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Dr Wayne Sleep OBE
Wayne Sleep has been a patron to the Urdang Academy for many years. He won a Leverhulme Scholarship to the Royal Ballet School in 1961 and joined the Royal Ballet Company in 1966. Later he became a Principle Dancer and had numerous roles created for him. He was appointed OBE in 1998.
Arlene Phillips OBE
Arlene Phillips OBE (born 22 May 1943) is an English choreographer, theatre director, talent scout and former dancer, who has worked in many fields of entertainment. She is most notable for being the choreographer of numerous West End and Broadway musicals, films and television shows, but is perhaps most famous for being a judge on the popular BBC1 television series Strictly Come Dancing from the show's inception in 2004 until 2008. Arlene is currently a judge on 'So You Think You Can Dance UK'.
Anthony Vaan Lasst MBE
“I am thrilled to become a patron of the Academy, and hope to be able to use my knowledge, experience and expertise to give something back to the students just starting out”
Anthony trained at the London School of Contemporary Dance, later joining the Company as both performer and choreographer.Direction & Staging:
EFX starring Michael Crawford (MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas); Seigfried and Roy (The Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas); Burn The Floor (world arena tour); Extravaganza for Holiday On Ice (world arena tour); Song and Dance (worldwide - Green Room award Australia); Candide (Old Vic - Laurence Olivier award for Best Musical); Chess (UK and European tours); Carmen Jones (London); The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Australian and USA tours); Barry Humphries' Look at Me When I'm Talking to You (UK tour); Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th Birthday Celebration (Albert Hall) and Kiri Te Kanawa's 50th Birthday Concert (Albert Hall).
Choreography:
Theatre: Mamma Mia (London & Toronto); Whistle Down the Wind (London); Jesus Christ Superstar (UK tour & New York - Tony award nomination); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (worldwide - Laurence Olivier award nomination); Blondel; The Hired Man (London); Radio Times (London); Annie Get Your Gun (London); A Little Night Music (London); Hair (London - Laurence Olivier award nomination); Into The Woods (London); My Fair Lady (US tour) and The Boy From OZ (Australia). For the Royal Shakespeare Company: The Maid's Tragedy; Peer Gynt; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Camille; Romeo and Juliet; A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Beggar's Opera (Laurence Olivier award nomination)
Concerts: Elaine Paige, Sarah Brightman, Wayne Sleep, Kate Bush, Cleo Laine Opera/Operetta: The Mikado (English National Opera); The King Goes Forth To France (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden); The Pirates of Penzance (D'Oyly Carte); Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci (Di Staatsoper, Berlin) and A Midsummer Marriage (Thames)
Television: Several Royal Theatre Performances and Children's Royal Variety Performances; HRH The Queen Mother's 90th Birthday; Absolutely Fabulous; The Two Ronnies, Bluebell and the award winning Hot Shoe Show.
Film: Sex Pistols' Great Rock and Roll Swindle; Who Dares Wins; Princess Caraboo, Never Say Never Again, Excalibur; Hope and Glory; Jesus Christ Superstar; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
In 1999 Anthony was awarded the MBE by Her Majesty The Queen for services to dance and choreography.
The Rt Hon Lord Gilbert
The Rt Hon Lord Gilbert has served as a Government Minister in the United Kingdom under three Prime Ministers, since entering the House of Commons in 1970. He was Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1974-75): Minister for transport (1975-76); and Minister of State for Defence (1976-79 and 1997-99).
He has been a member of a number of Select committees of the House of Commons, including the Expenditure, Defence, and Trade and Industry Committees. He was the senior opposition member of the Committee on Intelligence and Security from its creation in 1994 until April 1997. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1978, and was elevated to the House of Lords in 1997. He serves several companies in Europe, the UK and the US as an adviser and board member.
Born in 1927, Lord Gilbert was educated at Merchant Taylor’s School and St John’s College Oxford. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Canada, and has a PhD in International Economics and Statistics from New York University.
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