About Nicholas
Nicholas is a choreographer and performance artist based in the UK. He trained for 8 years at The Australian Ballet School, in Melbourne where he completed his Diploma of Dance and Vocational Graduate Diploma in Classical Dance. In his graduate year he travelled around regional Australia with 'The Dancer's Company' performing in 'Don Quixote' as Sancho Panza.
He's spent 10 years since, (2012-2022) as a dancer at Scottish Ballet. 6 of which he performed as a soloist. His career highlights include playing John Proctor in Helen Pickett's 'The Crucible' (in which he was nominated by the critics circle's National Dance awards for the 'Outstanding Male Classical Perfomance' award), Benno in David Dawson's premiere of 'Swan Lake' as well as James in Matthew Bourne's 'Highland Fling'.
Since retiring from dance and taking a creative role with Scottish Ballet, he has created a number of filmed works for the company including: The Fates (2019), Catalyst (2020), Odyssey (2021) Edinburgh is a Story (2022) and most recently Breathless (2024) with collaborator Madeline Squire
​Other works for stage include Trifecta (2023) for Scottish Ballet’s Summer Shorts Program, the first movement of which, was shown at the Royal Opera House’s ‘Draft Works’ Program. He’s also created works for Ballet Nights, both at their home event at Lanterns Studio Theatre as well as a collaborative event with Ministry of Sound Club. He’s also developed a working relationship with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, setting multiple works for their students graduate showcases in 2022 and 2023. Dance School of Scotland showcased a commission of his in 2022 also.
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Nick also works as a rehearsal director and teacher. He regularly takes work at Victorian State Ballet (Melbourne) as a guest teacher and rehearsal director to support them in putting their work on. His teaching experiences ranges from classical classes, to creative workshops as he aims to inspire the next generation of dancers to work collaboratively and openly. Some organisations he's taught at include The Australian Ballet School, Transit Dance, Gateway Studio, Jamiel Laurence Creation and Matthew Bourne's New Adventures
