Riverdance from the packed theatre of 4,000 people. The performance is often considered the most well known interval act in Eurovision Song Contest history. Riverdance was later performed as an interval act at both the "" (2005) and "Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits" (2015) events. Lead dancers Michael Flatley and Jean Butler transformed the previously chaste and reserved traditional dance form into something else entirely. The song "Riverdance" was released as a single and entered the Irish Singles Chart at No. 1 right after the Eurovision debut, staying there for 18 weeks—the longest amount of time a song has ever topped
Dominique Dupuy (dancer) Dominique Dupuy (dancer) Dominique Dupuy (born 1930) is a French dancer and choreographer of modern dance. He is best known as a pioneer of modern dance in France. Additionally, he runs a choreographic centre as well as an annual dance festival in Provence. Dominique Dupuy was born on 31 October 1930 in Paris. He was first trained as an eight-year-old by choreographer Jean Weidt and later by Doryta Brown. He was then trained by the American choreographer Jerome Andrews. During the Second World War, he left Paris for rural France, and he learned how to act. Shortly after the war,