Editing Arlene Phillips (section)

== Professional career ==
Phillips is internationally renowned as a choreographer and director of West End and Broadway musicals, but has many other professional credits.<ref name="pass"/> In her mid-teens, Phillips moved to London.<ref name="hall">{{Cite news |last=Malcolm |first=Pheby |date=August 22, 2018 |title=Hall of Fame - Arlene Phillips |work=iNostalgia |publisher=inostalgia.co.uk |url=https://inostalgia.co.uk/local-history/arlene-phillips/ |access-date=May 23, 2023}}</ref> where she developed her own style of jazz dance, strongly influenced by [[Jazz dance|American Modern Jazz]] dance popular in London at that time.<ref name="hall"/> She went on to teach her style of jazz dance at The Dance Centre, later named [[Pineapple Dance Studios]] in [[Covent Garden]],<ref name="hall"/> and at the [[Italia Conti Stage School]],<ref name="hall"/> so establishing herself as a successful teacher and choreographer.<ref name="hall"/>

Phillips was assistant choreographer on the 1982 film ''[[Annie (1982 film)|Annie]]''<ref name="hall"/> and the promotional video for the [[Duran Duran]] song ''[[The Wild Boys (song)|The Wild Boys]],'' named Best British Video at the 1985 [[BRIT Awards]].<ref name="hall"/> In the summer of 1996, she was stage director on the opening run of [[Michael Flatley]]'s Irish dance show, ''[[Lord of the Dance (musical)|Lord of the Dance]]'' at [[Dublin]]'s [[Point Theatre]].<ref name="speak"/>

Phillips choreographed the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] opening and closing ceremonies <ref name="hall"/> alongside fellow Mancunian, [[David Zolkwer]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Beckham in Commonwealth Games logo row |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/jul/26/marketingandpr1 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=26 July 2002 |access-date=14 July 2012}}</ref>

From 2004 to 2008, she was a judge on the [[BBC One]] show ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'',<ref name="hall"/> and commented on the acts in ''[[Eurovision: Your Country Needs You]]'' for the BBC in 2009.<ref name="hall"/> In 2008, she created, produced, and choreographed the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] television serial ''[[Britannia High]]''.<ref name="hall"/>

Following Phillips's appearance on ''Your Country Needs You'', she choreographed the performance of the [[United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest|United Kingdom]] in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/13963 | title=Eurovision Day 7: Russia, Germany, UK, Spain | access-date=9 May 2009 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090511082718/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/13963| archive-date= 11 May 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> She went on to choreograph [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck's]] performance of the UK entry in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2012|2012 contest in Baku]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Plunkett|first1=John|title=Eurovision 2012: Engelbert Humperdinck 'very proud of song'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/mar/19/eurovision-2012-engelbert-humperdinck-song|access-date=6 November 2015|work=The Guardian|date=19 March 2012}}</ref>

In March 2013, Arlene appeared on ''[[Let's Dance For Comic Relief]]'' in the Dance Judge Panel with [[Greg James]] and [[Lee Mack]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lets Dance for Comic Relief – Series 5 – Episode 3 |url= http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/vhx4w/lets-dance-for-comic-relief--series-5---episode-3 |publisher=www.radiotimes.com | access-date=2 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307022142/http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/vhx4w/lets-dance-for-comic-relief--series-5---episode-3 |archive-date=March 7, 2013 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>