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World Fastest step dancer(Guinness record), producer, choreographer and flute player Michael Ryan Flatley was born July 16, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois. Native irish, he always included elements of celtic folklore in his works. Michael begun in Chieftains, then he became lead dancer and choreographer of Riverdance show (1994). After leaving Riverdance in october 1995, he created his most famous Lord of the Dance show (1996), that became platinum in Britain, USA and Australia. Success of LotD was followed by Feet of Flames (1998). In 2005 Michael retuned to stage with a new show Celtic Tiger. |
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News in english
about Michael Flatley
(October / 2009)
The Herts Advertiser Date: 01 Oct 2009
Herts Advertiser -
JULIAN Clary, the man who did for mincing what Michael Flatley did for Irish dancing, is 50. And he is about to celebrate that distinction with a visit to the Alban Arena next Wednesday evening, October 7.
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Lord of the Dance comes to Pittsburg Date: 27 Oct 2009
The Morning Sun -
Dancers perform in a scene of “Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance” Monday evening at Pittsburg Memorial Auditorium.
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Pluck of the Irish Date: 27 Oct 2009
Straits Times -
MOST people know traditional Irish dancing through Riverdance, the phenomenal company that has travelled the world with its popular performances. The company also launched the career of superstar dancer Michael Flatley. But Irish step dance is more than Riverdance's brand of over-the-top theatricality, frozen arms and kicking legs, going by Colin Dunne's intimate one-man show called Out Of Time.
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Girls' swimming: Warwick's Kelly dances, too Date: 28 Oct 2009
Middletown Times Herald-Record -
It's not often that swimmer Michael Phelps and dancer Michael Flatley can be intertwined to describe an athlete.
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This Weekend in Kansas City | Oct. 29-Nov. 1 Date: 29 Oct 2009
The Kansas City Star -
Michael Flatley’s “Lord of the Dance” makes its way to Johnson County Community College’s Carlsen Center this weekend, presented by Theater League.
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Bad Boys of Dance combine ballet, hip-hop and a Broadway sensibility Date: 29 Oct 2009
MinnPost -
There’s no shortage of attitude displayed in video clips of performances by the Bad Boys of Dance, nor on the troupe’s website . This TV clip (with lyric titles no less) combines a Chippendale-like, bare-chested insouciance with something out of a Michael Flatley-induced nightmare.
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