Michael Flatley's Celtic Tiger - Dancing in the Dark

[pegasusgold50]

@carolanivey-Rome never CONQUERED Ireland, but not for lack of trying, for many, many years.

[rebelgabriel4308]

How can you not love this?!?!

[taullynnecullen]

I love how they are Irish dancers who look like they lived in Ancient Rome.

[carolanivey]

A little confused about the roman costume, since (to my knowledge) Rome never conquered Ireland. Love it, though! Thanks for posting!

[WildDancer101]

one question: are most of those dancers college students?

[bbenjoe]

I love Celtic Tiger! It's a show which can teach you a few things about irish history. But! This is not traditional irish step dance and the goal is entertainment. So please quit bitching.

If you want to learn history, than quit from wikipedia... best to shut down the computer and simply go into a library.

[TheDevilsKid980]

Man I Love the Beats <3

[krissyeh]

Celtic Tiger is the story of the Irish and what they went through.

Their epic begins with the portrayal of the passion of the Irish spirit in a fight for freedom. The journey begins before Christianity and chronicles historic events that depict the power and courage of the indomitable Irish spirit throughout centuries of hardship and oppression.

I am proud of my Irish ancestors.

[WildDancer101]

i admit that the beginning of this number sounds like the dancers are replaying 'planet ireland' similaraly from 'lord of the dance' and at the end they're bringing in the fast finale like in 'warlords' from LOTD or 'feet of flames', either way, I see that this number picks up where Feet of Flames ended and shows us how they are doing in their new lives. I dunno if sequals are bad in your view, but most of us wonder what happens after those stories end, and I guess we wanna know how they're doin

[fandebasket68]

extraordinaire!

[shauna4el]

Hes Amazin :P .. Wishh i Could Do It :DD

[ANNA00732]

CAN ANYBODY BELIEVE THIS? I AM AEWSTRUCK!!!

[GordanaSerbia]

"Lord Of The Dance" comes to my country!!! I'm happy to see them!

[IvliaC]

Gah, is there anything in this show that is not by Michael Flatley? The music. A good part of Celtic Tiger (Maybe the only one?) And, Oh yeah, the choreography.... That's from Riverdance. I just don't want to hear that under a different name....

Reminds me of stealing....

And I wont say that I can out"dance" these dancers, but you all can hear that Heartland (1995) and this one (2005) sound quite similar...

and I like this costume. MF looks one time as old as he really is: fifty-two!

[djtizzie]

This totally isnt a rip off of Heartland, the choreorgaphy is very different. The dance that this does closely resemble is "planet ireland" from LOTD. I think people realized that when they saw Celtic Tiger for the first time ... the familiar rhythm patterns got the audience pumped during the opening number. I assume that was Michael's intention all along.

[krissyeh]

@IvliaC. You are a bloody looser. All you have to say is negative. Get a life, looser.

[HeyJude1958]

I agree with bloodyawesome..

He (Michael) is amazing!!!!

There is only one person who can get the crowd moving like this thru this video and that is.... "MICHEAL FLATLEY'

[bbenjoe]

Celtic Tiger has it's own style... and it's lovely...

[TheTowerBridgeFox]

I like this section , I t looks like it would have been a good show had he not shoved Yankee doodle dandy,

And all that other American jingoism in it. Which I just cant stand.

[Somnusrei]

I hope to never piss any of these dancers off. With the sheer amount of cardio they do, I'd probably be exhausted by the time they even start to sweat. You could never out run them.

[ANNA00732]

@Somnusrei HOW DO THEY DO THAT????

[CuracaoThe]

Goddamn great!!

[amusedcoconut]

he looks like an absolute eejit. agree - should have stayed in the dark!

[Derrychrin]

u even no what this dance symbolises? naw didnt think so

[amusedcoconut]

oh whatever - patronising much! obviously it's symbolic, that doesn't mean that he hasn't managed to go over the top again.

[Enferushostis]

Stavros flatley BGT, check it out

[1989ALIZ]

TE JÓ ÉG!!!!!!! Erre nincsenek szavak, nincs meg ez valakinek DVD-N??? Vagy hol lehetne megszerezni??

[Shemrocky]

Ha jó helyen keresed neten, biztos fent van. :)

[eimsnic]

ha with those costumes they should of stayed in the dark!!!

ah well he knows his dancing, and he is the millionaire after all!!!!

[APiratezLife4Me91]

im not a fan of the costumes either...

