Flatley gets light on his feet for new show

FOR a while it looked as if he would have to focus his toe-twinkling energies on the art of belly dancing, but a faster, fitter, one-and-a-half stone lighter Michael Flatley is again living up to his surname.

Flatley In 2002 his fan base, which stretches from Youghal to Yakutsk, collectively recoiled at gut-wrenching images of the dance lord showing his not inconsiderable, well, gut.

By his own admission Flatley, more Lard than Lord of The Dance, had at that time developed a fondness for leotard-challenging burgers and beer.