Dance show like 'teen idol'.Byline: By MAEVE QUIGLEY CELEBRITY Jigs 'N' Reels judge Colin Dunne Colin Dunne, born May 8, 1968 in Birmingham, England, is a professional Irish dancer. Training Dunne trained at the Marion Turley Academy of Irish Dance in Coventry. said being in Riverdance was like being in a boy band. The 39-year-old stepped into Michael Flatley's shoes at the hit show when the American quit in 1995. Dunne left in 1998 to set up Dancing On Dangerous Ground Dancing on Dangerous Ground is an Irish dance show created by and starring Jean Butler and Colin Dunne. It premiered in London at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1999. The show made its American debut in New York at Radio City Music Hall in 2000. with his co-star Jean Butler Jean Butler was born (March 14, 1971) in Mineola, Long Island. Butler, whose mother is from Co. Mayo in Ireland, began training in Irish dance at the age of four with the widely respected teacher Donny Golden. but the show was a flop. He said: "I compare being in Riverdance to being in a boy band where you just do what you do and give up a big part of yourself. "You try to use it you your advantage and decide when to get out. "It became too much like clocking in and out. "I felt at that stage that I had lost part of my relationship with dance and my curiosity about it. I wanted to reclaim that." Colin said he lost a great deal of his own money when Dancing On Dangerous Ground flopped. He added: "I'll be the first to say it wasn't ready for the West End." CAPTION(S): PRESSURE: Colin |
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