Michael Flatley Very Sick

The popular American-Irish dancer Michael Flatley is very sick and has canceled all of the European dates for his "Celtic Tiger" show, his spokeswoman announced yesterday.

The 48-year-old dancer has been in a London hospital for over two weeks now, and although details of his viral illness have not been released, his spokeswoman made it clear that it is not life-threatening.

"Dance is his whole life. He's obviously devastated about it because he just can't dance at the moment," she said.

Flatley is perhaps best known as a member the "Riverdance" troupe that brought Irish dancing into the spotlight. He married Irish dancer Niamh O'Brien, 32, last month.

So far, there is no date for him to be released from the hospital.