Daniel Davidson, Commissioned Choreographer 22/23

The second half of our Autumn term starts with a bang, as we welcome our third commissioned choreographers for 22/23 to Rambert School, Daniel Davidson.

Daniel was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and trained at The Dance School of Scotland and Millennium Performing Arts. He joined Scottish Ballet in 2005 where he performed works by renowned choreographers such as Richard Alston, George Balanchine, Matthew Bourne, Trisha Brown, Christopher Bruce, Jorma Elo, William Forsythe, Christopher Hampson, Kenneth MacMillan, Hans van Manen, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Ashley Page, Krzysztof Pastor, Stephen Petronio & Twyla Tharp amongst others.

In 2014 Daniel joined Rambert and has performed in works by Mark Baldwin, Christopher Bruce, Kim Brandstrup, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Merce Cunningham, Ben Duke, Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar, Andonis Foniadakis, Hofesh Shechter, Wayne McGregor, Imre & Marne van Opstal, Jo Strømgren, Marion Motin, Shobana Jeyasingh, Didy Veldman, Wim Vandekeybus & Alexander Whitley amongst others.

Daniel now works as a freelance dance artist and choreographer.

His choreographic credits includes:

Doublespeak, performed as part of The National Theatre’s River Stage Festival (2017)

DIAL/LOG, created for the MCC Showcase evening in Malta (2017)

Siren and Auto-continuance, commissioned by Covent Garden Dance Company.

MOTHER for Rambert’s Blueprints.

Heavenly Bodies created for the Ballet Nights Gala in London.

HOVER for National Youth Ballet at Sadler’s Wells (2022)

Let the creative process at Rambert School begin!

Photographer credit: Juan Gil