Since Riverdance began performances in Dublin 1995, the show has…

• Played 10,000 performances
• Been seen live by over 22 million people in over 350 venues worldwide,
• throughout 40 countries across 4 continents
• Travelled 600,000 miles (or to the moon and back!)
• Played to a global television audience of 2 billion people
• Sold over 3 million copies of the Grammy Award-winning CD
• Sold 10 million Riverdance videos

And there have been…

• 1,500 Irish Dancers
• 14,000 Dance shoes used
• 12,000 Costumes worn
• 200,000 Gallons of water consumed
• 60,000 Gallons of Gatorade consumed
• 1,650,000 Show programmes sold
• 1,500 Flight cases used
• 12,000 Stage lighting bulbs used
• 40,000 Boxes of tissues used
• 16,250 Guitar, bass and fiddle strings replaced
• 284,000 T-shirts sold
• 39 Marriages between company members
• 20,000 Cumulative years of study in step-dancing by Irish Dancers
• 45,000 Rolls of self-grip tape used by company physiotherapists
• 15,000 Hours of rehearsals on tour
• 5,500,000 Pounds of dry ice used on stage
• 60,000 Pounds of chocolate consumed (for energy!) by the cast