Jason Gardiner

Jason Gardiner
Born	6 November 1971 (1971-11-06) (age 40) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Years active	1991–present

Jason Gardiner (born 6 November 1971) is an Australian choreographer, singer, and theatre producer best known for his former role as a caustic and controversial judge on the ITV show, Dancing On Ice. He was previously a judge on the first series of the BBC's Strictly Dance Fever. In 2006, he was also one of the judges invited to take part in Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice, an Australian version of Dancing on Ice, screened on the Nine Network.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 TV and film 4 Theatre 5 Choreography 6 Vocal recordings 7 References 8 External links

Early life

Adopted at the age of 6 months, Gardiner was born in Melbourne, Australia and grew up in rural Victoria. He was bullied at school for being homosexual and suffered from anorexia for two years until he came to terms with his sexuality at the age of 16.^[1]

At 12, he wrote and submitted his first musical and was the youngest ever applicant to attend The Workshop in Sydney.^[2]

Career

Gardiner has lived a varied and colourful life which has spanned theatre, film, TV and cabaret. Having started aged 16, he began his professional career in the original Australian cast of 42nd Street and then went on to perform in over 20 award winning musicals over the past 17 years in three continents.

He trained at the Australian Ballet School and Broadway Dance Center, Steps NYC, the Actors Centre – Sydney, London and New York and earned a Scholarship at the New York Performing Arts Centre.

Whilst Gardiner was performing in The Royal National Theatre's award winning production of the Cole Porter hit Anything Goes in 2004, he was cast as the Culture Guru for the UK version of Queer Eye For the Straight Guy on LIVINGtv and Channel 4. He tried doing the two jobs simultaneously for 8 weeks and ended up in hospital due to fatigue and was forced to make a decision over which to keep; he chose to pursue a career in TV.

Gardiner can be seen on ITV's Dancing on Ice in the UK, and Nine Network's Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice in Australia as a judge on the panel. Jason is currently the fashion expert for ITV's "This Morning" has also appeared on ITV's Loose women @ 5.30! and appeared on the panel of Born To Shine.

TV and film

Theatre

1987- Cats – Australian Cast - Theatre Royal Sydney 1988- 42nd Street – Original Australian Cast – Her Majesty’s Theatre 1991- West Side Story – USA National Tour – Dance Captain 1992- Kizmet – Miami – Jackie Gleeson Theatre USA 1993- 42nd Street – Dance Captain – Australian National 1994- My Fair Lady – Dance Captain – Victorian State Opera 1995- West Side Story – Riff – Princess Theatre, Melbourne 1996- Dames at Sea – Dick – Ambassador’s Theatre London

1997- Cats – Munkustrap, Rum Tum Tugger, Alonzo and Gus– New London Theatre 1998- Oklahoma – Fight Captain – Royal National Theatre London 1999- Chicago – Aaron – Adelphi Theatre London 2000- Lady Be Good – Bertie Bassett/Choreographer – La Fenice Opera, Venice, Italy 2002- Lady Be Good – Bertie Bassett/ Director/Choreographer – Sao Carlos Opera House Lisbon, Portugal 2002- Anything Goes – Royal National Theatre- Associate Choreographer 2003- Chicago - Fred Casely – Baalbeck Festival, Lebanon 2004- Anything Goes - Dance Captain – Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Choreography

1989- Kylie Minogue – Sydney Mardi Gras – Dance Captain 1990- Ce Ce Peniston – USA Tour – Assistant Choreographer/Dance Captain 1992- Lalique Show – Hong Kong – Choreographer and Director 1993- YSL Fashion Show - Hong Kong - Choreographer and Director 1994- Piaget 120th Anniversary Show - Manila Philippines - Director/Choreographer 1996- Bjork – Smashits Concert - Dancer 1997- Shirley Bassey – Royal Albert Hall – Choreographer 1998- Cher – Heaven Concert – Choreographer 2000- Ultra Nate – Mardi Gras Sydney – Choreographer 2000- Lady Be Good – La Fenice Opera House, Venice – Director/Choreographer 2001- Marc Almond – Soft Cell Concert – Choreographer 2001- Benefit – Edel Records – Choreographer 2002- Lady Be Good – Sao Carlos Opera House, Lisbon – Director/Choreographer 2002- Caroline O’Conner – Sydney Opera House – Guest artist

2002- Victoria Wilson James – Purple in the Park – Choreographer 2002- Gareth Gates Wembley – Choreographer 2002- MTV EUROPE – Mondo Show Germany - Director/Choreographer 2003- London Concert for Peace – Theatre Royal Drury Lane- Producer/Choreographer 2003- Johnny P – Zurich Gay Pride Concert - Choreographer 2003- Elton John Premier League Football campaign- BSkyB TVChoreographer 2003- Persil Trade Show- Leicester Square – Director/Choreographer 2003- Scuzz TV campaign – SkyTV commercial - Choreographer 2003- Blue TV – SkyTV commercial - Choreographer 2004- Premier League/Championship Snooker - BSkyB commercial - Choreographer 2005- Graham Norton’s Celebrity All Stars - BBC One - Choreographer 2005- Peyton Hed Kandi Gay Pride Concert – London – Producer/Choreographer 2005- Pregnancy Week Campaign – Discovery Channel - Choreographer

Vocal recordings

42ND STREET- Original Australian cast recording OKLAHOMA- Royal National Theatre Production CHICAGO- Billy Flynn and Amos, Time Music LA CAGE AUX FOLLES- Time Music

A CHORUS LINE- Paul San Marco, Time Music OLIVER - Time Music FOLLIES – Old Ben and Young Ben, Time Music ANYTHING GOES- Royal National Theatre Production, First Night Music

References

1. ^ Mccaffrey, Julie (27 January 2007). "Jason puts the boot in". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. http://www.mirror.co.uk/2007/01/27/jason-puts-the-boot-in-115875-18538050/. Retrieved 12 February 2011. 
2. ^ Jason Gardiner : PROFILE

• http://www.tv.com/jason-gardiner/person/299179/appearances.html

External links

• Jason Gardiner at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Gardiner, Jason
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Date of birth	6 November 1971
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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