Bryn Walters

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Bryn Walters
Occupation(s)actor, dancer, choreographer

Bryn Walters is an actor, dancer and choreographer.

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He played Macavity in the musical Cats , both in London's West End and in the 1998 film in which he also played the uncredited character Plato.

As choreographer and director he specializes in stadium events. He was live action director for the Euro 2012 Opening and Closing Ceremonies, the Sochi 2014 Olympic Closing and Sochi Paralympics Opening Ceremonies, the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony, [1] and the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG). [2] In 2019, Bryn Walters choreographed the Fete des Vignerons [3] [4] in Vevey, Switzerland. Bryn was engaged as live action director for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games opening ceremony in Tokyo, but the games were postponed due to the COVID19 pandemic and the eventual opening ceremony did not use mass movement as originally planned. [5]

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References

  1. "Bryn Walters website". brynwalters.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. "High expectations for Opening Ceremony of Ashgabat 2017". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. Carruzzo-Frey, Sabine, 1957- (2019). Le livre du spectacle : Fête des Vignerons 2019. Finzi Pasca, Daniele., Favrod, Guillaume., Genoud Arts Graphiques). Vevey: Confrérie des Vignerons. ISBN   978-2-8399-2684-3. OCLC   1119703470.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. Sàrl, Ergopix (3 October 2018). "Rencontre avec le chorégraphe Bryn Walters". Fête des Vignerons 2019 (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  5. "August 2020 issue". Dancing Times. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2022.