Peter Royston (choreographer)
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Peter Royston (born 1952 in London) is an English dancer, choreographer, teacher and director.
He is a Royal Academy of Dancing scholar (1963–1968) and trained at The Royal Ballet School (1968–1970) Arts Educational (1970–1971)
Career
He danced in the Royal Ballet of Flanders, Munster State Ballet, Kiel State Ballet, and the Scottish Ballet (1975–1985).
He choreographed major works for The Scottish Ballet: Steps to ? (1981), To The Last Whale (1982), Randombach, Quarrels not their own (1983),[1] Pococurantis (1985), Ringed by the flat horizon (1985). For Scottish Dance Theatre:[2] Friction and Touch (both with Graham Bowers, 1985), Brief Encounter (1986), Love minus zero no limit (1986), 5 Women (1986) and Consuming Passions (1987)
Other choreography: Red Hot Shoes for Tron Theatre (writer Liz Lochhead 1987),[3] Columba (opera to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Glasgow Cathedral 1987), Great Scot (director John Cairney 1988).
He was on the dance committee at the Scottish Arts Council 1994 - 1999. He was appointed lecturer at Dundee College in 1991. He developed a foundation course for the Scottish School of Contemporary Dance.[4]
He was appointed dance artist in residence to the Scottish Borders Region (1988–1991); he created the Borders Dance Festival and works including a site-specific work with composer Savourna Stevenson.
References
- ↑ White, Joan W. (1985). Twentieth-century Dance in Britain: A History of Major Dance Companies in Britain. Dance Books. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-903102-85-8. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ↑ Roy, Sanjoy (19 November 2009). "Step-by-step guide to dance: Scottish Dance Theatre". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
not to be confused with another company called Scottish Dance Theatre, which was founded in Glasgow by Peter Royston in 1985
- ↑ Crawford, Robert (1 June 2019). Liz Lochhead's Voices. Edinburgh University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-4744-6594-6. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ↑ Morrice, Julie (21 June 2002). "Space, the new dance frontier". Times Educational Supplement. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017.