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Article: Dance of the matchstick men; Northern Ballet Theatre is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a production about the artist Lowry. Karen Price speaks to choreographer Gillian Lynne, who is also behind some of the biggest West End hits.
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- South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- June 16, 2009
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CHOREOGRAPHER and director Gillian Lynne didn't think for a moment that a stage show about cats would become a global sensation.
But the musical - Cats - for which she devised the original choreography, has become one of the biggest musical hits of all time since opening in the West End in 1981.
"It's the reason I'm able to live very well," admits Lynne, who divides her time between homes in New York, London and the countryside.
"During the first five years ...