Jean Butler is best known as a master of Irish dance alongside the legend Michael Flatley. She was the principle female role in Riverdance and inspired many young female Irish dancers, including myself. She did not play a soft shoe Irish ballerina who danced around the lead male role but was a powerful soft and hard shoe dancer who matched and even out danced her male partner on stage.
She originated the female principle role that hadn't existed until she created it in Riverdance. Typically, it is less common for men to Irish dance, so that when there are men in a dance company, they tend to be the center of attention with all the female dancers dancing behind them. Butler changed this as she didn't believe it was fair for someone to be the center of a dance based off of their gender; it should be raw talent. She took the Irish dance world by storm and was a large influence on the modern day Riverdance.
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