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Anthony Van Laast

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Choreographer b. 1951

Anthony Van Laast is a British choreographer born 31 May 1951 in Sussex, UK. He has worked mainly for the stage, concerts, television and film. His works have appeared in the West End and on Broadway.

Also credited on3 works

Mamma Mia !
Sister Act
Mamma Mia!

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature2 passages

  • Ulvaeus; Some songs with Stig Anderson; Book by Catherine Johnson; Director, Phyllida Lloyd; Choreographer, Anthony Van Laast; Production Design, Mark Thompson; Lighting Design, Howard Harrison; Sound Design, Andrew Bruce, Bobby Aitken; Musical Supervisor, Additional Material and Arrangements, Martin Koch; Tour Music Supervisor, Edward G.…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2002-03 Season, v. 59 (Willis).txt
  • BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: Kathleen Marshall, Wonderful Town Nominees: Wayne Cilento, Wicked; Jerry Mitchell, Never Gonna Dance; Anthony Van Laast and Farah Khan, Bombay Dreamstheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (Willis).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any staging. This name appears in no production cast list we hold — 1,877 of 7,139 people are in that position, most of them writers, composers and designers rather than performers.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — choreographer — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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