[IvliaC]

yea, they should have... And watch the costumes of Garden of eden-----Isn't that disgusting????

[IRAprovos]

IT is in our heart and in our souls...music and dance of an undeafed nation of the world...the english tried and still try...Hail to the Irish...you crawl before you can walk...you walk before you can run...and dance before you die...

[hannahXxX8]

IM PROUD TO B IRISH!!

[thebuckrogers22]

@hannahXxX8 i'm not irish but damn i am proud to watch the master at work. wish i could dance like that

[hornycutehottie80]

Cheerful and Delightful

dateherwow (dot) com

[donahuememp]

There is a lot more to this than the steps, there is a story line and if you watch the complete show you will understand, besides just how many different ways can you tap, I think Michael does a tremendous job especially at his "old" age.

[widmo99]

może być albo nie być

[Ulfius254]

hill tara

[dancer2328]

is it just me, or did he seem like he mixed alot of old steps, like from other shows?

[gaelicbhoy88]

Yup, that's exactly what he did. lol At least 99% of those steps were all taken from his past shows. Quite a surprise...

[dancer2328]

It's sad in a way that such a good dancer wouldn't bother to think of anything new...

[gaelicbhoy88]

I know right, totally thought Michael would've come up with a whole new group of steps for this new show... actually I thought alot of things were gonna different about this show... Irish dancing monks, gangsters, Redcoats, stripping airplane attendants? LOL

[dancer2328]

I'm still trying to understand why the airplane attendants stripped...

[gaelicbhoy88]

Simply because Michael said "strip." LOL

[dancer2328]

Haha. I guess they have to do what he says to keep their jobs, huh?

[ckrisandnik]

Yes lol. :D

[Katkaliina94]

I think that this is fantastic mix of old steps:) He has done this almost perfectly:)

[narniageek14]

I Love Irish Step!

[slickmuddafucka]

its the sound, can't be discribed! hit a ceili for the snear lads! feels fantastic!!!

[APiratezLife4Me91]

where was this performed? it looks like Hyde Park...but it looks different from feet of flames

[RAGUS11]

it was in budapest

[ashacrasha]

My absolute favourite of the a capella pieces. The choreography is a jaw-dropping marvel.

Spine tingling and truly inspiring.

LOVE IT!

[BlackDeathEathers]

i love this video!!! yeah!!!!!

[DutchLoyal]

AMAZING!! I saw his show in Antwerp last year and this firs performance just blew me away! I have been a fan for 11 years now and last year was the first time I saw Michael live and when it started....my heart skipped a beat. Enjoyed it. And to Ircmonroe...he likes to put in themes that were used before so that people can still relate to it, ecpecially in this case because it is completely different from LOTD and FOF.

[lrcmonroe]

He's totally using steps from Planet Ireland! I wish he could have used some new choreography in this dance.

---GillianMoynihan

[Hopeadelic]

I can't help it!

Every time this acapella style hits the stage,

I start tapping my toes!

[Muggleman12]

Hmmm...This Seems to me to be the choreography for both the beginning AND the Ending!

[Muggleman12]

Wowz...I'm waiting for the stage to break one of these times! Amazing.

[Drow1972]

Ott voltaaaaaam!!!!

[Spritofearth]

Ééééén iiiiiiisssssss! Végigsikítottam az egészet.

[Drow1972]

Félelmetes volt. Du 6 körül érkeztem. Megláttam,hogy a helyemről nem fogok látni semmit. 1 órát dühöngtem, utána leültem. Jobbra egy távol keleti néni vigyorgott a füle között. Balra két asszony zsidózott, mögöttem a svábok jól érezték maguk. 9 körül át lehetett menni egy másik helyre, ahonnan jobban láttam. Ott mögöttem a belgrádi írtánc csoport tagjai énekeltek. Jobbra egy öreg és unokája távcsővel.Öreg: egy sluk pálesz, egy kukucs, egy "Hűűűű!"

[Spritofearth]

Velünk is ez történt. Elég jó helyre vettem jegyet, de sajnos valamiért nem láttunk semmit, úgyhogy kerestünk másik helyet és végig vinnyogtuk az egész koncertet. Hatalmas volt. Imádtam. Lehet, hogy egymás közelében volt az eredeti helyünk? A tied hova szólt? Emlékszel még rá?

[Drow1972]

Bal S szektor 13. sor 10. szék. 8900 Ft.

Bejárat a Dózsa György út felől.

