involvement with traditional music working with well known ceili band "The Shaskeen" and with Galway flute player Frankie Gavin. A member of the group "Moving Cloud" Carl's driving yet highly sympathetic piano work with this ever popular band has become recognised world-wide.
In recent years Carl has received widespread acclaim for his woeful accompaniment to the music of great Boston accordion virtuoso, Joe Derrane, both in concert and on Joe's most recent solo album, "Return to Aran". In 1984 Carl released his first album, "The Galway Suite", to great critical acclaim. This was followed in 1987 with the very successful "Echoes of Ireland" which reinforced Carl's reputation as one of Ireland's finest composers and arrangers. His third album "Ceol Inné Ceol Inniu" was released in 1995 and featured a dazzling array of his talents with tracks of traditional tunes and songs mixed with newly composed pieces all arranged with intuitive understanding of the complexities involved in both traditional and classical styles of playing.


 Choreographer
Doireann Carney
Doireann is a member of the Hession family and as a result has been dancing professionally since her early teens. After an auspicious start to her dancing career performing in festivals in Barbados and L’Orient, France, she went on to become dance captain with Alan Kelly’s Celtic Legends. Her talent was promptly snapped up by the phenomenon “Riverdance - The Show”. Doireann has toured extensively in America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Her most memorable appearance to date, was performing at the opening of the Special Olympics in 2003, in front of a stadium audience of 85,000 and a television audience of millions, and sharing the stage with the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mohammed Ali and Bono.She finished her touring career with Rhythms of Ireland, an extensive tour of Australia with Lord of the Dance’s Michael Donnellan. Having a wide range of talents, Doireann took to golf during her travels and now, as a qualified Irish dancing teacher, she combines her teaching in the family dance school with her pasion for the game of golf, representing Connaught at interprovincial tournaments.

past tours
 
tour dates
Austria, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Belarus, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, India, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Norway, Palestine' Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, U.S.A.