Will Tuckett (born 1969) is an English director and

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

, who has created works for many international companies including the

Royal Ballet The Royal Ballet is a British internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the five major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in ...

The National Ballet of Canada The National Ballet of Canada is a Canadian ballet company that was founded in 1951 in Toronto, Ontario, with Celia Franca as the first artistic director. A company of 70 dancers with its own orchestra, the National Ballet has been led since 2022 ...

, and

English National Ballet English National Ballet is a classical ballet company founded by Dame Alicia Markova and Sir Anton Dolin as London Festival Ballet and based in London, England. Along with The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Northern Ballet and Scottish ...

Early life

Tuckett was born in Birmingham in 1969. He trained at the

Royal Ballet School The Royal Ballet School is a British school of classical ballet training founded in 1926 by the Anglo-Irish ballerina and choreographer Ninette de Valois. The school's aim is to train and educate outstanding classical ballet dancers, especially ...

Awards (partial)

Tuckett won the 2014

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Family Show is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976 ...

for ''The Wind in the Willows''. The Varna International Competition Award for Best Choreography for ''Nisi Dominus'' 2006 His dance film ''NELA'' for Royal Ballet Principal Marianela Nunez directed by Andy Margetson won the Audience Choice Award SANS FESTIVAL OF DANCE CINEMA 2019 and the Overall Festival Award at the FLATLANDS DANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2019. He was nominated for The Critics Circle Award for Best Choreography in 2003 for the ROH production of ''The Wind in the Willows'' and in 2007 for the English National Ballet production of ''The Canterville Ghost''

Career (partial)

Tuckett has choreographed for the

, the

National Ballet of Canada The National Ballet of Canada is a Canadian ballet company that was founded in 1951 in Toronto, Ontario, with Celia Franca as the first artistic director. A company of 70 dancers with its own orchestra, the National Ballet has been led since 2022 ...

, Ballet Black,

National Ballet of China The National Ballet of China (NBC), known in China as the Central Ballet Troupe was founded on 31 December 1959. It is the national ballet company of the People's Republic of China. The ballet company works from the Tianqiao Theater, this was spe ...

, K Ballet in Japan,

Sarasota Ballet The Sarasota Ballet is an American ballet company based in Sarasota, Florida. It was founded in 1987 by former ballet dancer Jean Weidner Goldstein and is now acclaimed for its performances of Sir Frederick Ashton's ballets under its director Iai ...

American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant, it is recognized as one of the world's leading classical ballet companies. Through 2019, it had an annual ei ...

, Studio Company,

Texas Ballet Theater The Texas Ballet Theater was founded by Margo Dean in 1961 as the Fort Worth Ballet Association, in Fort Worth, Texas. At the invitation of Dean, Fernando Schaffenburg was invited to direct the company the following year. It became a fully professio ...

in the United States,

BalletBoyz BalletBoyz or Ballet Boyz are a London-based all-male dance company. BalletBoyz was founded in 1999 by Michael Nunn and William Trevitt William Trevitt (February 7, 1809 – February 8, 1881) was a doctor, politician, diplomat, and newspaper p ...

Rambert Dance Company Rambert (known as Rambert Dance Company before 2014) is a leading British dance company. Formed at the start of the 20th century as a classical ballet company, it exerted a great deal of influence on the development of dance in the United Kingd ...

. He created a series of works for new and family audiences at The Royal Opera House / ROH2, and was made the first Creative Associate for the Opera House in 2006. He has worked as Creative Director on large scale commercial events for Van Cleef & Arpels / The Royal Opera House, creating events in such diverse locations as Tate Tanks, Buckingham Palace and Clarence House and created an immersive experience for The Royal Opera House front of house spaces. * He has choreographed as part of theatre productions at the

RSC RSC may refer to: Arts * Royal Shakespeare Company, a British theatre company * Reduced Shakespeare Company, a touring American acting troupe * Richmondshire Subscription Concerts, a music society in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England * Rock Ste ...

Shakespeare's Globe Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays, in the London Borough of Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames. The original theatre was built in ...

