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
Gallery[]
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.