One of the principal dancers from Riverdance is to bring his very own solo show to Dublin next month.
Taking place at The Pavilion Theatre, former Riverdancer Breandan de Gallai stars in Walls Talk which kicks off on March 23 in Dublin as part of a ten venue tour across Ireland.
The show is inspired by the phrase "if these walls could talk" and features Breandan's mesmerising solo dance routines which are set against songs from the golden era of jazz and blues, performed live on stage by jazz singer Gina Boreham.
Speaking ahead of the tour, Breandan promised audiences a dose of inspirations.
He said: "We're hugely excited to be presenting this work in Dublin, particularly at a time when Ireland is emerging from Covid-19 restrictions and the power of live performance has been largely absent from our lives for over two years.
"The show explores the notion of memory recorded in the material world around us. The narrative is told through the movement of the body and audiences will be wowed by Gina's live renditions of the jazz and blues classics.
"We hope to inspire audiences and challenge preconceptions of what dance can be."
Describing the show further, Breandan revealed that it is an "abstract assemblage of fragments" with the music, song and dance representing many different genres.
"This chaotic cacophony makes unexpectedly yet harmonious bedfellows," he explained.
Walls Talk is produced by Eriu Dance Company, a company that was established in 2010 and became one of Ireland's leading dance organisations dedicated to promoting Irish dance as a living and ever-evolving tradition.
Breandan’s professional dancing career began with Riverdance and he toured with the company from 1994 until 2003.
He performed in Europe, the USA, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and led the company at the opening ceremony of the World Special Olympic Games in 2003.
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