Michael Flatleys Lord of the Dance: Hells Kitchen the Supercut
How about another, LordOfTheDance supercut this time, the big clash of clans at the top of the second act: Hell s Kitchen This supercut features five commercial video performances: 1996, 1998, 2009, 2011, and 2014. The show s first act is almost entirely exposition. You meet, in order, six main characters and two factions: the Little Spirit, the Lord of the Dance, Erin the Goddess, Saoirse, Don Dorcha and the Warriors, Morrighan, and the Warlords. It is a testament to Michael Flatley s unique gifts as a dramatist his ability to take Joseph Campbell s monomyth and translate it into a dance drama that all of this is conveyed clearly to the audience without a single word spoken; you inherently get it even if you didn t read the show programme. But if you have read the programme, then you know that there is unrest amongst the clans, sitting in their stone circles. A new power Don Dorcha has arisen to challenge the Lord of the Dance. And as we
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