Our Staff
- artistic
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Artistic Director
Artistic Associate and
Artistic Director of Short Ballets for Small PeopleRehearsal Director
Guest Rehearsal Director
Assistant Rehearsal Director & Assistant Artistic Director of Short Ballets for Small People
Dramatic Associate
Dancers
Contact email: info@northernballet.com
- business
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Chief Executive Finance Director Judith Hartley
Head of Planning Lily Amy
HR Manager Dawn Wilson
Finance Manager Joanne Gomersall
Sam Cormack
Finance Officer Kath Holliday
Executive Assistant Matthew Lawn
Contact email: info@northernballet.com
- communications
Director of Communications Emma Mooney
Senior Communications Manager Liz Rose
In-house Designer Richard Barrelle
Digital Manager Media & PR Manager Lauren Godfrey
Senior Communications Officer Rebecca Maude
Communications Officer Rachel Evans
Communications Assistant Kathryn Piekarski
Contact email: info@northernballet.com
- development
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Director of Developement Crys Whitewoods
Development Manager:
Corporates & IndividualsAbigail Walton
Development Manager:
Trusts & FoundationsDavid Ward
Development Officer:
CorporatesThomas Shallaker Research & Data Officer
Rebecca Cheung (maternity leave)
Development Officer:
Friends, Patrons & LegaciesAlex Wright
Events & Business
Development ManagerAlan Gallacher
Contact email: info@northernballet.com
- IT
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IT Director IT Officer & Assistant Developer David Fodden
- learning
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Director of Learning Leanne Kirkham
Head of Learning Jo Dean
Artistic Learning Manager Sophie Alder
Project Manager
Lauren Prydderch Dance Education Officers Philippa Ranger
Keisha Hamilton
Dance Education Apprentice Ebony Godridge
Contact email: learning@northernballet.com
- medical
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Physiotherapy Services Sport & Spinal Physiotherapy Ltd, Leeds
Liz Atha
Craig Scholfield
Company Doctors Dr James Brown MBB, FFSEM
Dr Sarah L Lawton MA (Cantab), MBB, CHIR. DRCOG
Company Counsellor Lynne Jackson
Company Masseurs Sylvia Cove
Adam Hirst
Jane Whitley
Contact email: craig.schofield@northernballet.com
- music – northern ballet sinfonia
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Music Director Associate Conductor Orchestra & Concerts Manager Company/Orchestra Pianist Orchestra Pit Manager Orchestra Players
Contact email: info@northernballet.com
- academy of northern ballet
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Director David Nixon OBE
Associate Director Director of Academy Operations
Catherine Worthington Centre of Advanced Training Manager Yasmin Delves
Associate & Graduate Programme Manager
Head of Lower Level Pre-Professional Programme
Open Programme Manager & Student Support Coordinator
Emma Rodriguez-Saona
Academy Pianists
Faculty Contact email: academy@northernballet.com
- operations
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Operations Manager Shaun Daniels
Receptionists Fiona Heseltine (head)
Anne Bissen
Georgina Booth
Rachel Clarke
Will Dawson
Kathy Dean
Karen Dixon
Sofia Edstrand
Carol McCarthy
Caretakers Robert Cordingly (Senior)
Austen Coldwell
Peter Scott
- company & stage management
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Company Manager Naomi Foster
Stage Manager Philip Andrew
Senior Deputy Stage Manager Chun-Yen Chia
Deputy Stage Manager Position Vacant
Contact email: steve.wilkins@northernballet.com
- technical
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Technical Director Steve Wilkins
Head of Lighting Alastair West
Deputy Head of Lighting Adam Greenwood
Studio Technical Manager Martin Smith
Head of Stage Sid Taylor
Deputy Head of Stage Nick Anger
Stage Technician Stewart Campbell
Head of Workshop Griz Pedley
Deputy Head of Workshop Pradeep Dash
Technical Theatre Apprentice Eloise Bailey
Transport Stagefreight
Contact email: steve.wilkins@northernballet.com
- wardrobe & wigs
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Head of Wardrobe Kim Brassley
Senior Wardrobe Manager Mikhaila Pye
Costume Makers & Cutters Carley Marsh
Julie Anderson (freelance)
Wardrobe Manager Jen Williams
Deputy Wardrobe Manager
Francesca Wilkinson Wigs Manager
Sophie Peters Wardrobe Assistant Imogen Woolley
Contact email: kim.brassley@northernballet.com