This live version of Dance of the Flames was performed live in London's Hyde Park in 1998, a fairly large-scale outdoor performance featuring 84 dancers from two companies*** and attended by over 25,000 people. In order to present Dance of Flames to best effect, the Route of Kings square in Hyde Park was chosen for the dance performance, a venue that spans the wide vista of Hyde Park and serves as the most prominent stage backdrop. In this vast performance space, 25 cameras were arranged to simultaneously record the various sections of the show, making the entire performance as immersive as a fantasy world. As the show is to celebrate the last tour of the King of Dance, the whole dance drama is designed, choreographed and led by Mike Flatley himself, whose pure dance skills and charming dance posture show the perfect realm of tap dance at its peak, demonstrating the national connotation of Irish dance. Not only can you enjoy the wonderful tap dance in the dance drama, there are solos, fiddle ensemble, bagpipes and other performances as a means of support. It can be said that this is a collection of lighting, music effects and a high degree of dance skills of the comprehensive performance, can be regarded as another masterpiece of tap dance. The lighting, choreography and costumes are beautiful, the content and form of the dance is wonderful and rich, and the camera switching and filming techniques allow the audience to fully appreciate the subtleties of the dance. This live performance of "Dance of Flames" brings the audience not only a tap dance performance, but also shows the Irish cultural connotation and unique dance vocabulary, which is indeed a great dance movie worth treasuring.
In Australia, that has become the highest selling videotape of all time.
Mike Flatley was born in Chicago on July 16, 1958, Michael Flatley's parents were both from Ireland. At the age of four his grandmother, who was a champion Irish dancer, taught him to dance, though not seriously. It wasn't until he was 11 that his mother (also an Irish dance champion) started taking him to dance lessons. At that time, his teacher told him that it was too late for him to learn to dance at the age of 11, but he was still not moved because he had already admired the Irish dance master Kevin Massey in his heart, and was y influenced by him. Unexpectedly, the child who was considered too late by his teacher to learn to dance, but at the age of 17 (1975), he won the World Irish Dance Championships, which was also the first non-European to win the championship record. He went on to win Irish Dance Championships in 13 countries (including the United States) and was the youngest recipient of the US National Heritage Fellowship awarded by former President Reagan himself. This honor is given to America's greatest artistic performers. In 1991, the National Geographic Society also declared Michael Flatley a Living Treasure.
Additionally, Michael Flatley holds the King's World Record for kicking 35 times a second.
Tracks:
01. Cry Of The Celts
02. Suil A Ruin
03. Celtic Dream
04. Warriors
05. Gypsy
06. Breakout
07. The Lord Of The Dance
07. >07. The Lord Of The Dance
08. Spirit In The New World
09. Fiery Nights
10. Lament
11. Siamsa
12. Our Wedding Day
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13. Stolen Kiss
14. Nightmares
15. Victory
16. Cry Of The Celts
17. The Lord Of The Dance