Gus Payne
Born: East Sussex
Trained: Royal Ballet School
Joined: 2017, promoted to First Artist in 2021
Awards: Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award, third prize, at The Royal Ballet School.
Dream role: Puck in Ashton’s The Dream.
Favourite composer: Philip Glass.
REPERTORY INCLUDES
Frederick Ashton:La Fille mal gardée (Cockerel)
David Bintley: 'Still Life’ at the Penguin Café (Texas Kangaroo Rat), Aladdin (Aladdin's friends)
Edward Clug: Radio and Juliet
Jeorge Crecis: 24
Pontus Lidberg (Raúl Reinoso, Cassi Abranches):Black Sabbath – The Ballet
Twyla Tharp: In the Upper Room
Will Tuckett: Lazuli Sky
Alexander Whitley: Kin.
Peter Wright: The Nutcracker (Harlequin, Chinese and Russian Dance), The Sleeping Beauty (The Bluebird, Pas de quatre), Swan Lake (Benno)
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