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Peter Schaufuss
Founder & Artistic Director
Peter Schaufuss was quite literally brought up in the theatre and is an Olivier, Evening Standard and Edinburgh Critic’s Award-winning choreographer, teacher, director and widely recognized as one of the most talented male dancers on the international stage.
In a stellar career he has performed with the most celebrated ballerinas of his time at all major ballet companies, and staged upwards of 100 productions worldwide. He has had ballets and choreography specifically created for him by the likes of; Sir Kenneth McMillan, George Balanchine, Roland Petit, Sir Frederick Ashton, among others.
Peter has also been the director of ‘English National Ballet’, ‘Berlin Ballet’ at the German Opera Berlin and ‘Royal Danish Ballet’. He is the Founder of the ‘English National Ballet School’, the ‘Peter Schaufuss Ballet & School’ and the 'Royal Danish Ballet School in Holstebro’.
Peter has had his own Emmy Award nominated television program ‘Dancer’ for the BBC as well as built ‘Black Box Theatre’ to his design, in Denmark, which is his native country.
Dame Darcey Bussell DBE
Patron
Dame Darcey Bussell, DBE is acclaimed worldwide as one of the great ballerinas of her generation. She received her early training at the Arts Educational School before joining the Royal Ballet School.
After graduation she joined the Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet for a short period before joining the Royal Ballet where she became a principal dancer at the age of only 20 years old.
Dame Darcey remained with The Royal Ballet through her whole ballet career, but notably also performed as a guest artist with many of the world’s leading companies including. New York City Ballet, La Scala Theatre Ballet, the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet, Hamburg Ballet and the Australian Ballet.
Dame Darcey is well known to the general public, not only as a judge on "Strictly Come Dancing", but also from books, modelling, and numerous BBC Television productions.
She also supports numerous British and international charities and dance institutions.
Dame Darcey became the Patron of Edinburgh Festival Ballet in 2020.
Jerome Marchand- Ballet Master
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Co Owner of ArtEastDance school, East Lothian.
The Royal Swedish Ballet school- Advanced Ballet and Modern
Ballettakademie Stockholm - Advanced Modern
Base 23 Stockholm- Ballet, Modern workshop -12-18 years old and Adult ballet
Ballet Master on tour for Dans I Nord, Beyond Words 6
Architanz in Tokyo- Workshop, Ballet and Modern Open classes
1997 Graduated from the National Conservatoire Superior of Music and Dance in Lyon
1998 Joined Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo and became in 2006 Principal Dancer
2012 Joined the Royal Swedish Ballet and became in 2014 Principal Dancer
DANCED AND WORKED WITH LEADING CHOREOGRAPHERS SUCH AS:
Jean Christophe Maillot, Maurice Bejart, Emanuel Gat, Johan Inger, William Forsyth, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Jacopo Godani, Jiri Kylian, Paul Lightfoot & Sol Leon Itzik Galili, Twyla Tharp, Alonso King, Emio Greco, Shen Wei, Stijn Celis, Marcia Haydee, George Balanchine, Sharon Eyal, Crystal Pite, Sasha Waltz, Jo Stromgren, Mats Ek, Wim Vanderkeybus, Olivier Dubois, Alexander Ekman, Nicolo Fonte, Lukas Timulak, Joseph Sturdy and Lucinda Childs.
CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS:
2006 Neighbourhood – Monte-Carlo Ballets
2007 U Turn Monte-Carlo Ballets
2015 The Reed Warbler – Dans I Nord for Dansfesten C/O Norrbotten
2015 The Reed Warbler Show on Swedish Television SVT Avant Premier in Berlin
2016 For the Girls Royal Swedish Ballet School
2016 Serious Refrain Stockholm North 59
2017 Midsommer Weekender Absolut Vodka Festival
2019 Blocking light – Dans I Nord and VR Film 2019 duet for Cartier Opening Ceremony in Stockholm
2020 Cellule for Göteborg science festival 2020 Co founder of Northern Session
GUEST PERFORMANCES AND HIGHLIGHTS:
2008 Danced in the International Gala Tribute to the San Francisco Ballet
2012 Danced at the prix Benois de la Danse Gala , Moscow
2014-2018 Danced at the Nobel Prize Banquet, Stockholm 2014 Awarded the Marian Orlando Scholarship
2015 Danced At the Opening Ceremony Stockholm Films Festival
2017 Guest at Sasha Waltz & Guest in Berlin
2018 Guest at Luzerne Theater Danse Festival
Caroline Rees- Principal
Caroline began dancing in her home town of Yeovil, England before going on to train at Central School of Ballet and London Studio Centre. After graduating, she performed with Vienna Festival Ballet in their production of Sleeping Beauty. She then went on to join European Ballet's UK and Ireland spring/summer tour and was promoted to soloist for the autumn/winter UK and Ireland tour 2011/2012 for their productions of Coppelia, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. She was the swing for Raymond Gubbay's Strauss Gala 2012-2015 and in 2012 danced alongside Darcey Bussell in the London Olympic closing ceremony. She went on to join Let's All Dance's UK tour of The Nutcracker dancing as the Sugar Plum Fairy. In 2016 she joined JSLN Dance Company for their UK tour, dancing classical and neo-classical works by Soren Niewelt. In 2017 she was promoted to Coryphee for their second UK tour and performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Caroline performed in the UK, Germany and Italy with the company not only in theatres but also schools and care homes as part of their outreach program. She then went on to dance for two years at the Moravske Divadlo Olomouc in the Czech Republic where she danced as corps de ballet and demi soloist in many classical and contemporary shows as well as operas and children’s productions.
