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Wayne Sleep OBE (born July 17, 1948) is an Englishdancer, director and choreographer. He was a Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet and has appeared as a Guest Artist with several other ballet companies. Regarded as one of the most powerful and dynamic dancers of his generation, he was noted for his incredibly powerful leaps and almost flawless spins.
Sleep is famous for being the shortest male dancer ever admitted into the Royal Ballet School. Had he not left his audition for the school early and not missed his final physical examination, he would not have gained a place. Because of his diminutive statue many directors were reluctant to cast him in traditional male lead roles. As a result many roles were created for him by noted choreographers including Ashton, MacMillan, de Valois, Layton, Nureyev, and Neumeier. Sleep is often chosen for character roles due to his unusual physique. In 1982, Andrew Lloyd Webber adapted his Variations album as the second half of stage show Song and Dance for Sleep.
In 1973, Sleep established a world record by doing an entrechat douze - a jump with six beats - this record still stands to this day.
