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GILLIAN LYNNE, 1926-2018
Original Choreography

Leading soloist with Sadler’s Wells/Royal Ballet and London Palladium star dancer, Gillian Lynne was the original creator and collaborator on countless musicals. Her distinctive style led to her record-breaking work on Cats (Olivier Award). Broadway: Tony nominations for Cats, Phantom and Aspects of Love; How Now, Dow Jones, Pickwick, The Roar of the Greasepaint.., Jeeves Takes Charge, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. West End: productions include My Fair Lady, Songbook, Tomfoolery; numerous productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal Opera House. Ballets include Lippizaner, The Brontës and Journey at the Bolshoi. Television productions include “A Simple Man” (BAFTA) and “The Muppet Show” Series. Films include Half a Sixpence, Man of La Mancha and Yentl. Awards include The Mr. Abbott Award, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation, Olivier Special Award and in 2014 she became a Dame of the British Empire. In 2015 her “White Cat” solo was honored by the American Dance Machine. In 2018, Andrew Lloyd Webber renamed the New London Theatre: the Gillian Lynne Theatre.
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