Most recently she has danced for Peter Schaufuss as the Mother in the Nutrcracker Denmark tour and as Queen Gertrude alongside Sir Ian Mckellen in Hamlet at the Edinburgh fringe festival.
Along side her performing career Caroline has taught at top ballet schools in London and abroad teaching ballet, pointe, repertoire and competition coaching. Her past students have gone onto take places at internationally renowned ballet schools and win at top competitions. Taking her own experience into account she strives to encourage students to be their very best and prides herself in bringing fun, imaginative ways to help students learn.
Luke Schaufuss- Teacher, Dancer and Co-Director
Luke grew up surrounded by a ballet company from a very young age, which inspired him to pursue a career as a dancer.
Trained at the Royal Danish Ballet in the Bournonville style, he later went on to diversify his style and repertoire by joining Birmingham Royal Ballet, followed by Scottish Ballet and most recently the Sarasota Ballet in 2019 as a principal dancer. In 2020 he taught full-time for EFBS.
His repertoire includes choreographers such as:
August Bournonville, Kenneth McMillan, Sir Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Peter Schaufuss, Sir David Bintley, Alexander Whitley, Peter Martins, Johan Kobborg, and more...
Luke has guested, as well as staged several productions across the world including: Los Angeles, Queensland, Karlsruhe, Chile, Sarasota and includes productions such as Olivier Award winning production of 'La Sylphide', Sir Frederick Ashton's 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'The Sleeping Beauty'.
Recently during the Edinburgh fringe festival of 2022, Luke appeared in Edinburgh Festival Ballet's production of Hamlet, which starred Sir Ian McKellen.
Margaret Papoutsis - DO, Dips(SN)(NT), MBANT, CNHC
Performance Health Consultant
Osteopath and Nutritional Therapist, Margaret Papoutsis, has spent a lifetime at the leading edge of performance medicine. She has developed a special rapport with artists - both professional and student - which enhances both her therapies and her health-related advice.
She has been a consultant to a wide variety of leading dance companies and schools. These have included London School of Contemporary Dance, London Festival Ballet, English National Ballet and School, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet School Teachers’ Training Course, Royal Danish Ballet and School, Peter Schaufuss Ballet and School, Denmark, along with long associations with musical theatre colleges and West End theatre productions. She is currently the Performance Health Consultant to Edinburgh Festival Ballet Company and School.
Margaret was trained at the British School of Osteopathy (now the University College of Osteopathy), where she was a Gold Medal Graduate. Subsequently she qualified (with Distinction) as a BANT Registered Nutritionist, and has trained with the National Centre for Eating Disorders. She is on the Register of Integrative Medicine for Mental Health.
Margaret is delighted to take up the position of Performance Health Consultant for Edinburgh Festival Ballet School.
Guest Teachers and Choreographers
Sup Dhanasunthorn
Creative Administrator - Contemporary Teacher
Originally from San Francisco, Sup Dhanasunthorn trained at New York’s American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Since graduating he has appeared in productions of Miss Saigon, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Peter Pan and NBC’s Saturday Night Live. He has also toured Canada, the United States and China in The Spirit of Christmas and The Spirit of Broadway.
In London, Sup founded the contemporary dance company, Embody, along with Marina Guarnieri, with whom he choreographed the opening of the Aquatics Centre, built for the London Olympics in 2012. Other choreographic credits include work for Costa Victoria and Atlantica, Trophy Wife, Toni & Guy, Oxford College Ball, Phish Leong, and the UK and European tour of The Lion King in which he has also appeared on stage.
He has worked on Universal Picture’s 47 Ronin, the Royal Albert Hall production of Aida, with Olly Murs and on BBCTV’s Strictly Come Dancing and in Edinburgh with the MGA Academy.
Off stage, he founded The Hustle, which aims to support the lives of actors, singers, dancers and variety performers in the UK by connecting them to the services and work they need to sustain and develop their careers.
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Lucy Hutton
Dancer & Guest Teacher
Growing up in South Queensferry just outside the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, Lucy started dancing at a young age with the Central Scotland Ballet School and later joined The Scottish Ballet Associate Programme. As well as performing in numerous school shows, Lucy danced at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony in Glasgow, as well as representing Scotland in artistic gymnastics, something she enjoys teaching to younger students.
Having decided to pursue a career in dance, Lucy moved to Manchester as a full-time student at the Northern Ballet School, graduating in 2020 with a diploma in professional dance.
