The Metropolis Sentinel, Workers Report
Edmond, Oklahoma – From Golden Globe-nominated composer Brian Byrne (Heartbeat of Dwelling) comes Celtic Throne, an impressive new musical rating for a brand-new Irish dance manufacturing from Herbert W. Armstrong School and Armstrong Dance. Kicking off their SW regional tour, Armstrong Auditorium two earlier three encore performances of Celtic Throne this spring. Nonetheless to come back; Sunday afternoon, July 11.
Celtic Throne —The Royal Journey of Irish Dance explores the traditional origins of Irish step dance and celebrates the millennia-long journey of a music- and dance-loving individuals as they migrate from the traditional Close to East to Eire, Scotland, England and the USA. Infused with modern choreography, dazzling costumes, spectacular lighting and projection, Celtic Throne is Armstrong School’s largest manufacturing thus far.
“Celtic Throne combines Byrne’s highly effective, cinematic musical rating with hard- and soft-shoe Irish dancing, all set towards epic imagery of Eire, the Scottish Highlands, scenes from the British Empire and conventional America. This present is a stonking celebration of the British Isles and the USA. It’s assured to go away audiences thrilled and impressed,” mentioned co-director Brad Macdonald. “Carry the whole household for an unforgettable expertise!”
Irish-born Brian Byrne is a multi-award-winning movie and tv composer, songwriter and producer whose spouse is lyricist Kasey Jones, a local Oklahoman. The couple lives in Oklahoma. Byrne composed music for Heartbeat of Dwelling and has collaborated with a few of Hollywood’s largest stars, together with Katy Perry, Bono, Barbara Streisand, Josh Groban, Sinead O’Connor, Kelly Clarkson and Sarah McLachlan, to call a couple of.
The Armstrong Dance troupe is comprised of greater than 30 Irish dancers from all over the world, together with Britain, Australia, Canada and the USA, ranging in age from 22 to only 4 years previous. The troupe is comprised of scholars from the Carey Academy in England and the Maguire Academy in America, a few of whom have competed with nice success in high Irish dance competitions, together with Worlds, All Irelands, Nice Britain and North American Nationals.
The award-winning Armstrong Auditorium has established itself as a world-class middle for the humanities in Oklahoma since 2010. The theater has hosted acclaimed native and worldwide performances from an enormous array of genres, together with classical, jazz and people music, theater, classical ballet, people dance and extra.
Designed to offer an distinctive acoustic expertise, solely 75 toes separate the stage from the again wall, permitting the 823-seat theater to boast a nine-millisecond preliminary time delay hole — a measure of outstanding acoustic intimacy. Armstrong Auditorium’s beautiful magnificence and heat environment proceed to make it a unprecedented venue worthy of its quite a few accolades.
The remaining efficiency of “Celtic Throne” at Armstrong Auditorium is about for two p.m. Sunday, July 11, at 2 p.m.
Tickets to Celtic Throne—The Royal Journey of Irish Dance vary from $35 to $55 for adults and $30 for kids 17 and underneath, and reservations are required. For tickets, go to Armstrong Auditorium.org or name (405) 285-1010.
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