Today, July 2nd, 2021, is the exact 25th Anniversary date of Michael Flatley's #LordOfTheDance. And this video is a love letter to you. Because whether you're a fan, a performer, or a crew member -- past or present -- you helped make this show the most successful dance show in history. You know the statistics. Over one-billion dollars grossed. Seen live by over sixty-million people. Outselling tours by U2 and the Rolling Stones. The records go on and on. But this video isn't about numbers. This

Meet Lord of the Dance Cathal Keaney. There are only two Lords of the Dance in the world: Matt Smith and Cathal Keaney. Cathal is the Clark Kent of Irish dance: the boy-next-door Lord who seems almost shy and geeky until he takes the glasses off and lets rip on the dance floor, and then all you see is a hurricane of feet and ankles moving in ways that violate Newtonian physics. Considering the show's subtitle has "Standing Ovations" literally in it, the final product darn well better be able to

One camera. One take. No edits, no special effects. Just the awesome power of Planet Ireland from Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance: 25 YEARS OF STANDING OVATIONS, led onstage by Cathal Keaney. 2022 has been a whirlwind year for Team Lord. Kicking things off on St. Patrick's Day with a huge UK tour (this video was filmed in Manchester on the last day of that tour), LOTD25 continued on to Scandinavia, and is now on a multi-month tour of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Nether