	{"id":97402,"date":"2024-07-09T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=97402"},"modified":"2024-07-03T21:49:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T11:49:01","slug":"a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"A Celtic mix of dance and magic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IRISH dance and magic spectacular Celtic Illusion is returning to Bendigo for a performance at the Ulumbarra Theatre on Saturday 13 July.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic Illusion is led by former Lord of the Dance lead dancer and illusionist Anthony Street, who created the show in 2011 and serves as its director, producer, choreographer and lead dancer.<\/p>\n<p>He developed it by combining two of his big interests, magic and dance, into a single performance.<\/p>\n<p>The cast aims to deliver a &#8220;breathtaking array of experiences&#8221; fusing Irish dance, magic and flavours of choreographer Bob Fosse and Michael Jackson in a Broadway style.<\/p>\n<p>Street, who grew up in Melbourne, will also perform a series of illusions and will share star billing with dance star Georgia May, who originally hails from Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p>It is accompanied by an original score by multi-talented composer, singer, orchestral arranger, songwriter and pianist Angela Little, whose achievements include working on the music for Baz Luhrmann&#8217;s film Australia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/07\/CelticIllusion02_62258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spellbinding: Anthony Street combines Irish dance with illusions. Photos: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She also co-wrote and sang the movie&#8217;s love song By The Boab Tree, which was the first song featured on the end credits and was among 49 songs shortlisted for an Acadamy Award for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The cast features dancers sourced from productions around the world, such as Lord of the Dance and Riverdance.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers say that even those who have seen past shows won&#8217;t be disappointed in this year&#8217;s version, claiming that it has raised the bar, broken barriers and promising that it will be more spectacular than ever.<\/p>\n<p>The show is part of a national tour and was at the same venue last year as Celtic Illusion Reimagined.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic Illusion is regularly travelling Australia, and has also been taken to New Zealand, Hong Kong, Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Showtime is 7.30pm and tickets can be booked at <a href=\"http:\/\/bendigoregion.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bendigoregion.com.au<\/a>. Tickets start at $79.90.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRISH dance and magic spectacular Celtic Illusion is returning to Bendigo for a performance at the Ulumbarra Theatre on Saturday 13 July. Celtic Illusion is led by former Lord of the Dance lead dancer and illusionist Anthony Street, who created the show in 2011 and serves as its director, producer, choreographer and lead dancer. He [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":97406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-97402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-living"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Celtic mix of dance and magic - Bendigo Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Celtic Illusion returns to Bendigo! \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea Dazzling Irish dance &amp; magic spectacular! July 13th at Ulumbarra Theatre. Don&#039;t miss it! Tickets from $79.90\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Celtic mix of dance and magic - Bendigo Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Celtic Illusion returns to Bendigo! \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea Dazzling Irish dance &amp; magic spectacular! July 13th at Ulumbarra Theatre. Don&#039;t miss it! Tickets from $79.90\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bendigo Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-08T18:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/07\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Darren McLean\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Darren McLean\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/living\\\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/living\\\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Darren McLean\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1bcfc3c748613d0b0c79f665c5cbbd8c\"},\"headline\":\"A Celtic mix of dance and magic\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-08T18:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/living\\\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":334,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/living\\\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Living\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/living\\\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/living\\\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Celtic mix of dance and magic - Bendigo Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/living\\\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/living\\\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-08T18:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Celtic Illusion returns to Bendigo! \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea Dazzling Irish dance & magic spectacular! July 13th at Ulumbarra Theatre. Don't miss it! Tickets from $79.90\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/living\\\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/living\\\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/living\\\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Raising the bar: The latest Celtic Illusion show promises to be better than ever. Photo: SUPPLIED\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/living\\\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Celtic mix of dance and magic\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bendigo Times\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Bendigo Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/BDT-logo-masthead-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/BDT-logo-masthead-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":491,\"caption\":\"Bendigo Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1bcfc3c748613d0b0c79f665c5cbbd8c\",\"name\":\"Darren McLean\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/author\\\/darrenmclean\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Celtic mix of dance and magic - Bendigo Times","description":"Celtic Illusion returns to Bendigo! \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea Dazzling Irish dance & magic spectacular! July 13th at Ulumbarra Theatre. Don't miss it! Tickets from $79.90","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Celtic mix of dance and magic - Bendigo Times","og_description":"Celtic Illusion returns to Bendigo! \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea Dazzling Irish dance & magic spectacular! July 13th at Ulumbarra Theatre. Don't miss it! Tickets from $79.90","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/","og_site_name":"Bendigo Times","article_published_time":"2024-07-08T18:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/07\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Darren McLean","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Darren McLean","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/"},"author":{"name":"Darren McLean","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#\/schema\/person\/1bcfc3c748613d0b0c79f665c5cbbd8c"},"headline":"A Celtic mix of dance and magic","datePublished":"2024-07-08T18:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/"},"wordCount":334,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/07\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg","articleSection":["Living"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/","name":"A Celtic mix of dance and magic - Bendigo Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/07\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-08T18:00:00+00:00","description":"Celtic Illusion returns to Bendigo! \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea Dazzling Irish dance & magic spectacular! July 13th at Ulumbarra Theatre. Don't miss it! Tickets from $79.90","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/07\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/07\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Raising the bar: The latest Celtic Illusion show promises to be better than ever. Photo: SUPPLIED"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/a-celtic-mix-of-dance-and-magic\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Celtic mix of dance and magic"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/","name":"Bendigo Times","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#organization","name":"Bendigo Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/02\/BDT-logo-masthead-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/02\/BDT-logo-masthead-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":491,"caption":"Bendigo Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#\/schema\/person\/1bcfc3c748613d0b0c79f665c5cbbd8c","name":"Darren McLean","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/author\/darrenmclean\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97402"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=97402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}