Breandán de Gallaí...
Breandán’s professional dancing career began with Riverdance in Eurovision ’94 and spanned 10 years. As Principal dancer for 7 of those years, he performed in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand and led the company and the opening ceremony of the World Special Olympic Games in 2003. He has shared the stage with the principals of The Royal Ballet, Darcy Bussell and Wayne Sleep and has shared headline status with singer José Carreras. He has performed for Presidents Robinson and McAleese and also for the late King Hussein of Jordan, the Emperor of Japan and the late Diana Princess of Wales. In 2007 he returned to Riverdance as dance director.
He regularly presents TV programmes for RTÉ and TG4 and was external examiner for the MA in Irish Traditional Dance Performance at the University of Limerick from 2004 to 2008. He completed a 90 minute contemporary Irish dance show ‘Balor’ with music composed by Joe Csibi. He won a scholarship to study ballet and modern dance at the Gus Giordanco dance academy in 1987 and holds an honours degree in Applied Physics from Dublin City University. He is currently a student on the MA Ethnochoreology at the Irish World Academy.
15 December, 2008
