Belgian ballet dancer Nathan Baillieul became interested in Irish step dancing in 2000 and began to train rigorously to perfect his talent. He was the first Belgian to take part in the World Championships in Irish Step Dancing 2011 in Dublin, became a qualified teacher of Irish dancing and opened the Eireann Dance Academy in Brussels and Antwerp. It offers classes to children and teenagers from five to 16. Dancers from the Academy were also part of a group called Irish Fusion which reached the semi-finals of the show Belgium’s Got Talent in 2015.