Jason Piper
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Jason Piper is a British
actor
who voiced the part of the centaur
Bane in the fifth film adaptation of the Harry Potter
books: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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Piper has danced the role of The Swan (principal role) in Matthew Bourne
's Swan Lake
for two seasons in London
and in the production's world tour. He used to play in bands called CREON and GUS. In November 2006 Jason joined Kylie Minogue on her Showgirl Homecoming Tour.
He is a tutor at and Head of Dance at Kington University. He has choreographed for many shows. He joined Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray as Basil in summer 2009 and completed the international tour.
United Kingdom
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
who voiced the part of the centaur
Centaur
In Greek mythology, a centaur or hippocentaur is a member of a composite race of creatures, part human and part horse...
Bane in the fifth film adaptation of the Harry Potter
Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
books: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy film directed by David Yates and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the fifth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Michael Goldenberg and produced by David Heyman and David Barron...
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Piper has danced the role of The Swan (principal role) in Matthew Bourne
Matthew Bourne
Matthew Bourne OBE is a British classical and contemporary ballet and dance choreographer.-Biography:Matthew Bourne was born in Hackney, London in 1960. He went to William Fitt and Sir George Monoux School in Walthamstow, London...
's Swan Lake
Swan Lake
Swan Lake ballet, op. 20, by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, composed 1875–1876. The scenario, initially in four acts, was fashioned from Russian folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger...
for two seasons in London
London
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and in the production's world tour. He used to play in bands called CREON and GUS. In November 2006 Jason joined Kylie Minogue on her Showgirl Homecoming Tour.
He is a tutor at and Head of Dance at Kington University. He has choreographed for many shows. He joined Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray as Basil in summer 2009 and completed the international tour.