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Stephen began his ballet training
at the age of 8 and joined the Royal Ballet School
at the age of 9, being the youngest students accepted
to the school.
During his training there, he
was invited for one month to the Paris Opera School
in the first student exchange between the schools.
After 6 years of training he graduated to the
upper school, Talgarth Road, and after only 6
weeks was promoted to graduate 3rd year class.
During his 2 years at the Upper school he performed
with The Royal Ballet Company and danced the role
of he young man in his graduating performance
of “The Two Pigeons”. After this performance,
Stephen was offered a place in The Royal Ballet
Company at the age of 17.
During his career at the Royal
Ballet, Stephen danced the leading roles in Swan
Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Nutcracker, Romeo
& Juliet, Manon, Cinderella, La Bayadere,
and had roles created for him by Sir Fredrick
Ashton, Sir Kenneth Macmillan, David Bintley,
Glen Tetley, John Neuimuer, Wayne Eagling and
Ashley Page.
During his time at The Royal
Ballet Company, he was asked to play the role
of Anton Dolin for the BBC Omnibus program and
was also nominated and was also nominated for
an Olivier Award and a society of West End Theatre
Awards for Outstanding Performance for a Dancer.
In1984 he was asked by Cameron
Mackintosh to take over the lead role of Mistofilees
& Quaxo in the West End Production of Cats
and then took a 2 year leave of absence to star
as Rocky in the Rocky Horror Show, The Hot Shoe
Show for BBC1, with Wayne Sleep, leading dancer
in the movie Nutcracker with Joan Collins and
the same role for the first movie for cinema by
the BBC called Dancing in the Dark.
In1985, Stephen played the Principal
part of Tom Thumb in Barnum with Michael Crawford
in the West End and principal dancer in the video
for Wayne Sleeps show Dash.
In 1986, Stephen joined Sadler’s
Wells Royal Ballet as a principal touring Europe
and the USA and after one year re-joined The Royal
Ballet Company to tour Europe and Australia.
1988 Stephen was offered the
role of Puff in the Ken Campbell play School for
Clowns at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre and
also begun teaching open classes at the Pineapple
studios, Covent Garden. In1989 he joined the Royal
Shakespeare Company for one year in the record
breaking production of Clockwork Orange at the
Barbican and also for the West End run. He also
performed in many pop videos for Arlene Philips,
Antony van Laast, Bruno Tonioni, Queen, Frankie
goes to Hollywood, The Cure, Susie and the Banshees,
Olivia Newton-John, Duran Duran and commercials
for Visa Card, Harp Lager, Halifax Building Society,
Harley Davidson, Tennants Lager and assisted and
danced in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Stephen started Guest teaching
at The Royal Ballet School in 1990 and also at
English National Ballet Company, Rambert Dance
Company, Boston Ballet School, Scottish Ballet
Company, Hong Kong Ballet Company and schools
throughout the Far East. In 1994 Stephen designed
and had built a ballet studio in Hakodate, Hokkaido
in Japan teaching students from the age of 3 and
upwards. The studio continues to this day.
Stephen is now our men’s
Ballet Teacher.
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