Michael Durkan (Executive Producer)
Firstly, to the many people who over the years given their energy and creativity - I say thank you.
Gaelforce Dance has been a passion for me for some time. Having it brought to the world stage has been the culmination of much effort on the part of many people. This great story of reunification, I believe, will eventually sit on Broadway. The story itself is a story of love, hate, hope and repression but finally one of reunification and peace.
Strangely enough, these evolving emotions from time to time have become part of the creative process amongst the people involved in the production. It's because of this that I believe we have such a wonderful raw story to tell through dance, music and song. The story of Gaelforce Dance is vastly different from the other dance shows and has a dramatic theatrical quality not seen before in this type of production.
Very early on we lost a very dear friend and great dancer in young Marty McGrath who was taken from us in tragic circumstances. Marty's smile will always be with us.

I hope you truly enjoy Gaelforce Dance and embrace these enduring themes as an inspiration.
Slán is Beannacht - Michael Durkan

Richard Griffin (Choreographer)
Richard joined Gaelforce Dance in February 1999 when he was asked by Michael Durkan to choreograph the new show. Since than he has taken the role of Dance Director as well and has taken the show to a very high and enjoyable level. "We try to be different: more theatrical, and we stick to our policy to use the live steps. The spectators go to a theatre to see a live show and we think that they should get what they want. A show where we are in the marketplace needs to have all the edges that it can have, and being live is a very strong edge. I don't know if we stress that enough and if people are aware of that fact, but it is a big difference between being live or not."

Doing live steps such as in Gaelforce Dance is not very easy for the dancers because they have to dance very exactly, but for a choreographer like Richard it is more easily to change one or the other part of the show basically overnight, if he feels it is necessary, without the need to produce a new tape with recorded steps and music. "Normally some parts of the show change every six months, and that's what is nice when we come back to the venue we visited before, the people can always notice some new stuff we choreographed - and we will keep those changes in the future too."