Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games [DVD]

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Due to unprecedented demand, Flatley is scheduled to make a special appearance from 13 to 24 March at the Dominion Theatre, paving the way for new young superstar James Keegan, who will be performing the lead role of Lord of the Dance. You can’t help but have a big smile on your face when the full ensemble cast fill the width of the stage at St David’s Hall and with their legs kicking and tapping in perfect sync. Recorded at the London Palladium theatre in 2014, the show features a new musical score composed by Gerard Fahy and some of the world's most talented dancers including James Keegan, Mathew Smith and Alice Upcott.

The main lead Lord of the Dance was played by James Keegan and the Dark Lord was played by Zoltan Papp. Their collective talent is unbelievable and there are moments where your jaw is in your lap watching their feet move almost as too fast to comprehend. Along the way the Spirit meets different dancers as well as a Black Swan like love triangle that threatens to turn the head of Ireland’s saviour, the Lord of the Dance himself. This Irish-American step-dancing star, now 57, has announced that he will retire from performing at the end of this eight-week run.Flatley’s productions have sold out in theatres around the world for years, and he insists this is due to such positive word of mouth. The ostensible hero, the Lord of the Dance, loses his prize belt to a cyborg-like Dark Lord and wins it back with the help of a Little Spirit, a small and irritating gymnast who looks as if she were drizzled with glue and then rolled in sequins. This weekend Cardiff has had the luck of the Irish as Michael Flatley’s worldwide phenomenon ‘Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games’ has played in St David’s Hall.

Michael Flatley, who has recently retired from UK performances, is excited to hand over the reins to such talented performers. They all managed to hold attention of the audience due to their frequent costume changes and the cleaver projections that portrayed Ireland as an Idyllic place filled with Unicorns and rainbows. They were hand-picked and trained by Flatley himself and have starred in the West End and UK touring shows of Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games. A blond good girl fights with a brunette seductress for the hero’s affections, but don’t expect the virgin-whore dichotomy to hold. Nadine Coyle was one fifth of the pop group Girls Aloud, whose record-breaking success included over 4.This has been the problem for 20 years, since he transformed traditional Irish dance into souped-up spectacles. With new music by composer Gerard Fahy, this ‘extraordinary and supremely stirring show’ (Daily Telegraph) combines the best of tradition with all the excitement of new music and dance. I have been looking forward to watching this show for a long time and being a tap dancer myself can appreciate the hard work and effort that goes into this form of dancing. It’s the kind of show that you watch with your mouth open, and then later think back on it and wonder if you really just saw what you think you saw.

In my opinion this show is something everyone should experience once in their lifetime as it will enthral you. Consumer Products by Snow Commerce, which is soley responsible for the site's content and all aspects of your purchase.First came “ Riverdance,” followed by the original “Lord of the Dance,” productions that conquered the world and sold out stadiums. All of the stops are pulled out in this Irish Dancing Extravaganza with dancing that is simply mesmerising. Such a Shame that the talent and stammer required to be a professional Irish Dancer was totally Lost in this Miss Mash of a nonsensical Show. As the first half of the show begins the audience are greeted with a projected Michael Flatley and a giant clock alluding to the opening of the show. Multi award-winning, multi record-breaking T he Lord of Dance - Dangerous Games, transfers to the Playhouse Theatre from the Dominion Theatre.