Reviews

African dance is great - but is that REALLY where Irish dance originated from?? That's what this documentary would have you believe from the first 20-30 minutes, without actually providing any evidence! Besides showing the similarities of moving feet (as all cultures do in dance) and some anecdotal history of Irish and and African servants/slaves interacting in the West Indies. The second half then goes on to *ignore* that convoluted beginning and picks up in the 19th century. What was happening in Ireland all this time? I feel like I now need to read the actual history of Irish dance from another source to learn anything.

Started off semi-interesting, but then got ridiculous and non-sensical. Too bad these great actors signed up for this project!

This may be minor as the whole series is really great, but I noticed all the archival film footage is shown as blurry. I didn't notice it as much in the other decades because I assumed quality of film was not as great in the 80s and 90s, but when you get into the last decade, picture quality was not much different as it is now - this should be accurately portrayed!