Riverdance Later that month, Riverdance returned, by popular demand, to the Point Theatre for a six-week sell-out run. Despite the show's growing success, cracks were beginning to appear in the relationship between the producers and lead dancer Michael Flatley. Flatley had choreographed many of the numbers in the multicultural spectacle, but after the show took off, the two parties clashed over salary and royalty fees. At the end of September 1995, a contract dispute arose between Flatley and Riverdance. On 29 September, days before the show was due to reopen for a second sell-out run at The Apollo, Flatley's TV appearances
Alan Howard (dancer) the Pacific Ballet. He also taught ballet. For example, Kyra Nichols, a lead dancer at the New York City Ballet, was one of his students. Another student was the prima ballerina Janet Sassoon. In 2005, he appeared in the documentary, "Ballets Russes. He died of cancer on March 6, 2003 in Chicago. Alan Howard (dancer) Alan Howard (1931-2003) was an American ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. He was a lead dancer for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Alan Howard in 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. He learned ballet from Edna McRae. He became a dancer for the Ballet Russe de