Anthony Van Laast
Anthony Van Laast .
Career
Van Laast received dance training at the
London School of Contemporary Dance, and both performed and choreographed with the Company.[3]
In 1979, he worked with
Song & Dance (1982, West End).[8] He co-directed and choreographed EFX, the Las Vegas stage show at the MGM Grand starring Michael Crawford in 1995.[9] He has choreographed for Holiday on Ice, including "Extravaganza" in 1997, "Hollywood" (2002), and he is the artistic director for "Mystery" (2009).[2]
His television and film work includes the concert Sarah Brightman: Symphony in Vienna (2008),[10] Beauty and the Beast (2017 film),[11] and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.[12]
He received a nomination for the
MBE for Services to Dance and Choreography in 1999.[3] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours
for services to Dance and Choreography.
Van Laast is a patron of the Urdang Academy.
References
- ^ "Anthony van Laast".
- ^ a b "Anthony Van Laast – Holiday on Ice Mystery artistic director" Worthing Herald, 14 November 2008
- ^ a b Biography Archived 2011-04-03 at the Wayback Machine www.mamma-mia.com, accessed March 14, 2011
- ^ "'Sister Act' Creatives" Sisteractbroadway.com, accessed March 14, 2011
- ^ Brantley."Coloring By the Numbers" The New York Times, April 30, 2004
- ^ Brantley, Ben."Mom Had a Trio (And a Band, Too)" The New York Times, October 19, 2001
- ^ "First Night Records Online Store, Annie Get Your Gun - 1986 London Cast". first-night-records.co.uk. London, United Kingdom: First Night Records. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ^ "'Song & Dance' history" Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine Reallyuseful.com, accessed March 14, 2011
- ^ Gerard, Jeremy."Review: EFX" Variety (subscription required), May 3, 1995
- ^ Sarah Brightman: Symphony in Vienna listing InternetMovieDataBase.com, accessed March 14, 2011
- ^ "'Beauty and the Beast' (2017)" wikipedia.com accessed September 2, 2017
- ^ "'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1' (2010)" tcmuk.tv, accessed March 14, 2011
- ^ List of nominees for 2004 Tony Awards USAToday.com (The Associated Press), May 10, 2004
- ^ "Olivier Winners, 1994" Archived December 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine OlivierAwards.com, accessed March 14, 2011
External links
- Anthony Van Laast at the Internet Broadway Database
- Anthony Van Laast at IMDb