Flatley makes his long awaited Broadway debut in Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games! | Michael Flatley

One camera. One take. No edits, no special effects. Just the awesome power of Planet Ireland from Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance: 25 YEARS OF STANDING OVATIONS, led onstage by Cathal Keaney. 2022 has been a whirlwind year for Team Lord. Kicking things off on St. Patrick's Day with a huge UK tour (this video was filmed in Manchester on the last day of that tour), LOTD25 continued on to Scandinavia, and is now on a multi-month tour of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Nether

Today there are only two Lords of the Dance in the world, handpicked by Michael Flatley as his successors for the 25th anniversary tour: Matt Smith and Cathal Keaney. This is Matt Smith and Team Lord rehearsing the show's title number. Matt Smith: the boy who followed his dream. As a small child he saw the original 1996 #LOTD video with Michael Flatley, pointed to the TV screen, and told his mum, "I want to be that." Fast-forward a quarter of a century, and Matt Smith *is* the Lord of the Dance.