NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS

NIU Students can get tickets to The National Dance Company of Ireland’s Rhythm of the Dance, Saturday, March 19 at the Egyptian Theatre for just $25, a $5 discount.

Fans everywhere are enjoying 2,000 years, and more, of dance, music, songs and culture from pre-Celtic times to modern day sounds all compacted into a two-hour concert. It’s full of flailing feet and fiddles, futuristic dances, eye-catching lighting and costumes, sensational sound effects and is now one of the top three Irish step dance shows in the world.

Apart from having world and Irish champion dancers; this show also has some of the finest traditional musicians plus singers who are a big hit everywhere. Like a sheet of lightning, the pulsating rhythms, pure energy and melodic music, in the Rhythm of the Dance show, has hit 50 countries around the world with audience figures of over seven million fans over 20 years.

Ticket prices are $25 for students with ID, $30 for adults, $25 for children and seniors 65+.

The performance is Saturday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m.