Michael flatley biography book
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Lord of the Dance : My Story
Oh, my giddy aunt. And it doesn’t even start there because you see, Michael Flatley is a man who (in a mere book about his life) needs no introduction. Or else you would think:
“(Michael is) a rare, potent phenomenon. A dreamer and a doer, a world winner in the grand tradition of American Enterprise.”
You probably won’t be surprised to hear that the subject of this book would make Chris Moyles look like Pee Wee Herman on the grand scales of arrogance and ego mania, but really, what sort of autobiography opens with a 5-page introduction, full of invisible applause, cringe worthy praise and sickly fortitude from the subject’s co-author?
“He believed as a child, as he does now, in the arithmetic of dreams, the more certain it is that they will come true.”
Someone pass me the sick bucket, please.
The co-author in question is one Douglas Thompson, who is mainly (as in, every other book before this) a biographer. But in this book, he is very much the minor role in this latest project. Of course he is.
Included in this biographer’s minor role seemingly is the position of interviewer as not only does ‘Lord of the Dance: My
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Synopsis
From the international star of Riverdance, Lord of the Dance and Celtic Tiger, comes a no-holds-barred autobiography that reveals the person, the passion and the drama behind Michael Flatley's astonishing career. Michael describes growing up as the son of Irish immigrants in a tough Chicago neighbourhood and the many years he struggled to make real his dream of becoming a professional Irish dancer. He was in his mid-thirties when he was asked to create Riverdance for the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. Just as his dreams were being realised, Michael was shattered when he and Riverdance parted company. Now Michael explains whas really happened backstage and describes how he went on to create the enormously successful Lord of the Dance.
Michael also deals openly with the controversies that have surrounded his success such as his turbulent love life and the illness and injuries that have threatened his career. Filled with commentary from family, friends and colleagues and brimming with Michael's Irish charm and good humour, this book is the very personal story of a man who has lived life to the fullest according to his own credo: nothing is impossible.
368 pages
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368 pages
Imprint: Macmillan
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