She danced many solo roles during her time in Manchester including the production of The Nutcracker and also enjoyed the broad range of different dance techniques and styles which was offered in various performance opportunities
Lucy is excited by the challenges being offered to her both as a teacher at the Edinburgh Festival Ballet School and as a dancer with the Company, having recently participated in the new creation by the company's associated, renowned choreographer and founder/director of Portugal’s exiting Quorum Ballet Daniel Cardoso, dancing with international acclaimed dancers Johan Christensen and Luke Schaufuss.
Daniel Cardoso
Guest Choreographer
Daniel Cardoso graduated from the National Conservatory of Lisbon, where he received multi-disciplinary dance training. Daniel won full scholarships with the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance (where he received the Coca-Cola Award for Artistic Excellence) and the Joffrey Ballet School in New York.
While in the United States, he danced with companies like Martha Graham Dance Ensemble, Martha Graham Dance Company, Donald Byrd/The Group and as a guest artist with Westchester Ballet Company, Pearl Lang Dance Theater, Battery Dance Company, Coyote Dancers, amongst others. Wile in New York, Daniel was invited to choreograph and dance for the movie Altar Dance, directed by Joe Clifford and filmed in New York City.
In 2001, Daniel signed a contract with the Peter Schaufuss Ballet in Denmark, where he ascended to principal dancer. In the same year he was invited to restage the ballet Maple Leaf Rag by Martha Graham, at the Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for the Martha Graham Trust.
During his international carrier Daniel has danced works by Martha Graham, Peter Schaufuss, Itzik Galili, Robert Wilson, Maurice Béjart, Donald Byrd, Susan Stroman, Freedy Moore, Barbara Griggi, Steve Rooks, Benvindo Fonseca, Kenneth Topping, Ginger Thatcher, Pearl Lang, Maher Benham, Milton Meyers, Terry Weikel, Giuseppe Frigeni, Thaddeus Davis, Richard Move, Jonathan Hollander, Steven Pier, amongst others.
After returning to Portugal in the summer of 2005, Daniel founded the award wining repertory company Quorum Ballet, where he is the artistic director and resident choreographer.
His experience as a chorographer includes over 35 works for the Quorum Ballet and works for the National Ballet of Split (Croatia), Peter Schaufuss Ballet School (Denmark), National Ballet of Albania (Albania), Vaganova Ballet Academy (Russia), Oslo Academy of the Arts (Norway), Afrikera Dance Theater (Zimbabwe), CeDeCe Dance Company (PT), Companhia de Dança de Almada (PT), National Conservatory of Lisbon (PT), amongst many others. His work has been highly acclaimed by the international press and presented in over 20 countries.
From the vast repertory created for Quorum Ballet stands out the “Rite of Spring | Made in China” premierd in China in 2018 in co-production with the Shangai Oriental Arts Center, Magic Flute and the Young Artists Plateform for Dance in Beijing.
Since 2007 he has been a guest teacher and choreographer for the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg, Russia. “Encounters”, the piece created in June 2018, was premiered at the Marinsky Theater.
Daniel’s teaching experience includes Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance (USA), Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro (Brasil),Vaganova Ballet Academy (Russia), Beijing Dance Association (China), Peter Schaufuss Ballet and PSB School (Denmark), Oslo Academy of the Arts (Norway), CPBC Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporaneo (Portugal), CeDeCe Companhia de Dança Contemporanêa (Portugal), Escola Superior de Dança (Portugal) to mention a few.
Daniel Cardoso is also currently a member of the General Council at the National Dance Conservatory of Lisbon and regularly invited to be a jury in several international dance competitions.
Matz Skoog
Guest Teacher
Born in Stockholm, Matz Skoog trained as a dancer in Sweden and in Russia. After graduating from the Royal Swedish Ballet School, he became a member of the Royal Swedish Ballet, later joining English National Ballet where, along with other guest en-gagements, he remained as a Principal Dancer for several years.
Matz has enjoyed an extensive dancing career at the highest level in both classical ballet and contemporary dance, working with artists such as Mark Morris, Mats Ek, Jiri Kylian, Sir Fredrick Ashton and Rudolph Nureyev to mention but a few. He has also been a member of Netherlands Dance Theatre in Holland and Rambert Dance Company in the UK. In 1996 Matz was appointed Artistic Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet, a position he held until 2001. From 2001 to 2005 he was Artistic Director of English National Ballet.
Since 2006 Matz is pursuing a freelance career as international guest teacher, artistic consultant and personal and professional development coach; working with several national dance companies and schools.
Recent guest teaching engagements include the Royal Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, New English Ballet Theatre, Rambert Dance Company, Studio Wayne McGregor and Classical Ballet Instructor on the film set of Cats. In addition Matz is a Certified Executive Coach and Mentor, ac-credited by The City and Guilds of London and the UK Institute of Leadership and Management, working in this capacity with a wide variety of clients; both within the performing arts and with other businesses professionals.
Tara Schaufuss
Guest Choreographer
Nationality: Australian and Danish
Education: Carolyn Gilby Dance Centre in Aspley, Queensland (tap, jazz, ballet and modern dance), Australian Ballet School and apprentice at the Royal Danish Ballet School
Previous companies: Queensland Ballet in Brisbane
Stefan Wise
Rehearsal Director & Ballet Master
