Riverdance: A Journey - Original uncut version (1996 Documentary) (1080p50 Remaster) 

I was so privileged to see Riverdance twice, with Michael Flatley. It was so special! I haven’t heard how he is doing since 2023, and I pray he is doing well. The new guy is phenomenal too, but I will always treasure the moments of seeing Michael in two separate performances with Jean Butler. The original cast was magical. Stunning and memorable!

A big 👍 to you! It was so inspiring to see all the behind the scenes moments. It gave me the opportunity to look inside of the heart and soul of RiverDance! Thanks for uploading this longer version.

It was amazing to see how Jean Butler changed in that short time between the original video in Dublin and the second video in New York. She seems so much more confident at the Radio City performance,While she was already a very graceful dancer she somehow became even more graceful in that time

This show will take your breath away

I loved this documentary. I had the DVD of the New York show and the documentary, came on a bonus disc. Whenever they get to the part about Michael leaving the show, my heart breaks.😢 Like John McColgan said, Michael was a brilliant dancer and choreographer but Jean Butler also mentioned that Michael was only thinking of himself and not how the other members of the show would be affected. I agree but sadly, it's all too common in the entertainment world. Someone gets a big ego, starts getting "drunk" on their own popularity and begins to think that they, and they alone, are the reason for the success that the people around them, are having. Before I fell in love with Irish dance, I was involved in the music industry. I can't tell you how many times a wildly popular and successful band broke-up because one of their members started to become more famous and well known than the others and discord created a professional fracture. Michael Flatley and other narcissistic celebrities, forget that success is a GROUP effort. Yes, you have talent but so do the people in those supporting roles that are backing you up. One musician who was poplular in the 1980's, is now learning that the hard way here in 2024. His singing voice is shot, he appears drunk and wayward on stage, people are walking out of his shows and he's destroying his legacy. Michael did go on to produce "Lord of the Dance" but that show has deteriorated to nothing more than a combination of Victoria's Secret and Chippendales. The females are dancing in their underwear and the male dancers are bare-chested. Thankfully, Riverdance has stayed true and classy. Michael's other shows, Celtic Tiger and the various re-vamps of 'Lord of the Damce' have been commercial flops and nowhere near as successful as Riverdance.But hey, you reap what you sow !! Oh how far, the mighty (in ego) have fallen.😮

I have this on DVD, and it's the 75-minute version. It's an Australian DVD. 45-minute cut for other regions? In any case, thank you for the upload!

45:14 - 45:25, Am I off, or does that little bit that was absent in the edited DVD version change the tone of Flatley's response to that specific question dramatically?