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Paul Harris is an English choreographer, dance teacher and movement director in film, television and theatre. His notable works include the famous laser scenes〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions )〕 for Catherine Zeta-Jones in the movie ''Entrapment'', the BAFTA Award-winning ''Bleak House'' and the wand fight sequences in ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''. An interactive hologram of Harris is a permanent feature of the Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden where Harris is described by Warner Bros. as being "the world's only wand combat choreographer".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Articles - Articles - Orlando Informer Community )〕 In the theatre, he choreographed the 50th-anniversary production of John Osborne's ''The Entertainer'' at London's Old Vic. He is also an author of dance books, having written ''Salsa and Merengue – The Essential Step by Step Guide'' and several dance syllabi for British awarding bodies in dance. Harris is an acknowledged authority and leading choreographer〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WordPress › Setup Configuration File )〕 in historical dance, period dance, tango, salsa, swing dance, ballroom dancing, Latin American dancing and theatre dance. He is the winner of the 2008 Carl Alan Award for choreography.〔http://www.idta.co.uk/Site2/PDFs/Press_Release_Carl_Alan_Awards_2008_Results.pdf〕 ==Early career== Born in St Helens, Harris began dancing at the age of eight and as a dancer, was a successful Juvenile and Junior competitor in ballroom dancing. He won the British Open Championships at the Blackpool Dance Festival in both Ballroom and Latin American dancing, as well becoming 3 times English Champion, United Kingdom, International and West European Champion and placing in the first 3 of every major competition, including the World Championship as an adult. On turning professional, he studied jazz dance, tap dancing, historical dance and classical ballet and won the British Exhibition (Theatre Arts) title. He retired from competitive dancing to study acting at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London and on graduating, he played leading roles in British television and theatre, including major national tours of three West End productions. His roles during this period included A-Rab in ''West Side Story'', Dill in ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', Edmund in ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', William H. Bonney in ''Billy The Kid'', Scranton Slim in ''Guys and Dolls'' and Catsmeat in ''Snow White'' with the late Marti Caine. In the 1990s, he played a role as a Latin American dance champion on the BBC television drama ''Casualty'', for which he choreographed the dance sequences himself. This was spotted by a leading UK dance agent and led to his career in choreography.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interview | Choreograaf Paul Harris )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Harris (choreographer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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