About Alexander Whitley

Alexander is an award-wining London-based choreographer working at the cutting edge of British contemporary dance. Born in 1980 he trained at the Royal Ballet School and began his career at Birmingham Royal Ballet before moving into contemporary dance, with companies including Rambert, Michael Clark Company, Sydney Dance Company and Wayne McGregor Random Dance During this time, he was twice nominated for Outstanding Performance in the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards. His choreography has won him nominations for the 2012 Arts Foundation fellowship, the 2014 Sky Arts Southbank Awards and the 2015 Critics' Circle Awards.
Now as artistic director of Alexander Whitley Dance Company he has developed a reputation for a bold interdisciplinary approach to dance making, producing technologically innovative and thought provoking stage productions as well as exploring the creative possibilities being opened up by new digital platforms. He has also created work for several of the UK's leading companies including the Royal Ballet, Rambert, Balletboyz, Candoco and Birmingham Royal Ballet.
Alexander is a New Wave Associate artist at Sadler's Wells theatre and a former associate of Rambert and the Royal Ballet. He is an Artist Fellow at Queen Mary University of London and a tutor on the Design for Performance and Interaction Masters programme at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.
Image credit: Alexander Whitley. Photo: Leo Goddard.