Anthony Dowson

"Working with my friends in the dance world on this course will be an inspiration to me and I am sure will be very special for the students"

Anthony Dowson was born in London and trained at The Royal Ballet School. He joined The Royal Ballet in 1976. After working his way up through the company he was promoted to Principal in 1985 and created roles in works by Ashton, Bintley, MacMillan and Tetley amongst other, as well as dancing leading roles in all the classical rerpertory.

In 1993, he re-trained as a teacher and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dance’s Professional Dancers’ Teaching Course having gained a Distinction. He has been a permanent member of faculty at English National Ballet School for the past thirteen years and has recently been appointed as Head of Dance.

Anthony Dowson is frequently a guest teacher with many international organisations and schools. Since turning his hand to chroroegraphy he has choreographed the solos for the Adeline Genée Competition in Athens 2004, Adagio for Strings (which was most recently performed at Dame Beryl Grey’s Gala), Alleged Dances and Capriccio for English National Ballet School’s end of year performances.