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
Jacques d'Amboise (dancer) Jacques d'Amboise (dancer) Jacques d'Amboise (born July 28, 1934) is an American danseur and choreographer. D'Amboise was born as Joseph Jacques Ahearn in Dedham, Massachusetts. He was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, where ballets were created especially for him by choreographer George Balanchine. D'Amboise also choreographed ballets for the New York City Ballet. As well as ballets, d'Amboise danced in films, including "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", where he played the part of Ephraim, one of the brothers—and "Carousel" (1956), where he danced the ballet role of the "Starlight Carnival" barker, in which he partnered Susan