Riverdance

On Sunday we dressed up and I took Magda to see Riverdance at Bass. She picked it over going to see the Nutcracker because "it's GG's favorite show". Plus she's fond of an Angelina Ballerina episode that has Irish dancing in it.

Magda was enthralled throughout the show, though she was fading towards the end. She really liked the "pretty girls" but thought the men-only and non-dancing sets less interesting. I really liked the instrumentals (I had never seen Uillean pipes played before) but I agree with her on the vocal pieces.

Most of the dance numbers were pretty neat. I thought the inclusion of the non-Irish dance a mixed bag. The American tap dancing (Trading Taps) was fun and, to me, made sense in the story line. The flamenco was awesome (I've been a sucker for it ever since I'd seen Pilar Serrano on stage in Austin) but not really related to Ireland. And what was all the Russian dancing about? Could have gone without it.

Magda also enjoyed the variety of costumes - especially in the earlier sets - she digs anything that includes a crown or a tiara or has a flowy skirt. I thought that some of them looked inspired by Star Trek uniforms, but the long skirts were cool. And, once again, I noted how doing any kind of dancing in leather pants makes you look like a total douche (apparently you don't have to be named Flatley for that).

When the lights came up after the first half and we were headed out for some air, Magda (who's a veteran of several Broadway shows) said that she "had forgotten that these videos have an intermission in the middle". I think we'll keep taking her to these "videos" with real people in them.