Arlene Phillips
Arlene Phillips used to be a dancer but came to prominence as the choreographer of the raunchy Hot Gossip troupe featured on The Kenny Everett Show.
Arlene Phillips has gone on to choreograph numerous videos, commercials, films and musicals including Saturday Night Fever, which she also directed.
Saturday Night Fever attracted a lot of praise. "Arlene Phillips's often powerful choreography", said The Guardian; "Arlene Phillips's exuberant choreography" said The Telegraph.
The Telegraph added:
"Phillips, best known for her work with Hot Gossip, has always been a disco queen, but she also brings an awareness of classical ballet to her dance routines, which feature a superbly drilled ensemble and principals who perform spectacular spins, lifts and dives clad in an assortment of retina-bruising man-made fabrics."
Other acclaimed choreography by Arlene Phillips and examples that demonstrate her range are the musical Grease, the concert tour of The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and assisting David Zolkwer, artistic director of the opening and closing ceremonies at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
Arlene Phillips is well known to the British public as one of the judges on Just The Two Of Us, Strictly Dance Fever and Strictly Come Dancing.
Arlene Phillips was awarded an OBE in 2001.
Arlene was interviewed by BBC Nottingham about her love of dance and Strictly Come Dancing. The Daily Mail has a revealing interview with Arlene Phillips, in which she talks about how she was devastated by her mother's death, how Mark Ramprakash is her favourite from Strictly Come Dancing series 4, how she met her partner, a set designer called Angus, and a little about her daughters, Abi and Alana.
On 25 August 2007, Arlene's team lost to Bruno Tonioli's team in Dance X.
As well as Arlene Phillips and Bruno Tonioli, our Dance X coverage featured biographies of Ashley Wallen, Joshua Alamu, Derek Hough, CeCe Sammy and Ben Shephard.
In Jnauary 2008, it was revealed that Arlene Phillips was to choreograph the ITV1 musical drama, Britannia High.