Managed profile Not claimed by Michael Flatley

Michael Flatley has not joined FLAPSS and has not endorsed it. This page is a reference record assembled from published interviews and public remarks. Every answer below is a direct quotation with the source and date shown next to it.

Michael Flatley

American step dancer

United States · b. 1958

Born in Chicago, Flatley, 66, performed an Irish dance during the break at Eurovision in 1994. He helped develop Riverdance into a full-length production and opened at the Point theatre in Dublin the following year. His shows have been performed around the world and broken box-office records. He is currently taking Lord of the Dance around the UK, and Riverdance’s 30th anniversary tour starts next summer. He is married with a son, and lives in Monaco.

10 answers 0 followers reference

Question What is the worst job you have done? Craft & work read 228 other answers →

Digging foundations in the freezing-cold Chicago winters.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2024 source ↗

Question What do you consider your greatest achievement? Craft & work read 189 other answers →

Aside from the night that my wife said yes, creating Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, and employing thousands of dancers for the last 30 years.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2024 source ↗

Every quotation above is reproduced from the source shown beside it and has not been edited. Michael Flatley did not write these answers for FLAPSS. Request a correction or removal.