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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Breándan
de Gallai was born in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal and raised in
Ulster Gaeltacht. He studied modern jazz, ballet and tap in addition
to Irish dance at the Gus Giodrano Dance Academy in Chicago, for
which he won a scholarship. </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">He
has won numerous dancing awards, including National, Provisional
and British Championships.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Breándan
studied physics at Dublin City University where he earned an Honors
Bachelor of Science Degree before teaching post-primary subjects
including physical education at an all-girls school. </font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">In
1994, he joined Michael Flatley and Jean Butler in the Dublin production
of an intermission number for the Eurovision competition, called
Riverdance. He was appointed Dance Captain when Riverdance began
its first run of performances in Dublin that same year.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="images/cc_breandan2.jpg"><img src="images/cc_breandan2_small.jpg" width="125" height="147" align="right" border="1" alt="Click here to view larger photo"></a>Since
then, Breándan has been the lead dancer for the Liffey Company of
Riverdance, currently touring Europe. Despite his hectic schedule,
Breándan has found time to appear in an Irish language soap opera
as well as dub cartoons in his native tongue. </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">He
also appeared with Jean Butler in The Brylcreem Boys, where his
credits appear as "Brendan Galway." </font></p>
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1999. V.E.Durano<br>
Photographs on this page appear courtesy of Elvira Sprenger and
Caroline Oosterveer.<br>
Audio greeting courtesy of Peter Korf and Lisa Veldkamp.</font></p>
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