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Mr
Anthony van Laast MBE
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.
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