Shoes In The News

The team of producers Michael Durkan and Richard Griffin has with his program “Carmina dance – direct from Ireland” hit full in the black.

Not only best Irish tap dancing but also outstanding music and superb vocals in a mixture of musical and theatre made this evening a unique experience. The formation, consisting of 20 very young, muscular, Irish and British dancers, reinforced by three musicians and a singer who danced with “Hard-shoes” (tap shoes with heel) and with “Soft Shoes” (soft shoes for silent dance). This again and again, the show got a different character. An unhappy love story between Lorcan was listed (Patrick O’Mahony) and Aisling (Kathleen McCarthy) and between cuan (Stephen Walker) and Rhianan (Louise O’Sullivan). At the beginning of a rapid tap dance at the wedding of Aisling and Lorcan was shown in a church, backed by Irish instruments (flutes and bagpipes).

Secretly, the bride Aisling loves Lorcan, originating from the country still have their old love cuan, the brother of the groom. A tap Group (the friends of cuan) full of dynamic dances at the wedding. Then, young women with soft shoes dance a hot dance. Aisling comes to the friends of Städters Lorcan in black muscle shirts make a rapid tap dance with an Ibague, fiery and sexy, and emerge a Tarty women’s group of the country (the friends of Rhianan). From the outset a certain rivalry of the two groups from the city and country is felt, that reached its peak when Aisling lasciviously räkelnd on the bed of Rhianan, his wife, is discovered.

Jealous, fast paced dances of both rival factions and rival follow. Rhianan dances a furious tap dance and gets female support in glowing flaming costumes. The two rivals meet each other and let the sparks fly in dance to wild flute and violin music. The dancer of the country appear with sticks in their hands and threaten the slick, energetic urbanite. A cruel hunt on Aisling begins and ends with her death. Husband and lover are left in their grief. A tenor solo is heard and Aisling is carried to the grave in a gloomy atmosphere. The two brothers reconcile themselves. At the end, Aisling and Lorcan find yet related and ends with a brilliant tap dance of all the actors in the show.