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* TheBigBad: Don Dorcha
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* IrishPriest: Many of them. They sing, too...well, [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous Celtic Chanting]]
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* IrishPriest: Many of them. They sing, too... well, [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous Celtic Chanting]]
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** The "Breakout" number is entirely this and is known as the ''strip jig'' for a reason.
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** The "Breakout" number is entirely this this, even more so than the original version on Riverdance, and is known as the ''strip jig'' for a reason.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Both Lords would fit this trope
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* BadassCape: Don Dorcha wears one.
* BadDreams: See DreamSequence below.
* BareYourMidriff
* TheBigBad: Don Dorcha
* BlackAndWhiteMorality
* TheChick: Saiorse, the Irish Colleen.
* CoolMask: The baddies all wear them!
* CostumePorn: A ''lot'' of costumes.
* DanceBattler
* DisneyDeath: The Lord of the Dance.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Erin, The Goddess. Also, Little Spirit in her 2014 incarnation.
* DominoMask: Don Dorcha
* BadDreams: See DreamSequence below.
* BareYourMidriff
* TheBigBad: Don Dorcha
* BlackAndWhiteMorality
* TheChick: Saiorse, the Irish Colleen.
* CoolMask: The baddies all wear them!
* CostumePorn: A ''lot'' of costumes.
* DanceBattler
* DisneyDeath: The Lord of the Dance.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Erin, The Goddess. Also, Little Spirit in her 2014 incarnation.
* DominoMask: Don Dorcha
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* EvilGloating: Don Dorcha's pretty good at this.
* FairyCompanion: The Little Spirit.
* FightingIrish
* TheHero: The Lord of the Dance.
* FairyCompanion: The Little Spirit.
* FightingIrish
* TheHero: The Lord of the Dance.
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* {{Leitmotif}}: Both Don Dorcha and The Little Spirit have them.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Morrighan...probably.
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* MessianicArchetype: The Lord of the Dance
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* PlayingWithFire
* RainbowMotif: "Siamsa" and, to a lesser extent, "Celtic Dream".
* RainbowMotif: "Siamsa" and, to a lesser extent, "Celtic Dream".
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* SceneryPorn
* ShirtlessScene: Flatley has several.
* ShowSomeLeg
* ShirtlessScene: Flatley has several.
* ShowSomeLeg
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* TitledAfterTheSong
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* WomanInWhite: Saoirse, the Irish Colleen.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Both Lords would fit this trope
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* AmbiguouslyGay: AmbiguouslyBi: Both Lords would fit this trope
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Erin, The Goddess.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Erin, The Goddess. Also, Little Spirit in her 2014 incarnation.
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* DreamSequence / NightmareSequence: The 2011 version makes it a little clearer that this is the premise of the show when Don Dorcha's face appears on a screen at the back of the stage. Little Spirit is lying asleep onstage at the time, but she reacts to his threatening words.
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* DreamSequence / NightmareSequence: The 2011 2014 version makes it a little clearer that this is the premise of the show when Don Dorcha's face appears on a screen at the back of the stage. Little Spirit is lying asleep onstage at the time, but she reacts to his threatening words.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Flatley comes across as this in his pre-show speeches on the DVDs. He is seen at one point telling his cast that they haven't come this far to come in second -- and that they certainly won't come in second at that night's performance.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Flatley comes across as this in his pre-show speeches on the DVDs.[=DVD=]s. He is seen at one point telling his cast that they haven't come this far to come in second -- and that they certainly won't come in second at that night's performance.
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* Leitmotif: Both Don Dorcha and The Little Spirit have them.
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* Leitmotif: {{Leitmotif}}: Both Don Dorcha and The Little Spirit have them.
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* BadassAdorable: Little Spirit, particularly in the 2011 version. She jumps on Don Dorcha's back and beats him up just to get her penny whistle back!
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* BadDreams: See DreamSequence below.
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* DreamSequence / NightmareSequence: The 2011 version makes it a little clearer that this is the premise of the show when Don Dorcha's face appears on a screen at the back of the stage. Little Spirit is lying asleep onstage at the time, but she reacts to his threatening words.
-->'''Don Dorcha''': "You can't have the dream without the nightmare."
-->'''Don Dorcha''': "You can't have the dream without the nightmare."
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* AFatherToHisMen: Flatley comes across as this in his pre-show speeches on the DVDs. He is seen at one point telling his cast that they haven't come this far to come in second -- and that they certainly won't come in second at that night's performance.
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* PapaWolf: Lord Michael to Little Spirit. He has particular shades of this in the 2011 version, stopping Don Dorcha from grabbing her after the duel, and using an arm to shield her as if to say, "stay back, it's OK, I've got this".
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* HotterAndSexier: Than {{Riverdance}}. There are a lot more female dancers, and far more emphasis on them.
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* HotterAndSexier: Than {{Riverdance}}.Theatre/{{Riverdance}}. There are a lot more female dancers, and far more emphasis on them.
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* HotterAndSexier: Than {{Riverdance}}. There are a lot more female dancers, and far more emphasis on them.
