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Dame Gillian Lynne

2 July 2018 - The Guardian

Choreographer and dancer who breathed new life into musical theatre with the hit shows Cats and The Phantom of the Opera.
Since the 1970s, British musical theatre …

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Top dance names gather for historic photograph

21 October 2015 - The Stage / Dance UK

More than 40 of Britain’s most renowned dance professionals – from prima ballerinas including Beryl Grey and Gillian Lynne to local dance…

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Shadows of War: Miracle in the Gorbals

18 October 2014 - British Theatre Guide

The evening belongs to the indomitable, ageless Dame Gillian Lynne, who needs no introduction: former theatre colleagues, impresarios…

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Interview: ‘Cats’ Creator Dame Gillian Lynne

26 September 2014 - Financial Times

Ahead of a production for Birmingham Royal Ballet, choreographer Gillian Lynne, still working at 88, talks about her ‘accident’ into dance …

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Interview - The Stage

5 May 2013 - The Stage

'Some might say I'm just a 'snobby old professional’
My interview with Gillian Lynne is…

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Interview - What's On Stage

26 April 2013 - What’s On Stage

Gillian Lynne, a former prima ballerina and choreographer of countless West End shows including Cats and Phantom of the Opera…

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The Life and Times of Gillian Lynne

February 2005 - Dancing Times

Most participants in the world of theatre, be they actors, singers, dancers, choreographers or directors, are forward-looking to an almost…

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Gillian Lynne makes Muppets' feet come alive

29 November 1977 - Daily Express

She created a Muppets routine for thew Royal Variety Performance last Monday, coaxed John Curry into a ballet solo for a gala do, and worked out the dance bits for a Petula Clark show…

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Filming on top of Sydney Opera House

20 September 1975 - Australian Press

When Gillian Lynne wanted to film ballet on the roof of Sydney Opera House, in the corridors leading to the Concert Hall and on the steps by the…

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Frank Zappa's '200 Motels'

16 January 1971 - Kine Weekly

FRANK ZAPPA’S view of life as a pop musician on the road in 1971, ‘200 Motels’ goes into production on Monday, February 1 at Pinewood Studios…

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Girl with flash, bang, wallop

22 December 1967 - The Times

Gillian Lynne is not a watch-wearing kind of girl. In her experience watches tend to get left behind in New York hotel rooms…

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Let's Be Happy with Vera-Ellen

29 December 1956 - Picturegoer

Takes two to film a one-girl dance sequence: the star and the dancing stand-in. On Let’s Be Happy, at Elstree, Gillian Lynne went over cover girl Vera-Ellen’s routines…

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American GIs elect Gillian their pin-up girl

22 September 1953 - The Weekly Sporting Review - Show Business

The Americans haven’t a monoply of pin-ups, as shown below by GI enthusiasts for Gillian Lynne’s shapely figure…

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British Ballerina

18 December 1950 - Chicago Sun-Times

Gillian Lynne, in Chicago with the famed Sadler’s Wells Ballet Company, is an expressive young lady…

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