British Girl Reacts To Riverdance | Eurovision Song Contest 1994 Dublin Ireland!
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I'm American, but love Irish people. They are extremely talented, extremely smart, extremely quick-witted. All the best to them.
I'm born and bred in Ireland, I hear this all the time about us Irish, but It's a myth. Try living with us, working with us, we are not as sweet and friendly as people make us out to be, trust me, I know.
@@STHFGDBY Oh! Personally, I do realize you're not a perfect nation and wouldn't trust you with my life more than trust any others. LOL 😁I'm aware that there are probably bad individuals among you, like in any other nation. Come over and you'll see ours. 😂We have huge supplies, to be offered to the rest of the world. 😄I was just saying that I admire your people for their mental abilities, genetic qualities, which is not the same with 'being sweet and friendly'. Not your merit, I agree, but then talent is always to be admired, isn't it? All the best to you and take care. 😁
I was 20 and being a big Eurovision Fan I saw this as it happened. I had never seen anything so gobsmackingly brilliant in all my life! If I remember rightly I had to pull my jaw up off the floor and the next day I ran out and got the soundrack. It still gives me chills now.
This was one of the most beautiful intermission acts ever at a Eurovision Song Contest. The Eurovision Song Contest was organized by Ireland in Dublin at the time. The traditional Irish dance. This has always stayed with me. Greetings from the Netherlands
Little known fact: there were 59 marriages between company members.
The two principal dancers are iconic
I remember so clearly watching this on TV. I was about to go and get a cup of coffee (as one does in the interval) but heard this start and had to come back and watch. I was so gripped, amazed and overwhelmed, just like the audience. Truly an evening never to be forgotten.
Same! At home, even here in Dublin we were shocked, proud - just blown away!
My dopamine boost has somehow become watching people reacting to RiverDance! And I’m okay with that!😂
Not a bad thing!😆
This video inspired me to add a splash of Bailey's to my coffee.
Aha yes! I guess the dancing could do that to ya!😆
Micheal Flatley became really famous for this and indeed Riverdance went on to perform hundreds of shows worldwide.
It's fantastic you enjoyed, its great to see young people especially non Irish people appreciate our culture
...it was clearly a piss take. Watch it again.
@@McPookah I'm curious, what makes you think that?
I did enjoy it very much!! I love anything to do with dance!😆
It seems that Ms. Baker has branched from reviewing comic acts to reviewing stage dancing. A good choice was made for the initial one. What is noteworthy, in addition to the synchronicity is that the dancers kept their torsos upright and relatively motionless while their limbs were active, especially the legs. Imagine how much discipline and practice it takes to achieve that flawlessly.
Yes a lifetime of practice, sometimes starting from as young as 4 years old. Traditional Irish dancing is straight arms by the side and straight body.
Michael Flatley is a legend. He became Lord of the Dance and his show was massive. His show sold out multiple dates in arenas where I lived at the time in the U.S.
Oh wow!😆
He appears to be a legend in the USA. But he is very disliked in Ireland. Americans do not seem to be aware of his despicable behaviour towards the Riverdance company and his fellow dancers.
@@ItsmeeSaoirse and most Irish people don't know he's American
He really is disliked in Ireland for betraying riverdance by audaciously asking for more pay and he was insufferable to work with he stole the style in order to make himself rich so yeah he’s not well liked at all
@@Rosiecrossley1 Well that is disappointing. Did he steal the style or was he the style? It seems to me that if Flatley wasn't the genius behind the show, Riverdance should have been fine without him. Maybe I have gotten to used to this sort of thing in the U.S. These superstar types can be big pricks with this sense of superiority over others.
I used to watch Riverdance wayyy back in the 90's when I was a young boy, I thought it was the coolest thing and I live in America too 😊
You had good taste back in the 90s!😆
I can only imagine how long it took them to get to this level before making a world debut at such a huge event.
The Irish dance world basically didn't really differ from what it is today: you had Irish dance competitions all over the world, just like you had World Championships on an annual basis. I don't know about outside the US (and possibly Australia) but the US had a vast number of competitions and though I expect Europe to have a few as well, I can not believe they are as widespread as they are today.
But the thing is that you wouldn't normally know about such competitions if you were not 'in to this world'.
But basically, there already was a select group of top-level dancers that would win the important competitions and thus would have very little trouble getting to this level, in particular Jean Butler and Michael Flatley, who both already won basically everything they could have won, with Michael being the first American to win the World Championships. The only difference is the length of the performance: traditional Irish dances on competitions usually last something like 30 to 60 seconds, as endurance-wise, anything longer is hardly possible. Paired with the synchronised dancing which is far, far harder than I expected, (I started Irish dance when I was 23 and I'm still dancing now, age 35) is what makes this all the more spectacular to watch.
You'd have to be there to see it. Seriously, it was the only thing you remember about the eurovision 1994. Ireland won that year as well. Amazing made irish dancing look sexy ❤
If you watch the full show, there is also a beautiful flamenco number performed by Maria Pages, who is like, THE flamenco master of our time.
