Lord of the Dance Performs on the Giovanni Zarrella Show (2021)

Meet Cathal Keaney: Lord of the Dance. In late 2021, to promote the upcoming Germany 2022 tour of the new 25th anniversary show -- 25 YEARS OF STANDING OVATIONS -- Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance performed on the Giovanni Zarrella Show. If you’ve been following the New Generation for some time, then you’ll recognize all of the faces onstage. If you’re new, however, then it’s time to spotlight Cathal Keaney. Currently there are only three Lords of the Dance in the world: James Keegan, Matt Smith, and Cathal Keaney. James and Matt have both had full performances commercially filmed: James in 2014 with Dangerous Games, and Matt in 2020 with the Feet of Flames Impossible Tour. Now you get a really good look at Cathal. There’s a disarming boy-next-door charm to Cathal Keaney. A mechanical engineer from National University Galway, Cathal is Irish dancing’s Clark Kent: offstage, he’s bespectacled, soft-spoken, and either playing piano or discussing Form