Bryn Walters is an actor, dancer and choreographer.
Career
He played
Macavity
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in the musical
Cats
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, both in London's West End and in the
1998 film in which he also played the uncredited character
Plato
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.
As choreographer and director he specializes in stadium events. He was live action director for the
Euro 2012
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Opening and Closing Ceremonies, the
Sochi 2014 Olympic Closing and
Sochi Paralympics Opening Ceremonies, the
Rio 2016
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
Closing Ceremony, and the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG). In 2019 Bryn Walters choreographed the
Fete des Vignerons 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.
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20th-century British dancers
British choreographers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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