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Staff

The staff and support team of The Royal Ballet.

Patron

HM The King

President

The Lady Sarah Chatto

Kevin O'Hare CBE
Director (Position generously supported by Lady Ashcroft)

Kevin O'Hare CBE

Koen Kessels
Music Director

Koen Kessels

Sir Wayne McGregor CBE
Resident Choreographer (Position generously supported by Dame Tina Taylor DBE)

Sir Wayne McGregor CBE

Christopher Wheeldon OBE
Artistic Associate (Position generously supported by Kenneth and Susan Green)

Christopher Wheeldon OBE

Administrative Director

Heather Baxter

Rehearsal Director

Christopher Saunders

Clinical Director, Ballet Healthcare

Shane Kelly

Senior Répétiteur

Gary Avis

SENIOR RÉPÉTITEUR

Samantha Raine

Senior Répétiteur

Samira Saidi

Senior Teacher and Répétiteur to the Principal Artists

Alexander Agadzhanov

Guest Répétiteur to the Visiting Choreographers

Deirdre Chapman

Répétiteur to the Principals

Stuart Cassidy

Répétiteur and Teacher

Sian Murphy

Senior Benesh Choreologist and Assistant Répétiteur

Gregory Mislin

Benesh Choreologist

Daniel Kraus

Artistic Scheduling Manager and Character Artist

Philip Mosley

Guest Principal Ballet Répétiteur

Christopher Carr

Guest Répétiteur to the Principal Artists and Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme Artistic Lead

Zenaida Yanowsky

Guest Principal Coaching

Darcey Bussell

Guest Principal Coaching

Alessandra Ferri

Guest Principal Coaching

Edward Watson

Artistic Supervisor for the MacMillan Estate and the Scarlett Estate

Laura Morera

Head of Performance Coaching and Development

Jaimie Tapper

Principal Guest Teacher

Elizabeth Anderton

Principal Guest Teacher

Olga Evreinoff

Guest Teachers

Pino Alosa, Anne-Laure Arnoux, Julio Bocca, Pip Duke, Marcelo Gomes, Christina Johnson, Miriam Kescherman, Andrey Klemm, David Makhateli, Erico Montes, Laurent Novis, Alejandro Parente, Alessandra Pasquali, Francois Petit, Roland Price, Yosvani Ramos, Elizabeth Toohey

Head of Music

Robert Clark

Music Staff

Grant Green

Music Staff

Haruka Kawaguchi

Music Staff

Michael Pansters

Music Staff

Tim Qualtrough

Music Staff

Hannah Quinn

Music Staff

Kate Shipway

Associate Pianist

Wing Tung Fan

Principal Guest Conductor

Barry Wordsworth

Staff Conductor

Martin Georgiev

Conductor

Wolfgang Heinz

Conductor

Fayçal Karoui

Conductor

Jonathan Lo

Conductor

Geoffrey Paterson

Conductor

Zoi Tsokanou

Jette Parker Ballet Conductor

José Angel Salazar

Constant Lambert Associate

Charlotte Politi

Constant Lambert Conducting Fellow

Yi Wei

Company and Tour Manager

Rachel Vickers

Creative Producer

Emma Southworth

Artistic Administrator

Rachel Hollings

Finance Manager

Angela Barbato

Executive Assistant to the Directors

Tansy Ratcliffe-James

Producers

Julia Gillespie, Hannah Mayhew, Rhiannon Savell

Administrative Producer 

Ania Kapsza

Scheduling and Events Coordinator

Rachel Wheatley

Assistant Company Manager

Natalie Holdys

Finance and Contracts Assistant

Vanessa Boncheva

Learning and Participation Creative Associate (Ballet)

David Pickering

Video archive manager

Bennet Gartside

Ballet Healthcare Clinical Lead

Jonathan Bucke

Company Physiotherapists

Katy Chambers, Gemma Hilton, Robin Vellosa

Pilates Instructor

Jane Paris

Gyrotonic Instructor

Fiona Kleckham

Performance Psychologist

Britt Tajet-Foxell

Ballet Rehabilitation Specialist and Class Teacher

Brian Maloney

Ballet Masseurs

Jane Caldwell, Konrad Simpson

Sports Science

Sam Kelvey, Gregor Rosenkranz, Joseph Shaw

Registered Dietician

Jacqueline Birtwisle

Medical Advisors

Dr Kate Hutchings, Dr Moiz Moghal

Company Podiatrist

Denzil Trebilcock

Healthcare Coordinator

Amy Collins

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