Staff

The staff and support team of The Royal Ballet.

Patron

HM The King

President

The Lady Sarah Chatto

Kevin O'Hare CBE
Director (Position generously supported by Lady Ashcroft)

Kevin O'Hare CBE

Koen Kessels
Music Director

Koen Kessels

Sir Wayne McGregor CBE
Resident Choreographer (Position generously supported by Dame Tina Taylor DBE)

Sir Wayne McGregor CBE

Christopher Wheeldon OBE
Artistic Associate (Position generously supported by Kenneth and Susan Green)

Christopher Wheeldon OBE

The position of Director is generously supported by Lady Ashcroft.

The position of Resident Choreographer is generously supported by Dame Tina Taylor DBE.

The position of Artistic Associate is generously supported by Kenneth and Susan Green.

Administrative Director

Heather Baxter

Rehearsal Director

Christopher Saunders

Clinical Director, Ballet Healthcare

Shane Kelly

SENIOR RÉPÉTITEUR

Samantha Raine

Senior Répétiteur

Samira Saidi

Senior Teacher and Répétiteur to the Principal Artists

Alexander Agadzhanov

Senior Répétiteur to the Visiting Choreographers

Deirdre Chapman

Répétiteur to the Principal Artists

Stuart Cassidy

Répétiteur

Zhan Atymtayev

Répétiteur and Teacher

Sian Murphy

Senior Benesh Choreologist and Assistant Répétiteur

Gregory Mislin

Benesh Choreologist

Daniel Kraus

Artistic Scheduling Manager and Character Artist

Philip Mosley

Guest Principal Ballet Répétiteur

Christopher Carr

Guest Répétiteur to the Principal Artists and Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme Artistic Lead

Zenaida Yanowsky

Guest Principal Coaching

Leanne Benjamin

Guest Principal Coaching

Darcey Bussell

Guest Principal Coaching

Isabel McMeekan

Guest Principal Coaching

Edward Watson

Artistic Supervisor for the MacMillan Estate and the Scarlett Estate

Laura Morera

Head of Performance Coaching and Development

Jaimie Tapper

Principal Guest Teacher

Elizabeth Anderton

Principal Guest Teacher

Olga Evreinoff

Guest Teachers

Anne-Laure Arnoux, Miriam Kescherman, Andrey Klemm, Nicolas Le Riche, Allister Madin, David Makhateli, Aymeric Mosselmans, Laurent Novis, Alessandra Pasquali, Elizabeth Toohey, Paola Vismara

Head of Music

Robert Clark

Music staff

Ewan Gilford, Grant Green, Haruka Kawaguchi, Michael Pansters, Hannah Quinn, Kate Shipway

Associate Pianist

Maya Caskie

The position of Associate Pianist is generously supported by Tim and Joanne Stone

Principal Guest Conductor

Barry Wordsworth

Staff Conductor

Martin Georgiev

Conductors

Jonathan Lo, Geoffrey Paterson, Charlotte Politi

Jette Parker Ballet Conductor

Giovanni Fanizza

Constant Lambert Associate

Charlotte Politi

Constant Lambert Conducting Fellow

Subin Kim

Company and Tour Manager

Rachel Vickers

Artistic Administrator

Rachel Hollings

Executive Assistant to the Directors

Tansy Ratcliffe-James

Director of Creative Programming and Strategy

Emma Southworth

Senior Producers

Julia Gillespie, Hannah Mayhew, Rhiannon Savell

Administrative Producer

Fidelma Hanrahan

Events and Scheduling Administrator

Rachel Wheatley

Assistant to the Company Manager

Ted Blackburn

Learning and Participation Creative Associate (Ballet)

David Pickering

Video archive manager

Bennet Gartside

Ballet Healthcare Clinical Lead

Jonathan Bucke

Company Physiotherapists

Katy Chambers (Maternity Leave), Gemma Hilton, Anna Stankevicius (Maternity Cover), Robin Vellosa

Pilates Instructor

Jane Paris

Gyrotonic Instructor

Fiona Kleckham

Performance Psychologist

Britt Tajet-Foxell

Ballet Rehabilitation Specialist and Class Teacher

Brian Maloney

Ballet Masseurs

Jane Caldwell, Konrad Simpson

Sports Science

Sam Kelvey, Gregor Rosenkranz, Joseph Shaw

Registered Dietician

Jacqueline Birtwisle

Ballet Data Scientist

Christina Cefai

Medical Advisors

Dr Kate Hutchings, Dr Moiz Moghal

Company Podiatrist

Denzil Trebilcock

Healthcare Coordinator

Amy Collins

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