biography
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| lived:
| (1958– )
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| biography:
| Dancer and choreographer, born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. His parents came to the US from Ireland where his grandmother had been an Irish dancing champion in Leinster. At age 11 he began dance lessons and in 1975 became the first American to win the All World Championships in Irish dancing. He shot to fame after the success of his stage routine Riverdance at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin in 1994, and went on to create, choreograph, and star in the show Lord of the Dance (1996). Also a flautist, he played in his later show, Feet of Flames (1998), and following a successful world tour, he announced his retirement from the stage (2001). |
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