Biography
Tim Rushton (MBE)* was born in Birmingham in 1963. He studied at the Royal Ballet Upper School and danced for a number of northern European ballet companies until the mid-1990s. While a dancer at The Royal Danish Ballet he became interested in pursuing a choreographic career and decided to quit dancing.
Rushton quickly made his mark as a creator of contemporary dance, using classical ballet technique, and by 2001 he was appointed Artistic Director of the Danish Dance Theatre. During the past decade Rushton has transformed DDT into a multi-award winning company. Under his leadership, the company has established an international presence and today enjoys critical and popular acclaim throughout Europe, North America, Australia and Asia Pacific.
Tim Rushton’s contemporary choreographic style draws on his vast experience as a dancer and choreographer. His work - described as 'emotionally-led, reflecting the nuances of human relationships’ - often mixes live music, stunning lightning and design features. He uses it, he says, as "a means to communicate human emotion."
Rushton collaborates with writers, designers, visual artists and composers. He’s worked with a range of music spanning diverse genres, from classical masterpieces through to beat, jazz and newly commissioned compositions.
*Tim Rushton was appointed ‘Member of the Order of the British Empire’ (MBE) in the 2011 New Year’s Honours List in recognition of his services to dance.
Performances
SHORT LIST
2016 Stravinskijs Firebird. Theatre Republique. In collabo Teater Republique, Copenhagen Phil.
2014 Black Diamond. Vejle Musikteater. Det Kgl. Teaters Gamle Scene.
2012 End of Loneliness. Beijing Dance Theatre. Det Kgl. Teaters Gamle Scene.
2011 Love Songs. Dansk Danseteater & Caroline Henderson. Det Kgl. Teaters Gamle Scene.
2011 Monolith. Rambert Dance Company. Sadlers Wells.
2008 Askepot: Dansk Danseteater og Den Kgl. ballet, Operaens store scene.
2007 Passion: Dansk Danseteater, Store Scene på Folketeatret.
2006 Koreografi til Johan Kobborgs deltagelse i New York City Centers ’King of the Dance’
2006 Requiem: Den Kgl. ballet. Modtog Reumert-prisen for bedste danseforestilling 2006, Operaen Holmen.
2005 Kridt: Nyt Dansk Danseteater. Åbnede Takkeloftet på Operaen på Holmen. Modtog Reumert-prisen for bedste danseforestilling 2005
2002 Belá: Den Kongelige Ballet
2000 Den Røde Ballon: Balletskolen på Det Kongelige Teater
2000 Nomade: Den Kongelige Ballet
2000 Monkey Business: Den Kgl. Ballet, Hillerød Slots Festival.
2000 Dominium: Den Kongelige Ballet. Nomineret til Reumert-prisen for bedste danseforestilling 2000
1999 Night Life: The Scottish Ballet, Glasgow
1998 Udflugt i det blå: Balletskolen ved Det Kongelige Teater
1998 Det var Engang: Det Kongelige Teater
1998 Sweet Complaint: Den Kongelige Ballet. Nomineret til Reumert-prisen for bedste danseforestilling 1998
1997 Carmina Burana, MBT Danseteater, Århus Symfoniorkester, Musikhuset Århus
Awards
AND NOMINATIONS
2017 Beckett Fondens hæderspris
2016 Nomineret til ’Årets Reumert for bedste danseforestilling’ for forestillingen: Stravinskijs Ildfuglen
2012 Bikuben Fondens Hæderspris
2012 Nomineret til ‘Årets Reumert for bedste danseforestilling’ for forestillingen: Love Songs
2011 Ballettens Venners Hæderspris
2011 MBE - Member of the Order of the British Empire
2009 Wilhelm Hansen Fondens hæderspris
2009 ’Årets Reumert for bedste danseforestilling’ for forestillingen: Labyrint
2008 Danmarks Teaterforeningers hæderspris
2008 Nomineret til ’Årets Reumert for bedste danseforestilling’ for forestillingen: Passion
2007 Nomineret til ’Årets Reumert for bedste danseforestilling’ for forestillingen: Confessions
2007 ’Statens Kunstfonds Præmie for særlige kunstværker i 2006’ for forestillingen: Requiem
2006 ‘Teaterkatten’ for årets bedste instruktør. Uddelt af foreningen af danske teaterjournalister
2006 ’Årets Reumert for bedste danseforestilling’ for forestillingen: Requiem
2006 Nomineret til ’Årets Reumert for bedste danseforestilling’ for forestillingen: Silent Steps
2005 ’Årets Reumert for bedste danseforestilling’ for forestillingen: Kridt
2001 Nomineret til ’Årets Reumert for bedste danseforestilling’ for forestillingen: Dominium
2000 ’Årets Reumert for bedste danseforestilling’ for forestillingen: Busy Being Blue
1999 Nomineret til ’Årets Reumert for bedste danseforestilling’ for forestillingen: Udflugt i det blå