Career

Flatley created the original Riverdance and led the show to great success as the intermission act in the Eurovision Song Contest on April 30, 1994. He then starred in the full-length show that was developed from the original seven-minute act. After leaving the show Flatley produced, directed, and choreographed Lord of the Dance. Flatley broke his own record for tapping speed in February 1998, by achieving 35 taps per second.
Flatley also put together a dance production called Feet of Flames in 1998. He later went on to produce another version of the show of which around 50% of the numbers were different from that of the 1998 show. Ttitled 'Feet of Flames The Victory Tour', he toured Europe in 2000 and the USA and 2001.
The dancer also received Guinness Book recognition in both 1999 and 2000 for being the highest paid dancer, earning $1,600,000 per week and for having the highest insurance premium placed on a dancer's legs at $40,000,000.

 

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Career

Flatley was the first American to win the World Irish Dance Championships and also won numerous All-Ireland Flute Championships. From 1978-79 he toured with Green Fields of America. Later he toured with The Chieftains in the 1980s.
Flatley received the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship in 1988.In May 1989, Flatley set a Guinness Book world record for tapping speed at 28 taps per second.Flatley was named one of National Geographic Society's Living Treasures in 1991 for mastery of a traditional art form by a living person - the youngest person at that time ever to receive this accolade.

 

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Early life

Flatley is a native of south side of Chicago, born to Irish parents. He began dancing lessons at 11 and, in 1975, became the first non-European resident to win the All-Ireland World Championship for Irish dance. He is a trained amateur boxer as well as a proficient flute player, having twice won the All-Ireland Competition. In dance, Flatley was taught by Dennis Dennehy at the Dennehy School of Irish Dance in Chicago, then went on to producing his own show. After graduating from Brother Rice High School, on Chicago's Southwest Side, he opened a dance school.

 

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Introduction

Michael Ryan Flatley (born 16 July 1958) is an American-Irish step dancer, choreographer, musician and occasional television presenter. He became internationally known for creating Irish dance shows Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, Feet of Flames, and Celtic Tiger

 

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