Here's a look at Lord of the Dance Cathal Keaney performing the show's title number from 25 YEARS OF STANDING OVATIONS.

Very few Irish dancers have ever worn the Lord of the Dance title belt. And for the show's 25th anniversary, only two successors have been handpicked by Michael Flatley himself: Matt Smith and Cathal Keaney. Cathal, whom you see in action here, is professional Irish dancing's equivalent of the ultimate sleeper car: a certified mechanical engineer from the University of Galway and the bespectacled inventor of Portable Sprung Floors, Cathal has a disarming boy-next-door nature to him -- until it's showtime. Then the glasses come off, the shoes go on, and two-time world champion Cathal Keaney absolutely shreds everything onstage with a footwork blizzard that your brain simply can't keep up with.

Making the most complicated steps look effortless is a skill unto itself. When you watch Cathal perform, it's like watching a piece of silk rippling in a warm summer breeze. It has taken a lifetime of hard work to reach such a pinnacle -- and hence why Cathal Keaney is the Lord of the Dance.

Planet Ireland arises! Tickets on sale now via the LOTD website to the new 25th show, 25 YEARS OF STANDING OVATIONS. Enjoy the classic magic -- with a new generation.

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