Lord of the Dance? Lord of the Hands! Irish Dancing came to Strictly in spectacular style. | BBC Strictly Come Dancing

Ready for an Irish dance war between good and evil? Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance is a drama. Dramatic storytelling is all about setup and payoff, requiring conflict between heroes and villains: the more you hate the bad guy, the more you cheer for the good guy. The first half of this video, Dangerous Game, is designed specifically to make you hate the bad guy: you're watching the Dark Lord and his clan descend upon the Little Spirit like a pack of wolves. It's not easy to watch. It's unco

Let's celebrate the bad guy! As we're getting close to Halloween and it's the 25th anniversary year of Lord of the Dance, it's time to spotlight everyone's favorite Irish dance villain: Don Dorcha the Dark Lord, performed here by Tom Cunningham and Zoltan Papp. As with all Then And Now videos, we've combined the Feet of Flames videos from 2009 and 2020, since they were filmed on exactly the same stage set in exactly the same venue. Tom Cunningham holds the record for the most number of appearanc