, the TEAM and the

Almeida Theatre The Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325-seat producing house with an international reputation, which takes its name from the street on which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre produces a diver ...

* He has choreographed as part of opera productions for the Royal Opera,

Opera North Opera North is an English opera company based in Leeds. The company's home theatre is the Leeds Grand Theatre, but it also presents regular seasons in several other cities, at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, the Lowry Centre, Salford Quays and ...

Grange Park Opera Grange Park Opera is a professional opera company and charity whose base is West Horsley Place in Surrey, England. Founded in 1998, the company staged an annual opera festival at The Grange, in Hampshire and in 2016–7, built a new opera hous ...

, the

Bregenz Festival Bregenzer Festspiele (; Bregenz Festival) is a performing arts festival which is held every July and August in Bregenz in Vorarlberg (Austria). It features a large floating stage which is situated on Lake Constance. History The Festival beca ...

* He has directed opera / musical theatre for

Garsington Opera Garsington Opera is an annual summer opera festival founded in 1989 by Leonard Ingrams. The Philharmonia Orchestra and The English Concert are its two resident orchestras. For 21 years it was held in the gardens of Ingrams's home at Garsington ...

Iford Arts Festival Iford Arts Festival is an annual summer festival of opera and jazz, held at venues in and near Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, England. Operas are produced by Iford Festival Opera. It also features the Iford Jazz Proms, as well as other concerts ...

Sage Gateshead Sage Gateshead is a concert venue and musical education centre in Gateshead on the south side of the River Tyne in North East England. Opened in 2004 and occupied by North Music Trust it is part of the Gateshead Quays development which incl ...

, the

Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Op ...

, DECCA Records * He has directed theatre for the

Brighton Festival Brighton Festival is a large, annual, curated multi-arts festival in England. It includes music, theatre, dance, circus, art, film, literature, debate, outdoor and family events, and takes place in venues in the city of Brighton and Hove in Engla ...

, Minor Entertainment,

Akasaka ACT Theatre Akasaka may refer to: Places *Akasaka Palace, which functions today as the State Guest-House *Akasaka, Tokyo, a district of Minato, Tokyo ** Akasaka Sacas, a facility in Akasaka, Tokyo * Akasaka, Okayama, a town in the Akaiwa District, Okayama *Ak ...

, PARCO Theatre Tokyo The new PARCO Theatre in Shibuya opened in 2020 with his production of Peter Shaffer's Royal Hunt of The Sun, starring

Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in '' Letters from Iwo Jima'' and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in ''The Last Samurai'', for which he was nomi ...

and

Hio Miyazawa is a Japanese-American actor and model. He was born in San Francisco, United States. He is the son of musician Kazufumi Miyazawa and TV personality Dionne Mitsuoka. Personal life His father, musician Kazufumi Miyazawa is Japanese and his mot ...

. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2020/03/13/stage/ken-watanabe/ He created ''Lazuli Sky'' for

Birmingham Royal Ballet Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) is one of the five major ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside The Royal Ballet, the English National Ballet, Northern Ballet and Scottish Ballet. Founded as the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, the company ...

which was the first new work to open at

Birmingham Repertory Theatre Birmingham Repertory Theatre, commonly called Birmingham Rep or just The Rep, is a producing theatre based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England. Founded by Barry Jackson, it is the longest-established of Britain's building-based theatre c ...

and Sadlers Wells Theatre during the Covid lockdown at the end of 2020. https://www.culturewhisper.com/r/dance/birmingham_royal_ballet_live_sadlers_wells/15798 https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/oct/28/birmingham-royal-ballet-lazuli-sky-will-tuckett-review-our-waltzes-liebestod https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/oct/30/birmingham-royal-ballet-lazuli-sky-review-bold-opener-from-carlos-acosta https://theartsdesk.com/dance/birmingham-royal-ballet-sadlers-wells-review-onward-and-upward He was asked to create new Covid safe sequences for

The Royal Ballet The Royal Ballet is a British internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the five major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in ...

's classic production of

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by Sir Peter Wright which opened at The

, Christmas 2020 His production of ''In the Night Garden Live'' has been touring for 12 years and has now been seen by over a million people. He has directed and co-directed work for the

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