Feet of Flames
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| Directed by | Michael Flatley |
| Music by | Ronan Hardiman |
| Date premiered | 1998 |
| Genre | Irish Dance |
Michael Flatley's Feet of Flames is an Irish dance show directed by Michael Flatley and scored by Ronan Hardiman.
Michael Flatley was made famous by the Irish dancing troupe show Riverdance as a soloist.
The Hyde Park show was first created for Flatley's last show as the "Lord of the Dance", the show was a one-off performance in London's Hyde Park on 25 July 1998, playing to approximately 25,000 people. The show itself closely resembles its predecessor, Lord of the Dance. However this show merges troupes, adds new numbers, and a new stage with multi-level tiers for the dancers for the finale. Amongst the new numbers is Flatley's solo – "Feet of Flames", which the show is based around. The show introduced some of the key elements that are now featured when Flatley performs. His silver-heeled shoes made by Freed's of London were used for the first time in this show. TV screens on both sides of the stage were also installed and now used in all the shows that feature Flatley. Film of the Hyde Park show was later distributed on VHS and DVD.
On 21 September 1999 Michael Flatley announced a Feet of Flames world tour for 2000. This tour began on Wednesday, 1 March 2000, in Germany. The show differed significantly from the original 1998 version. The show had new numbers, new leads, a new story line and a "whole new outlook" in the words of Flatley. Both the original female leads Bernadette Flynn and Gillian Norris were replaced by Sarah Clark and Leigh Ann McKenna. Daire Nolan was replaced by Stephen Brunning. Both Daire Nolan and Gillian Norris went on to pursue their own careers after the 1998 show. Bernadette Flynn left to dance with Lord of the Dance troupe one until 2001. Some of the characters changed slightly in the show. Lord of the Dance became Firespirit, Saroise became The Swan and Morrighan the Temptress became Cleopatra. The Dark Lord was remained but there are sayings that they still used Don Dorcha as the name. Helen Egan's part as the little spirit became the Court Jester in the World Tour. The Highlight of the 2000 tour was Flatley and the Troupe performing in Budapest to over 100,000 people. The European part of the 2000 World Tour concluded on 29 July 2000 in Stormont Castle, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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