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) 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 Monte Carlo in 1949, soon becoming lead dancer, or "premier danseur". He left the company in 1960. He was later a dancer for the Mia Slavenska Ballet, the New York City Ballet, and the Radio City Music Hall. He established the Pacific Ballet Academy in San Francisco, California. He choreographed and produced