Spirit of the dance

This video contains edited highlights of the “Spirit of the dance” Irish dancing stageshow performed at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland recorded in 1998.

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Credits

director

Dave Williams

production company

BMG Australia

Duration

00:50:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1999

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

312342

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Music & Performing Arts → Dance companies

Music & Performing Arts → Dancers

Music & Performing Arts → Folk dancing

Music & Performing Arts → Music and dance

Music & Performing Arts → Performing arts

Performance

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1999

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