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Biography of Michael Flatley

Michael Ryan Flatley, the famous Irish step dancer and choreographer, is insured for $40 million.

He was born on July 16, 1958, in Chicago to parents who had immigrated from Ireland in 1947. When he was 4 years old, his grandmother, a former dance champion, taught him the first movements of Irish folk dance. At the age of 11, Michael's mother took him to a dance school.

Michael Flatley became the first American to win the World Irish Dance Championship.

In total, Michael has won over 120 awards in 13 countries and almost all 50 states of America. In his childhood, Michael and his brother were often bullied by their peers, so their father enrolled them in a boxing school.

Soon, Michael earned the title of "Golden Gloves of Chicago" among juniors.

Michael Flatley first appeared on the big stage with the Irish folk group The Chieftains, partici