Arlene Phillips OBE (born 1944 in Manchester, Lancashire, England) is a British choreographer working in many fields of dance. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Manchester shown within England Coordinates: , Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region North West England Ceremonial county Greater Manchester Admin HQ Manchester City Centre Founded 13th Century City Status 1853 Government  - Type Metropolitan borough, City  - Governing body Manchester City Council Area  - Borough & City 115. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... Choreography (also known as dance composition) is the art of making structures in which movement occurs, the term composition may also refer to the navigation or connection of these movement structures. ...

Phillips trained as a dancer at the Muriel Tweedy School 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. Hot Gossip were a British dance troupe most notable for their appearance on the TV series The Kenny Everett Video Show, which aired on ITV in the late 1970s. ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... From the earliest days of the medium, television has been used as a vehicle for advertising in some countries. ...

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, and is now judging the BBC's Saturday night "Dance X" talent show with Bruno Tonioli. The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, shown on BBC One based on ballroom dancing. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Craig Revel Horwood (born 1967) is an Australian dancer, choreographer, and theatre director in the United Kingdom. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Strictly Dance Fever was a BBC One television series which is in many ways similar to the popular Strictly Come Dancing TV series. ...

Her two KISS: Keep in Shape System exercise LPs entered the UK albums chart in the early 1980s.

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)
• Anything Goes

Julie Andrews as Maria, seeks guidance from the Mother Abbess, played by Peggy Wood, in this scene from the 1965 film version. ... Broadway Logo, 1987 Starlight Express is a contemporary rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and by Richard Stilgoe (lyrics), with later revisions by Don Black (lyrics) and David Yazbek (music and lyrics). ... Grease is a musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. ... Show logo Saturday Night Fever is a musical with a book by Nan Knighton (in collaboration with Arlene Phillips, Paul Nicholas, and Robert Stigwood) and music and lyrics by the Bee Gees. ... We Will Rock You is a jukebox musical, based on the songs of Queen and named after their hit single of the same name. ... Time is a musical with a book and lyrics by Dave Clark and David Soames, music by Jeff Daniels, and additional songs by David Pomeranz. ... Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a British theatre company. ... Clockwork Orange redirects here. ...

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
• The Wind in the Willows - Dir. Terry Jones