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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"></span></p> | === Description === | ||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"></span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Thunderdance is a theatrical show consisting of Irish music and dance. A TV advertisement shown in'' [[D.W., Dancing Queen]]'' describes it as an “Irish Step-Dancing Extravaganza”. D.W. and Binky watch the advertisement and it gives them the idea to do a dance presentation for project day.</span></p> | |||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"> | <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">The advertisement mentions the following acts:</span></p> | ||
*<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">'''O’Kelly and the Weasel''': A rat in a green suit and a woman (not a weasel!) in a weasel costume.</span> | |||
*<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">'''A Great Big Potato''': A person dressed up as a potato</span> | |||
*<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">'''The Queen of the Mist''': A monkey with long brown hair in a green dress</span> | |||
*<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">'''The Prince of the Dance''': A bare-chested blond aardvark in a white vest. An antagonist.</span> | |||
=== Trivia === | |||
* Thunderdance is a parody of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverdance Riverdance], a stage show that originated as an interval performance act during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest and went on to become one of the most successful dance productions in the world. Like Thunderdance it combined modernized Irish folk music and folk dancing. | |||
* The “Prince of the Dance” references former Riverdance member Michael Flatley who started his own stage show called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Dance_(musical) Lord of the Dance]. It became Riverdance’s biggest rival. He often performedwearing a vest without a shirt. | |||
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0804b 02 OKelly and Weasel.jpg|O'Kelly and the Weasel | 0804b 02 OKelly and Weasel.jpg|O'Kelly and the Weasel | ||
Revision as of 17:49, 13 January 2020
Description
Thunderdance is a theatrical show consisting of Irish music and dance. A TV advertisement shown in D.W., Dancing Queen describes it as an “Irish Step-Dancing Extravaganza”. D.W. and Binky watch the advertisement and it gives them the idea to do a dance presentation for project day.
The advertisement mentions the following acts:
- O’Kelly and the Weasel: A rat in a green suit and a woman (not a weasel!) in a weasel costume.
- A Great Big Potato: A person dressed up as a potato
- The Queen of the Mist: A monkey with long brown hair in a green dress
- The Prince of the Dance: A bare-chested blond aardvark in a white vest. An antagonist.
Trivia
- Thunderdance is a parody of Riverdance, a stage show that originated as an interval performance act during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest and went on to become one of the most successful dance productions in the world. Like Thunderdance it combined modernized Irish folk music and folk dancing.
- The “Prince of the Dance” references former Riverdance member Michael Flatley who started his own stage show called Lord of the Dance. It became Riverdance’s biggest rival. He often performedwearing a vest without a shirt.
O'Kelly and the Weasel
A Great Big Potato
The Prince of the Dance (no celebrities were harmed)
The Prince and the Queen of the Mist
