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Assistant Dean of Students Sarah E. Flatley said that the conflict in dates is not unprecedented...
...Flatley is suing his former employer for copyright credit and a share of the royalties. How much Flatley contributed to the making of Riverdance is hotly disputed. Riverdance producers have maintained that choreography for the show was collaborative, not a Flatley solo effort. Ask Flatley how much was his, however, and he coyly answers, "Only the dancing parts." His dismissal from the show, he says, "was like the car firing the driver...
This thorny history has left competition between Riverdance and Flatley's own venture less than amiable. At the start of Flatley's tour, promoter Harvey Goldsmith claimed that Riverdance executives were pressuring certain venues not to book Lord of the Dance. Flatley, in turn, is not above taking public jabs at his onetime bosses: "Took Riverdance a year to sell one million videos--Took Lord of the Dance under 12 weeks to sell 1.5 million," boasts his press material...
...Riverdance producers are not the only people with whom Flatley has had tumultuous business relationships. Since his rise to stardom with the company, he has gone through a long list of lawyers and handlers. Former Lord of the Dance publicist Mark Borkowski left Flatley this year. "He's focused on one thing, and that's himself," says Borkowski of his former client. "I can't be at his beck and call every moment of the day. He wanted me to stay, but I have a business to run." In January Flatley fired his manager John Reid for not being sufficiently...
...Flatley is stomping into Hollywood with the help of an influential team of publicists and talent agents. He was scheduled to perform at the Oscars this week, and a movie project is in the works, based on his life and set against the world of Irish dance. "If I make a film, I'll do it the way I want to do it," Flatley says with characteristic bravado. "If I make something, I want it to have a touch of class." And probably a touch of spandex...