Michael Nunn (born 1967) is a British ballet dancer, choreographer, and a television and film director/producer.

Early life

Michael Nunn was born in London in 1967, the son of a builder.

Career

Dancer

Nunn joined the

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in 1987, and was promoted to first soloist in 1997. His first big break was when

Kenneth MacMillan Sir Kenneth MacMillan (11 December 192929 October 1992) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer who was artistic director of the Royal Ballet in London between 1970 and 1977, and its principal choreographer from 1977 until his death. Ea ...

chose him to dance the male lead, ''

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'', in ''

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'', a role originally created on David Wall. In 2001, together with principal dancer

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, he left to found the modern dance groups,

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 ...

and

George Piper Dances George Piper Dances is a London-based contemporary dance company. George Piper Dances was founded in 2001 by Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, both dancers with The Royal Ballet The Royal Ballet is a British internationally renowned classical ...

Choreographer

Nunn now works as a choreographer with BalletBoyz and George Piper Dances.

Producer

A 90-minute abridgment of

Kenneth Macmillan Sir Kenneth MacMillan (11 December 192929 October 1992) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer who was artistic director of the Royal Ballet in London between 1970 and 1977, and its principal choreographer from 1977 until his death. Ea ...

's ballet ''Romeo and Juliet'' was produced by

Michael Nunn Michael John Nunn (born April 14, 1963) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2002. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the IBF middleweight title from 1988 to 1991, and the WBA super middleweight title f ...

and

for BBC television and broadcast in 2020 on

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Director

Personal life

He is married, and lives in Kew Gardens, London. Nunn is an ambassador for Borne, a medical research charity looking into the causes of

premature birth Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks. Extreme preterm is less than 28 weeks, very early preterm birth is between 2 ...

. In March 2019, Nunn hosted Borne to Dance with Darcey Bussell at the Royal Opera House to raise money for premature birth research.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nunn, Michael 1967 births Dancers from London British choreographers British male ballet dancers Living people Dancers of The Royal Ballet Officers of the Order of the British Empire