Welcome to irish dance young lady this dance has travelled they world
Thank you Georgia, it's prob. best to watch that video without pausing, pausing this particular video actually takes away from it, however I'm happy to see your reaction, it was great, thank you. Love from Ireland
For sure! With reactions you usually have to, to avoid getting blocked by CZcams as then I can’t post the video at all!😆 thanks a lot!😆
@@GeorgiaLikeBaker I was unaware, thanks for that ❤
It’s very famous as the half time show at the Dublin Eurovision. It’s a fantastic short show.
Great reaction Georgia, such a bubbly reaction and a great appreciation of the arts, thank you Georgia, love and hugs from Ireland xx
❤. Another wonderful video from a beautiful to young lady
Thank you so much!😆
I’ve seen the full show live three times over the years, it never gets old. A lot of people think it’s the same as tap, there are differences. Unlike Irish dancers, tappers tend to dance on the melody of a song rather than the downbeat, and while a tap dancer definitely uses their heels, they do not rely on them quite as heavily as Irish dancers do. Tappers also often dance solo; and Irish dancers more often dance in groups. Getting the synchronization with other dancers in your group correct is definitely one of the harder parts of step dancing. Tap is believed to have been born from a combination of step dancing and African American slaves dances.
Whether an Irish dancer more often dances in groups is slightly debatable: though you can dance in a group in school, this does not mean you interact with eachother: usually everyone dances for themselves (especially at competitions). Only ceili's (look up the word for pronounciation) (groupdances) are dances where dancers interact with eachother, the rest is all solo.
The major difference is that a tap dancer uses the whole body, while an Irish dancer is not allowed to move the arms at all and they should be kept rigid, next to the torso, with clenched fists.
Geez imagine being there live and you're the one person who decided to go to the toilet during the intermission, then coming back and everyone is standing in ovation.
I think pausing it and missing the huge crowd’s reaction at the end took away from it as this performance had a huge impact in Ireland. I was working in a very busy pub on the night and didn’t appreciate what was going on until the end when everybody in the packed pub jumped up and started clapping and cheering. Unreal. It was so big that, RTE, the state broadcaster,had to repeat the performance due to demand the next night.
Georgia , good commentary. The whole performance was based on the old traditional Irish Dance from Jean and the new style from Michael. Traditionally, Irish dancers were always taught to have their arms straight down by their sides. The transformation is in the show.
Thanks so much!!!
Hi Georgia, thank you for sharing this video, i remember it well, it was amazing, respect from Ireland, looking forward to your next video
Yes 👍🏼 this Riverdance performing by Ireland Dublin was stunning good 1994 a culture Irish chock to the rest of Europe people just because is it 100 % Irish Culture ❤👍🏼 i am a swede and me and my friends look at this on a Saturday evening 👍🏼👍🏼 And the monday when i was going to work ❤ So was people danzing Riverdance on the way to work ha ha ha ha 🤯 And i think the Swedish Brain on EUROVISION Contest change to much higher performance 👍🏼👍🏻🤯 After this good IRISH Eurovision Song Contest 1994 👍🏻🇸🇪❤️🇸🇪❤️👍🏻
It is a testament to the Irish ability to figure out how to dance, with only their lower half, so with the upper half, we could still hold our Pint. We no longer have to put our drinks down in order to go dance. 'Hallelujah'
A fascinating and very entertaining 👏 video beautiful 😍 ❤ Georgia. The singing by the soprano and the chior was magnificent. I was amazed at the beauty of her voice. The dancing 🕺 was brilliant. Fantastic energy and skill. I loved 😍 ♥ your comments - you deliver them with such wit and enthusiasm.
Thanks so much for your donation Joey! And yes, it’s amazing!! Thanks for your comments!😆
makes me smile when i see your infectious smile, always a joy to see.
video is very entertaining to watch. cool to see the way they can move like that, good choice.
Thanks so much!😆
You missed the audience reaction, it was also spectacular.
I was able to see Riverdance twice and Lord of the Dance once.
When you said 2002 i went more grey , i remember 9 11 2001 like it yesterday . The world is yours enjoy it 🎉❤❤
The show that came from this interval act , is still running. This year it's touring America.
It’s not the show, riverdance is the dance company just the New York ballet is a dance company. They change the performances
Intelligent, enthusiastic response highlighting some of the elements that make this show legendary. Just slow down a little, Georgia..
you seem like a really nice girl...i love your reaction; and i wish you absolutely the best :)
"That guy" is Michael Flately. I cant believe u just called him "that guy" 😂
She put tap shoes on while drums played nice
The male dancer was Michael Flatley, arguably one of the best Irish dancers in this generation. The man is a dancing machine!
Great reaction Georgia and it's so nice to see you again.
Thanks so much!😆
Reminds me of old Bluegrass Clog Dancing.
I really liked that the main frame was the subject and modesty a smaller box for yourself.
