Arlene Phillips
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Arlene Phillips OBE (born 1944 in Manchester, Lancashire, England) is a British choreographer working in many fields of dance.
She is the creator of Hot Gossip (1975), a group which changed the style of dance on British television. Responsible for the original choreography of many West End and Broadway shows, numerous music videos, commercials and TV shows.
She is a frequently acid-tongued and highly critical judge on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing which entered its fourth series in October 2006, although her reputation for pointed and unflattering comments is exceeded on the programme by that of Craig Revel Horwood. She was also a judge on the two series of the related BBC show Strictly Dance Fever.
It has been revealed in a UK publication and on Digitalspy Forums, that Arlene is infact 62 and was born in 1944
[edit] Biography
Arlene trained as a dancer in Manchester, attending the Muriel Tweedy School of Dance.
[edit] Musical Credits
- The Sound Of Music (2006)
- Starlight Express
- Grease
- Saturday Night Fever
- We Will Rock You
- Matador
- Time
- RSC's production of A Clockwork Orange
- Black Goes With Everything (The songs of Don Black)
[edit] Film Credits
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life - Dir. Terry Jones
- Legend - Dir. Ridley Scott
- Annie - Dir. John Huston
- White Hunter, Black Heart - Dir. Clint Eastwood
- Salome's Last Dance - Dir. Ken Russell
- Can't Stop The Music - Dir. Nancy Walker
