1997Nominee
Best Performance
Nutcracker Sweeties
David Bintley
Actor · Writer
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK
September 17, 1957
Biography
Sir David Bintley trained at The Royal Ballet School and joined Sadder’s Wells Royal Ballet in 1976. In 1978, he created his first professional work for the company, The Outsider. As a dancer, his roles include Widow Simone and Alain in La Fille mal gardée, Bottom in The Dream and the title role in Petrushka, for which he was awarded the 1984 Laurence Olivier Award for Dance. Other accolades include a Manchester Evening News Award for Dance, a coveted South Bank Award and a Barclays TMA Award for the staging of a Balanchine mixed programme.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1987Nominee
Best Performance
Comrade Lady
2010Nominee
Best Performance
Cinderella
Career Highlights
2023Highlight
Best Performance
A Christmas Carol
1991Highlight
Best Performance
'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe
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A Christmas Carol
The King Who Invented Ballet