Celtic Tiger Live
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- For the nickname for Irish economic growth, see "Celtic Tiger"
Celtic Tiger Live or more often known "Michael Flatley's Celtic Tiger" or just "Celtic Tiger" is an Irish Dance show.
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[edit] History
Michael Flatley the creator, famous for his Lord of the Dance and Feet of Flames shows, created Celtic Tiger. After being retired for 4 years, Michael announced he was going to tour with a new show. In the summer of 2004 Michael Flatley started the rehearsals of a new show in the SFX Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. In the autumn of 2004 the rehearsals moved on in the Shepperton Studios in London. Michael tried his best to keep the details including the name of the show a secret. However, fans and the media had some guesses to what the show was going to be called and they were right. Michael announced on his website in April of 2005 that he was going to have a preview show of his new extravagaza Celtic Tiger in June of 2005. The first 500 fans who emailed the website's admins got free tickets to one of its preview shows in Birmingham, England. The rest of the tickets were only for fans/friends and dancers and crew.
Celtic Tiger had its first performance at a secret showing in Birmingham, England in 2005, where the DVD was filmed (along with the show in Budapest). Another preview show was suppose to be held in Prague but at the last minute Michael demeed that the venue was unsafe for the dancers and that show was canceled. Celtic Tiger was released to the public on July 9, 2005 in the Nepstadion in Budapest, Hungary. The next show was another preview show but this time it was for the US tour. The preview show for the US was in Worcester, Massachusetts, on September 24, 2005.The first real show in The US was in New York City's Madison Square Garden on September 27,2005. After that show there was a big tour in Canada that latest a month or so. Celtic Tiger then toured the rest of the United States with the exception of the southern states (a possible future tour). The USA World Tour started on September 27 and endend on November 26, 2005.
Celtic Tiger started its European World Tour on April 20, 2006 at the Point Theatere in Dublin. That show was the first time Michael Flatley has danced in the Point Theatre since he debuted Lord of the Dance. The Tour swept across Europe and into parts of Asia. The show was to go on a fall European tour in late 2006. Right now, Celtic Tiger is rumored to go on an Asian Tour, and or a South American Tour. Also, another North American Tour is supposedly under consideration, since the show did not tour the southern parts of the USA. On November 15 of 2006 the Celtic Tiger Fall European Tour was cancelled. Michael himself was hospitalized for a viral infection for two weeks. As of right now Michael has returend to his estate Castle Hyde in Fermoy, Ireland. His website claims that Michael will release his future touring plans in early 2007.
[edit] Meaning
“Celtic Tiger portrays the oppression of a people and the tiger symbolizes the awakening of their Spirit and their struggle for freedom. Celtic Tiger is my finest work to date. Budapest is one of my favourite cities in the world and I can think of no greater place to preview my new show."-Michael Flatley
"Michael explains the show as a story that chronicles the journey of the Celts. It starts with the arrival of the Christianity, taking it further through the Norman invasion, the coming back from the destruction, the Famine in 1840, the British occupation and then the struggle for the independence and finally having to leave and go to the new world, which was America, and starting at the very bottom. All the signs said "No Irish wanted" everywhere, and they had to rise to become the JFK's of America, so again they came from nothing."-www.Celtccafe.com
[edit] Credits
- Director - Michael Flatley
- Producer - Michael Flatley
- Choreographer - Michael Flatley
- Leading roles - Michael Flatley, ...
