Andrew Wilson

Andrew Wilson is an Irish ballet dancer, ballet teacher, choreographer and academic administrator from Dublin, Ireland. The second of three Irish male students of the Royal Ballet School, he is a former Soloist of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. As of 2022, he is Head of Ballet and Contemporary Dance at Bird College, London, where he has taught since 2000.

Studies and career Born and brought up in Dublin, Wilson trained with Jill Wigham in Dublin, then at Bird College (Conservatoire for Dance and Musical Theatre) in Sidcup, London, graduating in 1983. During this period, he also appeared in the film short Shoes by Peter Finnegan, entered in the Cannes Film Festival of 1981.

Wilson obtained a place for further study at the Royal Ballet School (RBS), only the second male student from Ireland to do so, following Kilian O'Callaghan in 1980. He applied for and received support from the Arts Council of Ireland, and the Gulbenkian Foundation, and also won the Harvey Theatre Scholarship in 1983 to support these studies. At the RBS, he won the Cyril Beaumont Bursary, and was also selected by Artistic Director Merle Park to represent the school at the 1984 Prix de Lausanne competition. and Isabelle Ashe Theatre Arts, both in Dublin. Wilson has also coached and judged on a television show "Pump up my Dance" for the Irish State broadcaster, RTÉ, selecting potential corps de ballet members.

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