Michael Flatley Michael Flatley Michael Ryan Flatley (born July 16, 1958) is a former Irish-American dancer, choreographer, and musician. He became internationally known for Irish dance shows "Riverdance", "Lord of the Dance", "Feet of Flames", and "Celtic Tiger Live". Flatley's shows have played to more than 60 million people in 60 countries and have grossed more than $1 billion. Flatley is credited with reinventing traditional Irish dance by incorporating new rhythms, syncopation, and upper body movements, which were previously absent from the dance. He is in the Guinness World Records for tap dancing 35 times per second and his feet were at
Peter Wright (dancer) Director of the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, which was the name for Birmingham Royal Ballet at that time. It was Wright who led the company when it relocated to Birmingham in 1990 when the current name Birmingham Royal Ballet was adopted. He was also to become the first Artistic Director of the company when it became fully independent of the Royal Opera House in 1997. Peter Wright (dancer) Sir Peter Wright, CBE, (born 25 November 1926) is a British ballet teacher, choreographer, director and former professional dancer. He worked as a choreographer and as the artistic director of Birmingham Royal