Richard Marcel (MALE SOLOIST, TROPICAL)

Choreographer and Artistic Director

Award winning choreographer Richard Marcel is one of the UK's most unique innovators of dance and movement for TV, film, commercials and theatre. His ability to create the perfect piece of movement, whilst constantly pushing creative boundaries, has led him to work on some of the most prestigious performances for stage and screen both in the UK, Europe and the US.
He was choreographer and stage director for Come Dancing for 10 years and resident choreographer for Strictly has provided full choreography and production concepts for television shows such as Lip Sync Battle UK, X-Factor, So You Think You Can Dance, Let's Dance for Comic Relief , Children In Need and many primetime television entertainment shows.

He has been part of the UK salsa scene for over 2 decades, teaching, performing and as the UKs top Salsa choreographer, Richard was chosen to choreograph the hit movie Cuban Fury, where he spent many months intensively training the movie's feature cast Nick Frost, Chris O'Dowd and Academy Award winning Olivia Coleman. Further film credits include Kick-Ass2, The Wedding Video and The Royals. His theatre credits include choreography for Godspell in the West End, Burn The Floor international tour and Riverdance: Heartbeat Of Home China tour. Richard was also Director/Choreographer for the spectacular and prestigious stage show Conga in Monaco. As a performer/choreographer Richard worked with superstars such as Madonna, George Michael, Kylie, Diana Ross, Tom Jones and the legendary Liza Minelli.