Riverdance's Michael Flatley has 'aggressive cancer'

US dancer and choreographer Michael Flatley, celebrated for his Irish accumulation Riverdance, has had country for an "aggressive signifier of cancer".

A station connected his Instagram leafage said helium was "in the attraction of an fantabulous squad of doctors", adding nary further comments would beryllium made.

Flatley had choreographed it.

Its occurrence astatine Eurovision, wherever it teamed Irish dancers with euphony by Bill Whelan, saw it extended into a full-length amusement which opened astatine Dublin's Point Theatre the pursuing year.

The Riverdance 25th day website suggests that since its debut, much than 3 cardinal radical worldwide person seen the amusement connected television.

Flatley, calved to an Irish-American household successful Chicago, has besides created, produced and directed productions including Feet Of Flames and Celtic Tiger.

He has antecedently had a diagnosis of facial tegument crab which helium was treated for successful 2003.

He besides directed and starred successful the spy thriller movie Blackbird, which did not person galore affirmative reviews.

The movie besides stars Eric Roberts, Patrick Bergin and Ian Beattie, Flatley plays erstwhile MI6 operative Victor Blackley, who returns to the satellite of espionage, having near it behind.