Central School of Ballet

Ballet Central is Central School of Ballet’s touring company. Christopher Gable, Michael Pink (now Artistic Director of Milwaukee Ballet), and Philip Feeney (Central’s Tabor Music Director), developed the company to provide final year students with professional touring experience. Ballet Central’s annual tour visits a variety of venues and mid-size theatres around the UK. Joining Ballet Central forms a core part of the BA (Hons) Top-Up in Professional Dance and Performance and, most importantly, supports our graduating students in securing employment. The repertoire each year, selected by Artistic Director Kate Coyne, is informed by Central’s relationships with leading choreographers and dance industry practitioners who provide the opportunity for students to work on new pieces, often created especially for the tour, or spectacular revivals of much-loved classic ballets and theatrical productions. The experience of working with industry leaders in the studio and the resulting performance experience, make the students particularly employable. They become versatile and highly skilled with specific performing knowledge that can be directly transferred to dance companies and international theatrical productions. Central is the only professional dance training school in the UK providing touring experience on such a scale.