[edit] Numbers
Act 1
The Heartbeat of the Tiger
Dancing in the Dark
St Patrick
The Sleeping Tiger
The Vikings
Celtic Fire
The Garden of Eden
The Red Coats
The Famine
Four Green Fields
Bloody Sunday
A Call to Arms
The 1916 Rising
The Banshee
A Nation Once Again
Act 2
Freedom
A New World
The Last Rose
Celtic Kittens
Capone
Forever Free
Cowboy Cheerleaders
These Colors Don’t Run
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Celtic Fire II
The Celtic Tiger
[edit] The Cast
Michael Flatley
- Dancers
Lisa Anderson
Desmond Bailey
Lynsey Brown
Cherie Butler
Ciaran Connolly
Martin Connolly
Siobhan Connolly
Arlene Cooke
Sarah Doherty
David Folan
Odette Galea
Jason Gorman
Damon Griffiths
Cassandra Halloran
Louise Hayden
Mark Hennessy
Niall Holly
Laura Jones
Joanne Kavanagh
Megan Luke
Maeve Madden
Debbie Maguire
Rachel Martin
Owen McAuley
Kathleen McCarthy
Brian McEnteggart
Leigh Ann McKenna
Kevin McVittie
Niamh O’Brien
Damien O’Dochartaigh
Roisin O’Donnell
Andrew O'Reilly
Ian Oswald
Zoltan Papp
Gary Pender
Katie Pomfret
Sarah Redmond
Margaret Revis
Stefan Setiawan
Sarah Spratt
Keagan Van Dooren
Bryana Verner
Scott Walker
Stephen Walker
- Musicians
Declan O'Donoghue
Niamh Gallagher
Aongus Ralston
Gavin Ralston
Cora Smith
- Vocalists
Una Gibney
Paul Harrington
[edit] Tour Dates
2005 World Tour-North America (Preview Shows/United States/Canada)
July 9 Nepstadion Budapest, Hungary
September 24 Worcester, Massachusetts
September 27 Madison Square Garden, New York
While at this time the US tour dates are lost, the actual Cities the show performed are not. The following were cities (In order) on the 2005 Celtic Tiger North American World Tour.
Worcester, MA-USA
New York City, NY-USA
Montreal, QC-Canada
Halifax, NS-Canada
Ottawa, ON-Canada
London, ON-Canada
Hamilton, ON-Canada
Winnipeg, MB-Canada
Saskatoon, SK-Canada
Edmonton, AB-Canada
Vancouver, BC-Canada
Victoria, BC-Canada
Everett, WA-Canada
Sacramento, CA-USA
Reno, NV-USA
San Jose, CA-USA
San Diego, CA-USA
Las Vegas, NV-USA
Anaheim, CA-USA
Glendale, AZ-USA
Saint Louis, MO-USA
Ames, IA-USA
Omaha, NE-USA
Cleveland, OH-USA
Pittsburgh, PA-USA
Columbus, OH-USA
Minneapolis, MN-USA
Milwaukee, WI-USA
Rosemont, IL-USA
Grand Rapids, MI-USA
Auburn Hills, MI-USA
Uncasville, CT-USA
Philadelphia, PA-USA
Fairfax, VA-USA
2006 World Tour-Europe-Summer (Europe and Asia)
Date Venue City/Country
April 20 The Point Theatre Dublin, Ireland
April 22 Metro Radio Arena Newcastle, UK
April 23 Hallam FM Arena Sheffield, UK
April 26 Wembley Arena London, UK
April 27 The NIA Birmingham, UK
April 28 MEN Arena Manchester, UK
April 29 SECC Glasgow, UK
May 1 Sportpaleis Antwerpen, Belgium
May 2 Sportpaleis Ahoy' Rotterdam, Netherlands
May 6 König-Pilsener-Arena Oberhausen, Germany
May 8 Schleyerhalle Stuttgart, Germany
May 10 Color Line Arena Hamburg, Germany
May 11 Hallenstadion Zürich, Switzerland
May 12 Stadthalle Wien, Austria
May 15 Schleyerhalle Stuttgart, Germany
May 16 Festhalle Frankfurt, Germany
May 17 König-Pilsener-Arena Oberhausen, Germany
May 19 Forum Copenhagen, Denmark
May 20 Löfbergs Lila Arena Karlstad, Sweden
May 21 Oslo Spektrum Oslo, Norway
May 23 Globen Stockholm, Sweden
May 25 Hartwall Arenna Helsinki, Finland
June 03 RDS Dublin, Ireland
June 10 Chung Shan Soccer Stadium Taipei, Tawain
June 11 Chung Shan Soccer Stadium Taipei, Tawain
June 13 Chung-Chun Stadium Kaohsiung, Tawain
June 17 HKCEC Hall 3,China
Nov 17 Hallenstadion, Zürich
2006 World Tour-Europe-Winter
(The Cancled Tour)
Nov 14-15 Vorst National Brussels, Belgium
Nov 17 Hallenstadion Zürich, Switzerland
Nov 18 TUI Arena Hannover, Germany
Nov 19 SAP Arena Mannheim, Germany
Nov 21 Olympiahalle München, Germany
Nov 23 Arena Leipzig, Germany
Nov 25 Velodrom Berlin, Germany
Nov 26 Schleyerhalle Stuttgart, Germany
Nov 27 Kölnarena Köln, Germany
Nov 28 Color Line Arena Hamburg, Germany
Dec 5 MEN Arena Manchester, UK
Dec 6 Wembley Arena London, UK
