Background
Bintley, David was born in 1957 in Huddersfield, England, WORLD0.
choreographer ballet company artistic director
Bintley, David was born in 1957 in Huddersfield, England, WORLD0.
Student, Royal Ballet School, England.
Bintley trained professionally in classical ballet at the Royal Ballet School in London. In 1976, Bintley was offered a contract to dance with the Sadler"s Wells Theatre Ballet, which is known today as the Birmingham Royal Ballet. He received his first commission as a choreographer in 1978, creating the ballet The Outsider for that company.
Later in 1985, he was appointed resident choreographer of The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
He has subsequently created numerous works for the Royal Ballet, the Birmingham Royal Ballet and as an international guest choreographer. In 1995, he succeeded Sir Peter Wright as artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet.
(Divid Bintley, resident choreographer of the Royal Opera ...)