Paul James Rooney is an English dancer, choreographer & music artist. He has danced with various companies and choreographers around the world, including names such as;

Matthew Bourne Sir Matthew Christopher Bourne (born 13 January 1960) is an English choreographer whose work includes contemporary dance and dance theatre. Choreographer In 2007, Bourne contemplated a gay version of ''Romeo and Juliet''. Despite the succ ...

Tim Rushton Timothy John Rushton MBE (born 18 March 1963 in England) is a British choreographer and from 2001 to 2018 artistic leader of the Copenhagen-based Danish Dance Theatre, Denmark's largest modern dance company. Tim Rushton was trained at The Royal ...

, Will Tuckett, Danish Dance Theatre & has choreographed many productions for

Tivoli (Copenhagen) Tivoli Gardens, also known simply as Tivoli, is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the third-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klam ...

Paul James Rooney is also known for competing on the first series of Den Vildeste Danser - the Danish version of Syco Entertainment's The Greatest Dancer. In October 2020 Paul James Rooney released his debut single "Shine"

Dance career

Paul James has danced for many companies, including;

New Adventures New Adventures is a British dance-theatre company. Founded by choreographer Matthew Bourne in 2001, the company developed from an earlier company Adventures in Motion Pictures, now dissolved. History Adventures in Motion Pictures (AMP) was es ...

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 ...

, Danish Dance Theatre, Tivoli Ballet Theatre and

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in their Copenhagen performance of Memoria. Paul James Rooney was one of the ballet dancers representing the

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in the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympics dancing with

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and Jimmy Page. Paul James has danced Principal roles in The Royal Opera House's 'Pinocchio', 'Peter and the Wolf' in New York, and in various Bournonville productions for Tivoli Ballet Theatre. Paul James performed in 'Wind in the Willows' at The Royal Opera House & The Duchess Theatre, in London's West End. Rooney was the rehearsal director for ''Peter and the Wolf'' staging productions in New York and The Netherlands. He has also danced musicals including the role of Mr. Mistoffelees in '' Cats'' in Denmark and the role of Older Billy in

Billy Elliot the Musical ''Billy Elliot: The Musical'' is a coming-of-age stage musical based on the 2000 film of the same name. The music is by Elton John, and the book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay. The plot revolves around Billy, a ...

in Malmo, Sweden. and Dance of the Vampires at Det Ny Teater, Copenhagen.

Music

Paul James Rooney released his debut single Shine in autumn 2020. A song reflecting his struggles in both his private life and working life.

Choreography

Paul James Rooney is a frequent choreographer for Tivoli Ballet Theatre. * 2009 Polyphony * 2010 Mezclanza - alongside August Bournonville's

Le Conservatoire ''Le Conservatoire, or A Marriage by Advertisement'' (''Konservatoriet eller et Avisfrieri'') is a two-act vaudeville ballet created by the Danish choreographer and ballet master August Bournonville in 1849 for the Royal Danish Ballet. The balle ...

and

Peter Martins Peter Martins (born 27 October 1946) is a Danish ballet dancer and choreographer. Martins was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and with the New York City Ballet, where he joined George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and John Taras as ...

Barber Violin Concerto The ''Barber Violin Concerto'' is a ballet made by New York City Ballet ballet master in chief Peter Martins to Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, Op. 14 (1939). The premiere was conducted by Robert Irving and took place on 12 May 1988 at the New ...

. * 2012 Havets Bevægelser - a joint venture with Storstrøms Kammerensemble and Pantomimeteatret. Premiered at Fuglesang Herregaard and then performed in Tivoli - re-premiered in 2013. * 2014 Big Band Dance - dance performance collaborating with Tivoli Big Band. * 2017 Butterfly Lovers - ballet created to the

Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto ''The Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto'' (), along with the Yellow River Piano Concerto, is one of the most famous Chinese works of orchestral music. It is an adaptation of an ancient legend, the ''Butterfly Lovers''. Written for a Western-style ...

- re-premiered in 2018 * 2017 Partita - performed with Tivoli Symphony Orchestra in Tivoli concert Hall (alongside a re-premier of ''Havets Bevægelser'') * 2019 Et Glimt af I Går, I dag - Dance Production inspired by Danish Design * 2020 Et Glimt af I Går, I dag - Restaging Paul James has also choreographed various performances for TV, Music Videos, Events and Elmhurst Ballet School In 2015 & 2017 Paul James choreographed for TV series 'Vidunderbørn' produced by

Nordisk Film Nordisk Film A/S (lit. "Nordic Film") is a Danish entertainment company established in 1906 in Copenhagen by filmmaker Ole Olsen. It is the fourth-oldest film studio in the world behind the Gaumont Film Company, Pathé, and Titanus ...

for DR He currently resides in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

References

External links

Article on rehearsals for Havets Bevægelser

Interview - Terpsichore 2011

Paul James Rooney - Official Website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rooney, Paul James English choreographers Ballet choreographers 1984 births Living people People from Sandhurst, Berkshire English National Ballet dancers People educated at the Elmhurst School for Dance English male ballet dancers