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Michael Pink trained at the Royal Ballet School, his early choreographic work won him the first Ursula Moreton Choreographic Competition as well as the Royal Society of Arts Competition. He was also invited by Sir Frederick Ashton to assist in the choreographing of the Anacat Fashion Show. He joined London Festival Ballet [now English National Ballet] in 1975 during his ten years with the company he danced many leading roles in with Patricia Ruanne, Eva Evdokimova Elisabetta Terabust, Lynn Seymour and most noticeably his partnership with Natalia Makarova in Onegin. He worked with many notable choreographers such as Massine, Nureyev, Tetley, Bruce, Schaufuss, Hynd, Tudor, Ashton, Beriosova. Whilst with London Festival Ballet, he choreographed 1914 which was nominated for a West End Theatre Award, IBERTISSMENT for the first National Tour of L.F.B.2. Also the PAS DE SIX in Swan Lake. In 1982 he collaborated with the composer Michael Berkeley on ATTRACTIONS for Northern Ballet Theatre. In the same year he created SUMMER DAYS for Nederlands Dance Theatre 2. and has worked as repetiteur for Nureyev’s Romeo and Juliet at the Paris Opera and La Scala Milan. In 1987 he became the Founding Director of Ballet Central, the performing group of Central School of Ballet in London. During his four years as Director he established the group as a National Touring Company securing sponsorship from British Gas. His collaboration with composer Philip Feeney produced seven original works for the company as well as MEMOIRE IMAGINAIRE for Northern Ballet, which he later adapted for use by H.T.V International as the centrepiece of a film drama. Mr. Pink joined Northern Ballet as Associate Artistic Director in 1988 choreographing his first full length production DON QUIXOTE as well as re-staging DANSE CLASSIQUE. In 1989 he created an all male contemporary work based on Wilfred Owens poem STRANGE MEETING. In collaboration with Christopher Gable he choreographed SWAN LAKE and a revised version of DON QUIXOTE . In 1996 he created A three act Dance Drama based on Bram Stoker's novel DRACULA which won critical acclaim both in England and North America when re-staged for the Atlanta Ballet. Dracula wasperformed at the new Sadlers Wells Theatre 1999 and broke all previous box office records. In collaboration with Christopher Gable he choreographed a new version of GISELLE set in 1939 .The Norwegian National Ballet will perform this production as part of a retrospective on Giselle in 1999. In 1998 he Directed and Choreographed THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME for Northern Ballet Theatre. This production will be re-staged in Atlanta in 1999. and for Boston Ballet in 2001. Mr. Pink has established himself as an international teacher with the Norwegian National Ballet, Aterballetto, Balleto di Toscanna Italy, The Hartford Ballet U.S.A., Rozas Dance Company, London Contemporary Dance Company, Ballet Rambert, The London City Ballet (making a guest appearance as Tybalt In Romeo and Juliet) The White Oaks Dance Project, English National Ballet, Phoenix Dance Company as well as most major professional Teaching schools in England. He has also re-staged several of his works in London, Oslo, Toronto and Atlanta. Other works include The
Family Picture His other choreographic experience includes ‘Tango
solo’ for Lynn Charles A commission by Lancome to launch a new make-up range. Television work includes Chekhov in Yalta, The Music Arcade Films Time to Dance Stage The English Man Amused, The Young Romeo and Bernardo in West Side Story. |
