Name David Bintley Role Ballet Dancer | Spouse Jenny David Education Royal Ballet School | |
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Awards Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Dance Production Nominations Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance Similar People Frederick Ashton, Ninette de Valois, Duke Ellington | ||
Indiefilmnet presents david bintley s cinderella
David Julian Bintley, CBE, (born 17 September 1957) is a former English ballet dancer, the current artistic director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet and co-artistic director of the New National Theatre Tokyo ballet company.
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- Indiefilmnet presents david bintley s cinderella
- The royal ballet school at opera holland park choreographer david bintley
- Early life
- Career
- Awards
- Major works
- References
The royal ballet school at opera holland park choreographer david bintley
Early life
Bintley was born in Honley near Huddersfield, England. Bintley trained professionally in classical ballet at the Royal Ballet School in London. While training at the school, some of his choreography was seen by Sir Frederick Ashton, founder choreographer and artistic director of The Royal Ballet.
Career
In 1976, Bintley was offered a contract to dance with the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, which is known today as the Birmingham Royal Ballet. He received his first commission as a choreographer in 1978, creating the ballet The Outsider for that company. Later in 1985, he was appointed resident choreographer of The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. He has subsequently created numerous works for the Royal Ballet, the Birmingham Royal Ballet and as an international guest choreographer. In 1995, he succeeded Sir Peter Wright as artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet.
Awards
On 16 June 2001, as part of that year's Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire "for services to Dance".