| The Celtic Tiger Starring Michael Flatley | 
 enlarge | Director: Enric Folch
Actors: Rosa Maria Sarda, Adriana Torrebejano, Elena Guerrero, Gemma Lozano, Amanda Maestre
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (43 reviews)
Sales Rank: 18387
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 107 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD29469D
ISBN: 1417075945
UPC: 025192946929
EAN: 9781417075942
ASIN: B000BUE5DM
Release Date: December 13, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Product Description
Michael flatley the internationally acclaimed master of dance returns to the stage with his powerful new dance spectacular. With incredibly powerful music unbelievable costumes & breathtaking special effects this is an epic masterpiece that fuses the spirit & history of ireland with dance & music. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 12/13/2005 Starring: Michael Flatley Run time: 107 minutes Rating: Nr
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Celtic Tiger appears to be Michael Flatley's attempt at a concept album--a loose tracing of the Irish through history, from prehistoric times, to pesky run-ins with Vikings and British soldiers, to St. Paddy driving out the snakes, to... the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders? (Who knew so many of them were Irish?) The spectacle of it all is grand and ambitious in the best way of the new Las Vegas shows (O'Siegfried and McRoy?), and Flatley, the genius behind Riverdance and all its toe-tapping offspring, is simply undaunted. By anything. The traditional Irish dance, fiddling, and piping his fans adore are separated by slower segments using Martha Graham-esque modern set pieces, all well performed. But the audience doesn't really come alive unless it's Flatley, bedecked in his finery (one fave: a Gladiator tog to make Russell Crowe envious) and executing his precise, mind-bending choreography. As usual, he's surrounded himself with troupes of the best hoofers on the planet, and the comeliest female fiddlers this side of the Dixie Chicks. One of many highlights: "Celtic Fire," just Flatley on flute surrounding by the fiddling femme fatales at a dervish pace. A bonus featurette shows some behind the scenes, mostly in slow-mo, of the work going into mounting the ambitious show in Budapest. --A.T. Hurley
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| Customer Reviews: Read 38 more reviews...
 Michael Flatley...of course December 27, 2008
It's Michael Flatley so it has to be good. I truely enjoyed it, but then again I enjoy everything about Michael Flatley. I will recommend it to all my Michael friends.
Absolutely the best of the IRISH dance dvd's!!!! November 30, 2008
I have seen Riverdance and Celtic Tiger is superior by far! Michael Flately has out done himself with this one! If you are only going to buy one IRISH dance DVD than this is the one to get. You will not be disappointed.
 Not As Uplifting, Video Too Jumpy, Topic Nationalistic May 5, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have studied Michael Flatley's other dance videos, and this one is simply not as uplifting as Feet of Flames. All of Flatley's dance videos have video switching on speed dial, some worse than others. For someone in complete awe of Irish music and dance, I want to study what the dancers are doing for more than 3/4 second. This is not the worst of the bunch; that prize goes to the original Lord of the Dance video; a sore sight for the eyes.
I have to admit to a fascination with Irish culture, especially the music. Feet of Flames was uplifting like no other video I have ever seen, bar none (but not because of the video treatment). By contrast, the opening sequence of The Celtic Tiger frustrated me. Why can't we see the dancers? All we can see are strobe lights.
But where The Celtic Tiger really fails is that the nationalistic tone is simply not as uplifting as Flatley's earlier work. I believe the purer the Irish music and dance, the better. The hymn to Irish independence might have caused the powers that be to shut down The Celtic Tiger, if the show had not failed on its own merits. (Imagine if someone had produced an American musical with the theme "the South will rise again.") The pilots dancing number was cute until it became a striptease sequence. Ouch! The burning of Irish homes may have been factually accurate, but was still not uplifting; it was painful to watch.
Michael, please honor the tradition of Irish music and dance. Produce a video that lavishes attention on the dancers and musicians. Make a video that is Irish music and dance performance first, and a video event second. You may have to fight some video directors to get a product that is top quality, but you've shown the focus that's needed in a wide variety of performance disciplines. Rise above nationalism and stick to uplifting Irish music and dance.
 Was this supposed to be a comedy??? March 18, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have been a fan of Irish Dance for many years and enjoyed many parts of Flatley's other productions. I rented this DVD expecting to gleen some positives out of it as well. I was disappointed. The "story" was hard to follow, the women's costumes quite bare, and Michael oblivious to how silly the whole thing was. Other than a few short instances of Michael's amazing dancing, my Irish dancing daughter and I actually laughed ourselves to tears at times as we watched this.
Celtic Tiger January 8, 2008
This is an excellent show, especially if you like a lot of live dancing. These dancers are really putting their sole into this. Would recommend it highly to anyone. My husband and I will enjoy for months to come. We also enjoy his other works. Hope to see more.
Jean Leclair
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