Masterclass information
Date: 14th May 2023
Time: 2:30-4pm
Fee: £18 + £9 online
Classical Ballet Masterclass with Brandon Lawrence
Born: Bradford
Trained: With Penny Murray, Andie Nydza and the Royal Ballet School
Joined: 2011; Soloist, 2016; First Soloist, 2018; Principal, 2019
Awards: National Dance Awards nominee for Best Male Classical Performance (2018, 2019, 2022) and Best Male Dancer, Classical (2019), RAD Phyllis Bedells Award (2008).
Created roles: Principal role in George Williamson’s Embrace, Pan in Ruth Brill’s Arcadia, La Grâce in David Bintley’s The King Dances, Alexander Whitley’s Kin, Red Couple in Juanjo Arqués’s Ignite, and roles in Didy Veldman’s Sense of Time, Jessica Lang’s Lyric Pieces and Wink, Jack Lister’s A Brief Nostalgia, Miguel Altunaga’s City of a Thousand Trades and Juliano Nunes’s Interlinked.
Guest performances: International Ballet Festival of Miami, 2018; Move It 2019 (Headline on main stage); Guest artist with Cape Town City Ballet (Maina Gielgud’s Giselle (Albrecht); Frederick Ashton’s Les Patineur (White couple) and Veronica Paeper’s Romeo and Juliet (Romeo).
