Peter Wright

Peter Wright

male, 83 years old
British, The Nutcracker, A&E Network, Royal Ballet, A&E, Ballet in the United Kingdom…ballet, BirminghamRoyalBallet
Peter Wright (1926-) is a British choreographer and ballet director. He is the current laureate director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. He was...
Ninette de Valois

Ninette de Valois

female, deceased (2001)
from Barnes, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire, English, County Wicklow…ballet, royal opera house, ballet dancer, Royal Ballet School, Royal Ballet
Dame Ninette de Valois, OM, CH, DBE (June 6, 1898 - March 8, 2001) was the founder of London's renowned Royal Ballet. Born Edris Stannus in...
Ambra Vallo

Ambra Vallo

female
Italian, ballet dancer, Ballerina, BirminghamRoyalBallet
Ambra Vallo (Italy) is a classical dancer. Born in Naples, Italy, she is actually a Principal Dancer with the Birmingham Royal Ballet.
Barry Wordsworth

Barry Wordsworth

male, 61 years old
Royal Ballet, Music Director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Last Night of the Proms, Worcester Park, From Surrey…BirminghamRoyalBallet, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, royal concertgebouw orchestra, ballet, royal
Barry Wordsworth (born 20 February 1948, Worcester Park, Surrey, England) is a British conductor. He is currently music director of Birmingham...
Graeme Murphy

Graeme Murphy

male, 59 years old
dancer, Australian Ballet Society, Les Ballets Félix Blaska, Australian Ballet School, The Australian Ballet, Daphnis and Chloe…Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, BirminghamRoyalBallet
Graeme Murphy (born Melbourne, November 1950) is regarded as one of Australia's best dance choreographers. Together, with fellow dancer and...
Colin Towns

Colin Towns

male
Capital City, pie in the sky, Between the Lines, Gillan, Captives, Dalziel and Pascoe…BirminghamRoyalBallet
Colin Towns is an English composer, born in London in 1949, specialising in soundtracks for film, television and commercials. Learning piano as a...
Peter Darrell

Peter Darrell

male, deceased (1987)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Malmö Opera House, Western Theatre Ballet, BirminghamRoyalBallet, Elizabeth West, Old Vic School…Scottish Ballet, Ballet in the United Kingdom, Ballet choreographer, ballet, British Ballet
Peter Darrell CBE, a ballet choreographer who founder of the Scottish Ballet, was born at Richmond, Surrey, on September 16 1929 and died in...
Gavin Sutherland

Gavin Sutherland

male, 37 years old
Conductor, Royal New Zealand Ballet, BirminghamRoyalBallet, Radio 4 UK Theme, BBC Concert Orchestra, Warner Classics…Northern Ballet Theatre, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, South African Ballet Theatre, English National Ballet, Atlanta Ballet
Gavin Sutherland is a conductor, composer/arranger and pianist. Born in County Durham, England,he studied conducting, piano and orchestration at...

Leon Cooke

male
George Maguire, stage actor, British, billy elliot, Blue Peter, From newcastle-under-lyme…BirminghamRoyalBallet
Leon Cooke is one of the actors who play Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot the Musical. He has joined the musical on 19 September 2005 replacing James...

Isaac James

male, 30 years old
British, Central School of Ballet, Victor Ullate, BirminghamRoyalBallet, English National Ballet, Royal Ballet School…ballet dancer, Alumni of the Royal Ballet School
Isaac James was born in Ipswich, England in 1979. He trained with the Royal Ballet School from 1991 until 1994. He then studied drama at the Arts...