Bonnie Lythgoe Shawe is a British former dancer.
Since the 1990s and 2000s, She has been a successful theatre producer and director.
In 1969, Lythgoe auditioned for the BBC’s Young Generation dance troupe.
Bonita Lythgoe’s success as a choreographer of dance productions within the West End led to a career as a producer and director of numerous theatre productions, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pantomimes, and many more.
Bonita was also an audition judge on the first season of an American reality television series So You Think You Can Dance and was a judge on the Australian version of So You Think You Can Dance for the first three seasons.
In 2016, Lythgoe was a contestant on the second season of the Australian version of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!.
Bonnie Lythgoe Husband: Who Is Nigel Lythgoe?
Nigel Lythgoe was the husband of Bonnie Lythgoe.
Nigel Lythgoe and Bonnie Lythgoe met in 1969 when she auditioned for the BBC’s Young Generation dance troupe.
The former couple tied the knot in 1974 but separated in 2007 and their divorce was finalised in 2010.
Nigel Lythgoe and Bonnie Lythgoe share two children; Simon Lythgoe and Kristopher Lythgoe.
Nigel Lythgoe is an English television and film director and producer.
He is a television dance competition judge and former dancer in the Young Generation and choreographer.
Lythgoe was born on July 9, 1949, in Wirral Peninsula, United Kingdom to dockworker George Percival Lythgoe and Gertrude Emily Lythgoe.
At age 10, he became interested in dance and subsequently went to Hylton-Bromley School of Dance and Drama and the Perry Cowell School of Dance, both in Wallasey, where he studied classical ballet, modern jazz, ballroom, character, classical Greek and National dance from various countries.
Nigel Lythgoe’s first professional job was in the corps de ballet for the English National Ballet tour of The Merry Widow. He trained in London under Joanne Steuer and Molly Molloy.
In 1969, Lythgoe began performing with the BBC’s The Young Generation dance troupe. He became their choreographer in 1971 and has since choreographed over 500 television shows.
Nigel Lythgoe was the producer of the reality shows Pop Idol and American Idol.
He is the creator and executive producer of So You Think You Can Dance, on which he served as a judge for the first sixteen seasons. Nigel also created the 2009 competition Superstars of Dance.
Lythgoe suffered a heart attack in January 2003 and almost died from a burst appendix in October 2003.
Nigel Lythgoe owns Villa San Juliette, a vineyard in Paso Robles, California.