Leigh Alderson

Ballet Dancer, Musical Artist

1986 –

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Who is Leigh Alderson?

Leigh Alderson is a male ballet dancer, model and actor from Portadown, Northern Ireland. He began dancing at the age of seven at The Donna Whitten Dance School, and later The Susan McMillan Ballet School. After training with both teachers for three years, Alderson went on to the Royal Ballet School in London for eights years training.

Alderson received several awards including The Lynn Seymour Award for Most Expressive Dancer 2004, The Royal Ballet School Achievement Award 2005, The NJL Sponsored Award for Choreographic Development 2005 and The Royal Ballet School Achievement Award 2006. Alderson was also nominated for 2 consecutive years for Arts Personality of the Year 2009/10 for the Ulster Tatler: People Of The Year Award.

Whilst in the last three years of his training, Alderson travelled to Toronto, Canada to perform in a production of Four Last Songs's by Rudi van Dantzig, and then performed it again in Stuttgart, Germany. He also performed Colourblind, a duet with Jay Hale-Christofi which he himself choreographed to much critical success, both in Palermo, Sicily and at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.

After graduating in 2006 and up to 2008, Alderson danced with the Scottish Ballet. He danced in Page's Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, Pastor's Romeo and Juliet and In Light and Shadow, Brown's MG the Movie and forsyth's Artifact.

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Born
Dec 5, 1986
Profession
Education
  • Royal Ballet School

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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