#literally the 25th anniversary performance looked like they were dancing on a stage the size of a shoebox

[ladytemeraire]

Actually, since I'm on a Riverdance kick, let me share this here as well.

The titular "Riverdance" set is absolutely my favorite of the show, as well as being probably the most iconic piece, but "Heartland" is a very, very close second for me personally. There's actually very little music to it, other than the intro and the finale; most of it is taps from either the solo male lead (Flatley in this case) or the full troupe, but oh how glorious it is. It's like watching a drumline in dance form, the way it builds and builds with whipcrack precision until it finally breaks like lightning into its full dramatic glory.

(I apologize for the scrungly quality, but this is the original 1995 performance, and none of the newer ones in higher quality video come close IMHO, so you get 240 whole pixels.)