William A. Forsythe

William A Forsythe is an internationally sought after choreographer and director. He has worked in theatre, concerts, film, television, special events and every other conceivable area of the Entertainment Industry both nationally and internationally.

 William has choreographed some of the world’s biggest televised events seen by billions around the world. Special Events (Televised) include: Closing Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics (2 major segments: Dancing Queen & On A Night Like This for Kylie Minogue as well as Surf Life Savers); Opening Ceremony Paralympics 2000 (Kylie Minogue-Spinning Around & Celebration); Goodwill Games; Opening of Fox Studios Australia (Kylie Minogue, Tina Arena, Hugh  Jackman, Shirley Jones, Human Nature & Marcia Hines); Australian Idol Grand Final Concert at The Sydney Opera House; NRL Grand Finals (Artistic Director 5 years working with Hugh Jackman, Caroline O’Connor, Meatloaf, Kelly Clarkson, Jimmy Barnes & the Hoodoo Gurus); Mushroom Concert of the Century (Kylie Minogue-MCG); Other Special Events include: Opening Extravaganza of Cairns Reef Hotel Casino (Dame Edna Average & Judi Connelli); Numerous special one-off performances for Dannii Minogue, Boy George, Thelma Houston, Tina Arena, Chaka Khan, Marcia Hines, John Paul Young, Christine Anu, Jimmy Barnes and Toni Pearon.

William is highly regarded when it comes to creating live performances and so it comes as no surprise that many artists and clients come back to William time and time again when they have a major world event to create. Concert Credits include: So You Think You Can Dance - Australian Tours (Director/Producer); Cliff Richards -50 Years Celebration World Tour; Cliff Richard-Here & Now World Tour; Cliff Richard-Castles Tour (UK & Edinburgh Castle); Cliff Richard Live at The Royal Albert Hall; Cliff Richard-Wanted World Tour ; Kylie Minogue’s Intimate and Live World Tour; Long Way To The Top Australian Tour; Australian Idol Winners Tour Director; Nikki Webster’s UK, Australian & European Promotional Tours; The Centenary of Federation “A Capital Celebration” in Canberra; Premiers Concert (2004-2017) & the “Tour of Duty” in Dilli, East Timor starring Kylie Minogue and John Farnham.

Over the past two decades William’s unique choreography and distinctive style have been seen on every television network in Australia and reached even further abroad with the numerous commercials, music videos, DVD’s and television special events he has put his name to. Television Credits include: Australia’s Next Top Model, Pam Ann television series for Comedy Channel (Foxtel); Consultant “So you Think You Can Dance” (Channel 10); Ricki Lee (Australian Idol-Ch. 10); Performance Coach Australian Idol  (Ch. 10); Studio A with Simon Bourke (Fox 8); The TV Week Logie Awards  (Ch. 9); Marcia Hines Live (Aust. Idol-Ch. 10); Arias (David Hasselhoff-Ch. 10); XXXX Angels National Television Campaign; Music Videos include: Rogue Traders (Don’t You Wanna Feel; Way To Go; We’re Coming Home; In Love Again & Voodoo Child); Ricki Lee (Hell No); Nikki Webster (Devilicious, Strawberry Kisses, Depend On Me, 24/7, Something More Beautiful & Best Days); Dannii Minogue (Everlasting Night); DVD’s include: Cliff Richard (Here & Now, Castles Tour, Wanted); Long Way To The Top.

William easily adapts to every situation and whether it be huge world wide events or more intimate moments in theatre he is highly regarded as being the top of his game. Theatre Credits include: Playing Our Song (Ensemble Theatre starring Georgie Parker & Simon Bourke); Derrida in Love (Ensemble starring Jacki Weaver); Ladies Night (Star City); Firefly Magic 1 & 2 (Cairns Reef Casino); Madam Firefly (Cairns Reef Casino); Mysterium (Cairns Reef Casino); Theatre of the Deaf; The World Goes Around (Tina Cross); The Phantom (Theatre of the Deaf); Halloween Trick or Treat (Entertainment Centre) and the Official Tribute to the Blues Brothers.

Other Credits include: DVD Launch of Baz Lurhman’s Moulin Rouge; 13 years as resident choreographer/director for   ; Dance productions for Nightclub 1936 (Cairns Reef Casino); 5 years as resident choreographer for Millennium Entertainment creating shows for Asia and the Middle East; Resident choreographer for Warner Bros Movieworld, Sea World & Australia’s Wonderland; Corporate Events for McDonalds, Toyota, CSLA & Macquarie Bank; Advisor for The Musical Theatre Project Australia & trade and hair shows too numerous to mention.

In the early 90’s William along with Graeme Gillies joined together to create the production company Grayboy Entertainment, thru this company William produced directed and choregraphed shows for many casinos, conventions and cruise ships around the world and went to create Grayboy the Agency in 2000. Still today William continues to work with Grayboy as a freelance director choreographer.

In 2006 William joined forces with Elena and Mario De Cinque to create, ED5INTERNATIONAL, this is the only college in Australia offers an Advanced Diploma in Performing Arts. The school has produced many talented students who are leading the way in the entertainment industry both here and Internationally performing on the Westend and Broadway. William finds immense pleasure in teaching and imparting his years of knowledge and experience of the Entertainment Industry to a new generation of performers in the hope that their careers will be as long and enjoyable as his own.