Dame Gillian Lynne Scholarship
This scholarship has been donated by the Lynne and Land Foundation to support a talented young performer in honour of the late Dame Gillian Lynne, renowned dancer, choreographer and director.
Course: BA (Hons) Acting: Musical Theatre
Eligibility: Home/ELQ/Overseas students
Number of Awards: 1
Individual Award Value: £5,000
Duration of Award: 1 year
Award per Year: £5,000
Application Details: Applicants interested in this fund must hold an offer of admission for a relevant course. Details on how to apply can be found in your Admissions offer letter from Central.
About Dame Gillian Lynne (1926 - 2018)
Gillian Lynne was the original creator and collaborator on many of the world’s most iconic musicals. As choreographer of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, The Phantom of the Opera and Aspects of Love, she combined her unique dance styles with her directorial and staging brilliance to create unforgettable theatrical moments.
Her long and distinguished career embraced many disciplines: ballerina, dancer, performer, choreographer, director.
In June 2018 Andrew Lloyd Webber officially renamed the New London Theatre after her, the first non-royal woman to be honoured in this way in the West End: the Gillian Lynne Theatre.
The Foundation which Gillian and her husband created, The Dame Gillian Lynne and Peter Land Foundation, launched in July 2019 to provide funding for aspiring young students of the performing arts and benefit the institutions she was closely affiliated to.
Dame Gillian Lynne (right)