OUR DANCERS

TRAINEE DANCERS

Lotta
Niemelä

Iman
El Maghili Fisker  

Kristoffer
Nyman

Louisa 
Bratby

Nathan 
Anson 

Lucy
Imamzade 

OUR PRODUCTION TEAM

Christopher Moore

Founder and Artistic Director 

Christopher Moore founded the Ballet Theatre UK Company in 2008 and has since created twelve full-length ballets for the Company including critically acclaimed productions of The Snow Queen, Romeo & Juliet, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, among others. The upcoming seasons also sees the addition of two further original productions to the Ballet Theatre UK repertoire, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Beauty and the Beast.

Christopher trained at Tring Park School of Performing Arts and The Royal Ballet School and has toured the world with many companies and choreographers. He took early retirement from the stage to focus on his choreographic development and the formation of the Ballet Theatre UK Company.

The success of the Company has subsequently lead to the development of The School of Ballet Theatre UK, a training institute that holds the standards and ethos of the company as primary tools for training elite dance students. The School was founded in 2014 and has fast become of the leading classical training institutions in the country. The School offers students the opportunity to study towards a BA (Hons) in Ballet Performance, certified by the University of West London. 
 

Christopher has been awarded a Licentiate of the Cecchetti Ballet Method by the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance and has been an invited lecturer and judge at many international dance competitions around the world and at teacher conventions for ISTD, IDS and IDTA.

In 2018 Christopher will visit Japan as guest judge of the International MIE Ballet Competition.

In his dual role as Artistic Director of the Ballet Theatre UK Company and Principal of The School of Ballet Theatre UK, Christopher is proud to lead the organisation forward with a passion for excellence at all levels and a clear focus on the education and development of our upcoming generation of dancers to achieve their full potential and a long and successful career.

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Gwénaëlle Poline Santos

Rehearsal Director and Ballet Mistress 

Gwénaëlle Poline Santos is a French national who was born in Vienna, Austria. Dancing from a young age Gwénaëlle completed her formal classical training at the prestigious Marseille National Ballet School, France. Following her training Gwénaëlle has worked across the globe in some of the world’s leading ballet companies including Ballet Carmen Roche (Madrid, Spain), Tulsa Ballet (Oklahoma, USA), Corella Ballet (Barcelona, Spain), Ballet du Capitole (Toulouse, France) and Northern Ballet (Leeds, UK) as well as being invited to guest at several festivals including Incolballet (Cali, Columbia).
 

Throughout her dancing career, Gwénaëlle has many fond memories and favourite roles however she most enjoyed her time dancing with Angel Corella, former principal of American Ballet Theatre, in ‘Who Cares?’ created by George Balanchine. However, Gwénaëlle’s fondest memory in her career was when she danced with Ballet du Capitole as the Company was based in the theatre where her late father sang in the choir of the Théâtre of Capitole.
 

Gwénaëlle joined Ballet Theatre UK in the Spring of 2016 to assist the Company to create a classical gala for the prestigious Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland. She worked with the Company’s principal dancers on many iconic classical pas de duex’s including The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. Following this short engagement, Gwénaëlle was asked to stay with the Company for the reaming part of the season as a Ballet Mistress. Later in the Autumn of 2016, Gwénaëlle was officially named Rehearsal Director of Ballet Theatre UK and worked alongside the Artistic Director to create Romeo and Juliet. Following on from this production Gwénaëlle has restaged Giselle, Alice in Wonderland and The Nutcracker all to critical acclaim. In addition to her work with the Company Gwénaëlle has also shared her expertise and knowledge with the students of The School of Ballet Theatre UK as a guest teacher and has restaged Léo Staats’ Soir de Féte for the School’s annual showcase.

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Daniel Hope

Company Manager & Costume Designer

Daniel Hope has worked for Ballet Theatre UK for over a decade and has designed costumes for every production in the Company’s repertoire from The Snow Queen in 2011 to present day.

Daniel began his training by undertaking a Foundation Diploma in Applied Arts where he specialised in mixed textiles. He then furthered his studies by attending Coventry University achieving a (CertHE) in Fashion Design. It was here that Daniel learnt his craft and became passionate about garment construction, pattern cutting, embroidery and design.

After his time in Coventry, he focused his work on theatrical costumes having been inspired by a period costume and corsetry course throughout his training. Daniel combines his strong knowledge of garment technology and historical construction methods to create outstanding costumes for the Company, to rave reviews from audiences and critics alike.

In addition to his costume work, Daniel works with the Artistic Director in designing the scenic backdrops, which are all digitally printed for the production. His creativity and theatrical background enable him to bring together the costumes and scenery to truly enhance each production.  

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Ryan Phillips

Technical Manager & Lighting Designer 

Ryan has always been passionate about theatre and began working backstage from an early age. Whilst still at school he began to learn his craft by assisting with many dance and drama productions within local theatres.

When he finished school Ryan gained more experience and eventually became a freelance theatre technician. It was at this stage that he was able to build upon his knowledge of technical theatre by working within many different theatres on a variety of productions throughout the UK.

Ryan joined Ballet Theatre UK in 2018 as ‘Technical Manager and Lighting Designer’ after working at a leading musical theatre school. With over 20 year's experience in the theatre and entertainment industry, both nationally and internationally, Ryan has brought a new and innovative approach to the company's technical staging and lighting design. His work for the company includes Beauty and the Beast, Swan Lake, The Wizard of Oz, The Sleeping Beauty and Giselle. 

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Charlotte Davis

Company Administrator 

Charlotte was born in Leicestershire and was a professional dancer prior to working for Ballet Theatre UK. She trained at Phil Winston Theatreworks in Blackpool. Upon graduating from theatre school, Charlotte toured around the country as the UK’s #1 Cheryl Cole Tribute, Simply Cheryl, as well as a featured dancer for Kylie Feverish, both productions featuring choreography created by Charlotte. 

Whilst dancing professional Charlotte furthered her training and now carries qualifications include Licentiate Street dance, Licentiate Freestyle and Associate Tap along with various grades in Ballet, Modern Jazz, Theatrecraft, Cheerleading and LAMDA.

In addition to her professional dancing career, Charlotte has created her own dance exercise programme promoting exercise as a part of looking after your mental health for the past eight years. Recently Charlotte has used her wealth of knowledge gained through her varied career to assist a variety of corporate and events companies as well as running a leading networking group geared towards female entrepreneurs called Ladies That Do. 

Charlotte is excited to be joining the team and looks forward to working with the venues on our upcoming tours.

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​Tour Driver 

Philip Moore
 

Wardrobe Department 

Hayley Turner and Val Plant
 

​Photography 

DancePro Photography, Mikah Smillie, Chaz Barnes and Daniel Hope 

Make-Up Design

Sian Revill