Gillian Lynne

  • Birth

    Lynne was born on 20th February 1926 in Kent, England.
  • Sadlers Wells Ballet

    Lynne began dancing at Saddlers Wells Ballet, playing many solo roles including Sleeping Beauty. She danced/trained here until 1951.
  • London Palladium

    From 1951 to 1954, Lynne was the leading soloist at London Palladium.
  • Australia

    Thought it would be cool to put that Lynne traveled to Australia to create the Australian Ballet's first work commissioned for tv, The Fool on the Hill.
  • Royal Shakespeare Company

    Lynee was the unofficial house choreographer on and off from 1976- 2000 for the Royal Shakespeare Company, staging numbers in The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Secret Garden.
  • Cats

    Lynne associate directed and choreographed Lloyd Webber's, Cats. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her choreography.
  • The Phantom of the Opera

    Musical stager and choreographer for the original London Production (1986) and the original Broadway production (1988). She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Choreography for the Broadway production.
  • Chiity Chitty Bang Bang

    Lynne choreographed the musical in London 2002 and on Broadway in 2005, both successfully.
  • Dame

    Appointed Dame Commander Order of the British Empire in 2014 New Years Honours for Outstanding Achievement of the year in musicals for Cats
  • Death

    On the 1st July 2018, Lynne died of pneumonia, aged 92.