Michael Ryan Flatley (born July 16, 1958 in Detroit, Michigan) is an Irish-American step dancer from the south side of Chicago. His parents were from County Mayo and County Carlow. As a child, he moved to Chicago - the city which he considers his home town. He began dancing lessons at 11 and, in 1975, became the first non-European to win the All-Ireland World Championship for Irish dance. As a trained boxer he won the Golden Gloves Championship in 1975. Wikipedia
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Michael Flatley talks about his extraordinary self-belief and tells Michael how he went about triumphing at the Irish Dancing World Championships. parkinson.tangozebra.com/guest_transcript.phtml?guest_id=106