Tracey Iliffe

Choreographer

Graduated from Laine Theatre Arts.

As a performer I spent 8 years appearing in various UK tours including ‘42nd Street‘ and ‘Anything Goes‘ where I also took on the role of dance captain.

After several years touring the UK in musical productions I moved to Paris where I spent 6 years dancing at the world famous ‘Moulin Rouge‘ and ‘Lido de Paris” . The experience I gained I incorporate into productions to create unique vibrant choreography that connects with an audience and generates unforgettable performances.

Over the past ten years I have choreographed for the Thursford Christmas Spectacular which involves a cast of 120 performers including a 30 piece orchestra. It is one of the largest shows of it’s kind in Europe, viewed by well over 120 000 people every season and regularly sells out a 2 month annual run.

The cruise industry has played a major part in my career. My experience within this industry includes choreographing original productions for P&O, (MS Azura and MS Oceana) Celebrity, Iberocruceros-Carnival, Thomson (Celebration and Dream), Fred Olsen Balmoral and DFDS Seaways.

I was part of the team responsible for the inaugural shows on the Solstice class ships for Celebrity Cruises. This included the groundbreaking show ‘EDGE’ created on behalf of Poet Productions and Patrice Marques. Working with a budget of over 2 million dollars and a variety of cutting-edge aerial technology, the shows were performed in their purpose built venues for five years.

Creating for theatre  has also been one of my passions. My credits have included Back to Broadway (UK Tour), Hooray for Hollywood, Swinging into Christmas, All Aboard SS Broadway and Oh What a Christmas Cracker all at Wicksteed Park, Glee Club Challenge (Savoy Theatre) There was an Old Woman (Waterloo East Theatre) Sweeney Todd, Checkmate, Summer Season and Christmas Show, West Cliff Theatre, Clacton-on-Sea.

I have been fortunate to have a varied career and therefore have also had opportunities to choreograph for the ‘Holiday Industry’. Within this field I had a total of 7 years choreographing production shows for Thomson Gold and Sensatori, I was resident director for their touring teams. Haven – I was choreographer for Anthology, assistant choreographer for Funstars Production shows. TAG – I was  choreographer  for Seaside Cirque and Aladdin (touring productions).

My Pantomime choreography experience includes

Peter Pan (Assembly Halls, Tunbridge Wells), Robin Hood, Sleeping Beauty (Gala Theatre, Durham), Cinderella (Festival Theatre, Malvern) Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan (Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl) Dick Whittington (Grand Theatre, Blackpool) Jack and the Beanstalk (Bournemouth Pavilion) Cinderella at the Buxton Opera House.

Assistant Director: Robin Hood (Arts Centre, Haverhill)

Throughout my career my work has taken me all over the world giving me the opportunity to add numerous worldwide credits such as…

Avec Plaisir, Paradise (Grand Casino, San Remo, Italy). Please Don’t Stop the Music (Williams, Milan). I also worked as assistant choreographer for Jhoom Baraber Jhoom (Bollywood Film on location, Paris) Rio Carnival, Grande Rio Samba School (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

I have been part of the Timeless family for the past 10 years and look forward to many more fun-filled years.