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Wayne Sleep is a British dancer, choreographer, and director. He originated the role of Mistoffelees.

Cats Credits[]

London - 05/1981 - Quaxo / Mistoffelees

London - 07/1981 - Quaxo / Mistoffelees

Career[]

Wayne attended the Royal Ballet School in 1961 and joined the Royal Ballet in 1966.

Musical Credits

  • Cabaret
  • Cats
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • Into Thin Air
  • Song and Dance
  • The Point

Film Credits

  • Elizabeth
  • The Virgin Soldiers
  • The First Great Train Robbery
  • The Tales of Beatrix Potter

Stage Credits

  • Durrant's "Diaghilev"
  • "Pinnochio"
  • Digby Day's "Sweet Mr. Shakespeare"
  • Stravinsky's/Ramur's "The Soldier's Tale"
  • Shakepeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream"
  • Shakepeare's "Twelfth Night"
  • "The Man Who Invented Music" (as the narrator)

Director Credits

  • A Celebration of Dance
  • A Good Night's Sleep
  • A Royal Gala
  • Carnival for the Birds
  • Dame Beryl's Evening
  • Explosive Dance
  • Designed for Dance
  • Stars for a Day with Wayne Sleep
  • Stars of the Night
  • 50 Winks at Wayne Sleep

Ballet Credits

  • A Month in the Country
  • Anastasia
  • Capriol Suite
  • Cinderella
  • Concerto
  • Coppellia
  • Creatures of Prometheus
  • Dances at a Gathering
  • Daphnis and Chloe
  • David and Goliath
  • Don Quixote
  • Elite Syncopations
  • Enigma Variations
  • Facade
  • Flower Festival
  • Four Seasons
  • Fourth Symphony
  • Giselle
  • Jazz Calendar
  • Job
  • La Fille Mal Gardee
  • Le Train Bleu
  • Les Noces
  • Les Patineurs
  • Mamzelle Angot
  • Manon
  • Napoli
  • Nutcracker
  • Ondine
  • Overture
  • Petruska
  • Pineapple Poll
  • Pulchinella
  • Renard
  • Rite of Spring
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Savoy Suite
  • Shadow Play
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • Summer
  • Swan Lake
  • Tarantella
  • The Dream
  • The Grand Tour
  • The Invitation
  • The Rake's Progress
  • The Soldier's Tale
  • The Taming of the Shrew
  • Troy Game
  • Tweedledum and Tweedledee
  • Two Pigeons
  • Vestris

Choreographer Credits

  • Wonderland: Scenes from Alice - National Youth Ballet
  • Toad - National Youth Ballet
  • Cinderella - National Youth Ballet
  • David & Goliath - London Contemporary Dance Company & San Francisco Ballet
  • Winding Road - London City Ballet
  • Savoy Suite - English National Ballet
  • Promenade - English National Ballet School
  • Hornpipe - Magic of the Dance, BBCTV
  • Adams Rib - BBC
  • The Soldier's Tale
  • Death on the Nile (film)
  • The Soldier's Tale (film)
  • Dead Eyed Dick
  • Storey's Cromwell
  • Dash 1
  • Dash 2
  • Dash 3
  • The Wayne Sleep Dance Consort
  • A Dash for Christmas
  • Bits & Pieces
  • The History of Dance
  • Sleep with Friends
  • Steps, Notes & Squeaks
  • Wayne's World of Dance

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Trivia[]

  • He was the shortest male dancer ever admitted to the Royal Ballet School.
  • He has a world record by doing an entrechat-douze - a jump with twelve beats of the feet.