As an Irish man, I have watched many reviews of Riverdance at Eurovision and to date, your one is the best.
Thanks so much! This was a very nice comment!😊
Georgia "The straight legs are very straight" SHE'IS GOLD!!! I'm supposed to be cleaning my bedroom and stopping to watch this.
How about you and Gabby do a quick riverdance on your next video. Id pay $$$$ for that 🤣
Aha lol! You’re very good at picking out my random lines I’ll give you that!😆 maybe one day, gabby would have to agree to that first!😆
Nailed the review !
Cheers!
You should watch the entire Riverdance show and Lord of the Dance. I saw Riverdance at Radio City Musid Hall. I saw Lord of the Dance live. It took someone as good as Jean Butler to match Michael Flatley.
, lovely comments Georgia 😂👍
Cheers!
If only their shoes gave off sparks !
That would be so cool!
Michael Flatley the pirate arrrrr me matey lol
Irish dancers can crack a coconut behind the knee 😂
Can't believe it was an interval crazy
Hey Georgia, little info for you, might have been said already, but michael flatly had the world record for taps in 1 second, yes 1 second, it was 35 taps in 1 second, his feet were insured at one point for 56 million, great reaction as usual, your a star, love your content
Oh wow that’s awesome! Thanks for the info!😆
Not anymore James Devine beat Michael flatleys record it’s in the book of Guinness World Records
Please react to Johnny Logans "Hold Me Now" entry to Eurovision.
Great video!!!!
Thanks a lot!😆
The high speed toe tapping is only exceeded by your talking
G'day Queen 👑 Georgia , I'm Paul 🤠 From the Colony of New South Wales , First of may I say I love your Style if I may be so bold to say . I'm of Irish decent plus a lot of other stuff . After watching those kids dance
🕺 💃 about in . What came to mind is A good show called " Father Ted " it's like a Catholic documentary on how things be in the Sacristy of an Irish Shire , Anyway Georgia thank you for for making the Universe 🌌 just that little bit better .
Que belleza, perfecto.
If you like this check out 'Lord of the Dance' with Michael Flatley
I for sure will!😆
Elinor Powell was the greatest tap dancer of all time 1930s watch her videos on you tube
I like that you never heard of Micheal Flatley who became a multimillionaire after this
I’m very ignorant lol
Dirty Dancing ☘️ cut
Sorry?😆
do not interrupt the performance ! see the whole thing - then speak - that is showing respect to the performers !
If she does that her video may be taken down. CZcams fair use policy.
I wish it will be sunny more often :)))
Ikr!!! But then it rains!😆
It's funny seeing Gen Z reacting to this.........the birth of a phenomenon and they weren't born. I'm including my own daughter (b 2004) in this😊😊😊😊😊
Love this,but it is frustrating that you never refered to Jean Butler and Michael Flateley by their names when they were introduced at the beginning.
If you were irish you would begin that at age 5 . I did and im a man. Boy girl boy girl before the nuns get the boys shipped out 😂😂😂😂
Damn nuns.
we use to have river dancing in Canada but it was outlawed because too many people were drowning.
Try frozen river dancing next time and maybe lay off the beer eh, ya know eh.
You have to wait until it freezes . Canadians 😂
Hoser!
You Know You know you know
Yep. Georgia knows, I know & you know. So enjoy.😊
T'is the divil strutting his stuff and the angel being seduced by him.
Up the divil!!!!!!!!!
The louser!
Did Matt Lucas base Vicky Pollard on you?
God, I love ur accent 😭💔
Thanks!😆
Try to think of these people who have names
Blind face/jaw 😂
been a while ,you okay?
Tá siad go h-iontach 😊
Pity you didn't show the audience reaction!
is the next time i see you on screen going to be in a movie? where did you go? where did you go? where did you go?
asked you three times now, answer me! just kiddin' but having concern why you not reacting.
I’m back!😆 sorry to concern you!
@@GeorgiaLikeBaker whew ! what a
relief. great to have you back.
To is blocking out a lot of river dance members
You should do a reaction video to this Swedish powerful and emotional song with English subtitles:
SABATON - En Livstid I Krig (Live - The Great Tour - Gothenburg) [ENGLISH CAPTIONS & BACKSTORY]
czcams.com/video/wvtzQbMfgZM/video.html
So you approve of the puffy shirt?
youth today😂
Yep.
But yeah but no but yeah but watevar!
I lasted 1 minute..way too over the top and needs to take a breath !
Pleeeaaaassseee tell me that this is a parody account.
Slow down, Girl. 😱
Sorryyyy, I got overly excited😆
@@GeorgiaLikeBaker nothing to be sorry for, just take a breath and calm yourself and speak slowly. I want to hear what you have to say but it's difficult at 100mph 😉
You don't have to shout, you have a microphone just talk normally please 😅
I’ll try, I make no promises😆
Georgia, I apologize for all the rude commentary here. Your delight was authentic.
Flatley can finally rest now after praise from Caesar herself
My ma said "machine gun talk" ,