Michael Flatley TAPPING INTO GREATNESS!.

LONG LIVE THE LORD OF THE DANCE

- Celia Whitley

If you do something you love for work, you'll never work a day in your life - or so the old saying goes. And Irish performer and director Michael Flatley can attest to that, as he is one of the most successful and happiest dancers in the world! Gaining global fame through Riverdance in the '90s, Michael, now 67, became a sensation after his performance with the dance group at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest.

He left the cast a year later and started his own highly successful Irish dance show, Lord of the Dance. Now, as the group nears its 30th anniversary, Michael is bringing his dance troupe back to Australia, to perform a new Lord of the Dance show under his direction.

"The whole cast is buzzing for Australia - these are dreams coming true," he exclusively tells New Idea.