Asszem jól jártam a 25000-es hellyel. Akik a legdrágább helyekre vették a focipálya részre, nem láttak semmit az előttük ülők fejétől.

Az egyik akkori kollégám is kint volt, de a jobb oldalt. A feleségével és a két gyerekével.

[Spritofearth]

Nekünk Jobb 7 13. sor 10 és 11 szék. Bejárat a Stefánia út felől. 8900 Ft. :)) Utána átköltöztünk valami überdrága helyre. Láttunk is rendesen bár igen magasan voltunk.

[wickedrocketelvispel]

i was there when he performed in everett... im still in shock and im still not quite sure i saw the man himself dancing :)

[bbenjoe]

After five years the Lord of Dance returned (to Budapest :) )

[ReelTreble365]

this show is great!

[Jannieky]

I was there in Birmingham, at the DVD shoot! So cool!

[bbenjoe]

I was there! ..in Budapest.

[Gropitza02]

one word.....AMAZING

[SabianCaz]

That was fantastic...until Spartacus emerged...

[luckyducky224]

LMAO!

[janeym]

that background was totally stolen from riverdance! and all flatley ever does is that stupid toe heel step in a circle faster and faster. yeah that gets old.

[kikkochu]

this is true, i wish he would come up with some new stuff instead of recycling everything...

[wickedrocketelvispel]

just dont forget that he was the one with the ideas behind all of them

[janeym]

not totally

[wickedrocketelvispel]

mostly... jean had some... and so did the russian ballet company...

[charmedUltimatum]

My grams took me to see CelticTiger at the SECC in Glasgow-It Was AMAZING,and honestly i dont really like irish dancing though my aunties teach classes in it!!

[00CONOR00]

my friend is in this and she said they dont use recorded taps! so go stick that up ur jacksie

[silver3344]

Ok im not glorifying michael in any way. But he does have taps on his shoes compared to the normal irish hard shoes; HOWEVER, Michael Flately is the person virtually wit the fastest feet ever recorded. So you can guess why the taps come out sounding like they do. For all you haters, I've seen him in person and yes we asked him to do it right then and there no mics. Sounds the exact same just not as loud. This is pure talent, you don't like it? it's cause you suck, go somewhere else....

[Atta67]

To silver3344: I met him. He is adorable. And to everyone who thinks about recorded taps: check the Celtic Tiger Budapest documentary (Tiger Feet), without mics, Flatley taps sound the same. All the best to MF!

Actually, this opening sequence was filmed in Budapest.

[WarmMachineME]

You have to have some showmanship. If it were just white lights and a few rows of dancers with no moving around, more people would be lost than the ones who get grumpy over some flashing lights.

It became fashionable to take shots at Flatley somewhere along the way, but he and his dancers have tons of talent and skill.

[SNJORVINDR]

yeah!!!!!!!!

michael the high

[maclayjc]

I don't like celtic tiger as much as the others. I think the other dancers deserve more credit than Michael Flatly... He is so full of himself oh yeah, they all have steel tips and heels

[proobu]

Again, at 1:13 I'm outahere. Why anyone wants to be tormented with so much flashing lights and switched viewpoint, everything scrambled to be confusing and meaningless, dunno. I don't.

[mirnenmacleod]

Guess you can't please everyone all the time. Recorded taps or not, I don't think that diminishes for me the overall effect. I know it's extremely difficult to properly pick up the taps of a stage full of dancers having done it myself (you really have to pound ground, as it were), so I don't let it bother me. The fact is that they're still dancing and it's still amazing. Besides, if the taps are recorded, that still means they have to keep up with them. I'll just take it at face value.

[bernhardtsen74]

Fucking amazing!

Just for the opening act!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hollyxobaby]

my dance teacher told me about this and it is awesome <3

[LunaLovegood22]

The taps were recorded, it bombed.

[LunaLovegood22]

celtic tiger failed so hard. The taps were recorded and it just bombed.

Try Riverdance 1994 in dublin.

[ranu]

anyone else get chills down their spine?

[Alexia1563]

Wow, they just amaze me!!

[Filisthin]

wow... :) unforgetable...

[anfello]

absolument SUPER SUPER,tous les clips RIVERDANCE

[PublicNewSense]

Holy crap! I forgot how good this was. Saw it live in Washington. GOOSEBUMPS is RIGHT!

[swanlakegirl]

GOOSEBUMPS!!!!

[Sanjayas1andonly]

i went to that celtic tiger concert back in 2005

[zag300]

that s feel so good

[theresehanna1990]

wow thats amazing!