I first became aware of Irish Dance in the 1995 when Michael Flatley of Chicago was featured as the lead dancer in "Riverdance." The documentary at hand, "JIG", covers select competitors, plus the overall results, at the 40th World Irish Dance Championships in Glasgow, Scotland n 2010.
One website makes this statement, "Glasgow was the location when an unknown 17-year-old called Michael Flatley from Chicago made his incredible first impression on the world stage in 1975 and Irish dancing has never looked back since." As this film starts the first amazing thing is the degree of dedication Irish Dancers have, their families make great sacrifices of time and money, and the hard-core competitors are looking to being World Champion, nothing less.
The documentary is done in a good style, with a good mix of family scenes, dance class scenes, travel, and actual competition. The last and most dramatic scene is of the results of the girls 10 and 11 competition where the two favorites, both superb dancers, were running close all the way as points for all three dances were tallied. The film featured close-ups of each girl as results were tabulated. The second place girl sought out the winner, gave her a hug of congratulations, but you can see the sadness on her face, coming so close after so much work.
On Netflix streaming movies, about 90 minutes, highly recommended for anyone who appreciates dance.
One website makes this statement, "Glasgow was the location when an unknown 17-year-old called Michael Flatley from Chicago made his incredible first impression on the world stage in 1975 and Irish dancing has never looked back since." As this film starts the first amazing thing is the degree of dedication Irish Dancers have, their families make great sacrifices of time and money, and the hard-core competitors are looking to being World Champion, nothing less.
The documentary is done in a good style, with a good mix of family scenes, dance class scenes, travel, and actual competition. The last and most dramatic scene is of the results of the girls 10 and 11 competition where the two favorites, both superb dancers, were running close all the way as points for all three dances were tallied. The film featured close-ups of each girl as results were tabulated. The second place girl sought out the winner, gave her a hug of congratulations, but you can see the sadness on her face, coming so close after so much work.
On Netflix streaming movies, about 90 minutes, highly recommended for anyone who appreciates dance.