DAVID BINTLEY

David Bintley was appointed Artistic Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1995. Born in Huddersfield in 1957, he trained at the Royal Ballet School. He choreographed his first ballet to Igor Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale, at the age of 16, followed two years later by his first professional work for Sadler's Wells Ballet, The Outsider. In 1976, Mr. Bintley joined Sadler's Wells Ballet (now Birmingham Royal Ballet), where he performed a number of character roles, including Alain and Widow Simone in Sir Frederick Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardee; Bottom in The Dream; Ugly Sister in Ashton's Cinderella; the Red King in Nanette Valois' Checkmate; and the Rake in Valois' Rake's Progress. From 1986 to 1993, he served as resident choreographer for Sadler's Wells Ballet until his appointment as Artistic Director in 1995. Mr. Bintley's works include Swan of Tuonela (1982), Consort Lessons (1983), Flowers of the Forest (1985), Gallantries (1986), The Snow Queen (1986), Allegri Diversi (1987), "Still Life" at the Penguin Café (1988), Hobson's Choice (1989), Cyrano (1991), Tombeau (1993), Edward II (1995), Carmina Burana (1995), Far from the Madding Crowd (1996), and The Nutcracker Sweeties (1996).