Academy Directors
David Nixon OBE
,Artistic Director
David Nixon OBE has been Artistic Director since 2001, directing more than 20 new ballets and overseeing the growth of Northern Ballet into one of the world's leading companies.
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Yoko Ichino
,Associate Director of Academy & Rehearsal Director
Yoko began teaching as a teenager and has since then continued to develop her gift for teaching with dance companies across the world.
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Teaching faculty
Academy Management
Cara O'Shea
Deputy Associate Director of the Academy & Classical Ballet Teacher
(Currently on leave)
(Currently on leave)
Annemarie Donoghue
Associate, Graduate Programme Manager & Classical Ballet Teacher
Emma Rodriguez-Saona
Open Programme Manager & Student Support Coordinator
Laura Walsh
CAT Programme Manager
Pippa Moore MBE
Artistic & Learning Assistant & Classical Ballet Teacher
Emily Humphreys
Academy Coordinator
Classical Ballet Teachers
Cara O'Shea (currently on leave)
Viki Westall
Annemarie Donoghue
Jane Tucker
Victoria Goldsmith
Sara Horner
Ebony Goodridge
Rachel English
Amanda Gilliland
Edgar Lowman
Emily Humphreys
Giuliano Contadini
Pippa Moore
Nicola Gervasi
Nathalie Leger
Fi Beale
Contemporary Teachers
Tony Louis
Sandrine Monin
Pianists
Ewan Gilford
Company Pianist
Gerard Power
Academy Pianist
Academy Musicians
Sam Bell, Jonathan Drummond, Stephanie Jones, Charles Matthews, David Munoz, Alena Panasenka, James Phillip and Robert Sudall
Header photo Justin Slee.