Name Patricia Birch Role Choreographer | Spouse Bill Becker | |
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Occupation Choreographer, film director, theatre director Movies Grease 2, Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some Awards Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography Nominations Tony Award for Best Choreography Similar People Maxwell Caulfield, Maureen Teefy, Ken Finkleman, Adrian Zmed, Leif Green | ||
GREASE Choreographer & GREASE 2 Director Patricia Birch on Her Brilliant Career
Patricia Birch is an American dancer, choreographer, film director, and theatre director.
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- GREASE Choreographer GREASE 2 Director Patricia Birch on Her Brilliant Career
- Lezione di Cinema Grease secondo Patricia Birch
- Early life
- Film
- Stage productions selected
- Awards and nominations
- References
Lezione di Cinema. Grease secondo Patricia Birch
Early life
Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Birch began her career as a dancer in Broadway musicals, including Brigadoon, Goldilocks, and West Side Story (playing "Anybodys"). She has directed and choreographed music videos for, among others, Cyndi Lauper, the Rolling Stones, and Carly Simon.
She earned Emmy Awards for her direction of the television specials Natalie Cole: Unforgettable and Celebrating Gershwin and, in collaboration with Michael Tilson Thomas, she staged the concert version of On the Town performed by both the London Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony. She spent six years staging numbers for Saturday Night Live. In the 1960s, she taught dance at the Juilliard School's pre-college division in New York City. She performed as a soloist with Martha Graham and Agnes de Mille.
Film
Stage productions (selected)
All credits as choreographer unless otherwise noted