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* OurFairiesAreDifferent: The Little Spirit
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* OurFairiesAreDifferent: The Little SpiritSpirit has no wings and the closest thing she has to a magic wand is her tin whistle.
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** The "Breakout" number is entirely this and is known as the ''strip jig'' for a reason.
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* OurFairiesAreDifferent: The Little Spirit
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* RainbowMotif: "Siamsa" and, to a lesser extent, "Celtic Dream".
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* HotGypsyWoman: Morraghan, the temptress.
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* HotGypsyWoman: Morraghan, Morrighan, the temptress.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Morraghan...probably.
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* Leitmotif: Both Don Dorcha and The Little Spirit have them.
* MacGuffin: The Lord of the Dance's belt. No attention is ever called to it until the end of the show, wherein it seems to be what Don Dorcha was after all along.
* TheManBehindTheMan:Morraghan...probably.Morrighan...probably.
* MeaningfulName: Dorcha literally means 'dark' in Irish.
* MacGuffin: The Lord of the Dance's belt. No attention is ever called to it until the end of the show, wherein it seems to be what Don Dorcha was after all along.
* TheManBehindTheMan:
* MeaningfulName: Dorcha literally means 'dark' in Irish.
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* LadyInRed: Morraghan
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* StartMyOwn: Michael Flatley put together "Lord Of The Dance" after his attempt to negotiate for more creative control over Riverdance fell through and he was replaced by Colin Dunne in the Riverdance troupe.
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* SissyVillain: [[YourMileageMayVary Averted]]. It's very hard to be a dancing evil villain and ''not'' come across as this, but Don Dorcha and his army [[BadassArmy pull it off flawlessly]].
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* SissyVillain: [[YourMileageMayVary Averted]].Averted. It's very hard to be a dancing evil villain and ''not'' come across as this, but Don Dorcha and his army [[BadassArmy pull it off flawlessly]].
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* MissFanService: Plenty of this. Bras and everything.
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* MissFanService: MsFanService: Plenty of this. Bras and everything.
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* SissyVillain: It's very hard to be a dancing evil villain and ''not'' come across as this.
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* SissyVillain: [[YourMileageMayVary Averted]]. It's very hard to be a dancing evil villain and ''not'' come across as this.this, but Don Dorcha and his army [[BadassArmy pull it off flawlessly]].
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* EndingFatigue: The actual play goes on for ''hours''.
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Many critics have likened the Lord of the Dance to this.
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Many critics have likened the Lord of the Dance to this.
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* ExcusePlot: Because if you come to see this for the plot you're ''clearly'' going to be disappointed.
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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Because no one can really figure out what the story means.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Erin The Goddess
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Erin Erin, The GoddessGoddess.
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* FairyCompanion: The Little Spirit
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* FairyCompanion: The Little SpiritSpirit.
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* TheChick: Saiorse, the Colleen.
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* TheChick: Saiorse, the Irish Colleen.
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* HotGypsyWoman: Marraghan, the temptress.
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* HotGypsyWoman: Marraghan, Morraghan, the temptress.
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[[{{Earworm}} "Dance, now wherever you may be. I am the lord of the dance, said he."]]
The Lord of the Dance is a 1997 Musical play featuring a heap load of Irish dancing. It was produced by Michael Flatley. No one is exactly sure what the story is about, but it is possible that it is about an [[{{Oireland}} Irish]] Jesus in purgatory with a lot of Celtic mythology thrown in.
The Lord of the Dance is a 1997 Musical play featuring a heap load of Irish dancing. It was produced by Michael Flatley. No one is exactly sure what the story is about, but it is possible that it is about an [[{{Oireland}} Irish]] Jesus in purgatory with a lot of Celtic mythology thrown in.
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* BadassCape: Don Dorcha
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* BadassCape: Don DorchaDorcha wears one.
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* TheChick: Saiorse, the Coleen.
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* TheChick: Saiorse, the Coleen.Colleen.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Don Dorcha The Dark Lord. He sounds like a ''perfectly'' well balanced gentleman.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Don Dorcha The the Dark Lord. He sounds like a ''perfectly'' well balanced well-balanced gentleman.
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* WomanInWhite: Saoirse, the Irish Coleen.
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* WomanInWhite: Saoirse, the Irish Coleen.Colleen.
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The Lord of the Dance is a 1997 Musical play featuring a heap load of Irish dancing. It was produced by Michael Flatley. No one is exactly sure what the story is about, but it is possible that it is about an [[{{Oirish}} Irish]] Jesus in purgatory with a lot of Celtic mythology thrown in.
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The Lord of the Dance is a 1997 Musical play featuring a heap load of Irish dancing. It was produced by Michael Flatley. No one is exactly sure what the story is about, but it is possible that it is about an [[{{Oirish}} [[{{Oireland}} Irish]] Jesus in purgatory with a lot of Celtic mythology thrown in.
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* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgetry: Many critics have likened the Lord of the Dance to this.
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* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgetry: EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Many critics have likened the Lord of the Dance to this.
