‘I absolutely went for it!’ Michael Flatley on sex, swagger, Riverdance – and tapping his feet 35 times a second

<p>The Lord of the Dance was always fanatically driven, practising for 16 hours a day in his teens. His body now bears the damage of that era. But he still wants more. He discusses love, passion, pride and performing for Donald Trump</p><p>Michael Flatley’s feet used to move so fast, they tapped 35 times a second and required a £25m insurance policy on his legs. He hasn’t danced for nearly 10 years – not even in his own quiet way any more, he says – but the “feet of flames” that bewitched 60 million over more than four decades must now be in one hell of a state.</p><p>We are sitting at a table in the emptied breakfast room of the InterContinental hotel in Dublin when Flatley whips his right foot out on to the seat beside me: size eight, small and sockless in unflashy black sneakers. If my feet had put me on the Sunday Times Rich List, I say, I’d dress them in silk socks and stroke them each night to thank them. “Well, listen,” he says. “I don’t really give any of that any thought. To be honest, I don’t think much about me.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/oct/09/i-absolutely-went-for-it-michael-flatley-on-sex-swagger-riverdance-and-tapping-his-feet-35-times-a-second">Continue reading...</a>