Bull, Deborah ___ 1963-n/a ___ British ___ dancer

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Deborah Bull was born in Derby, and brought up in Skegness, Kent. She learned dance locally from aged seven, but on the recommendation of a teacher went to study at the Royal Ballet School. In 1980 she won the prestigious Prix de Lausanne competition. The following year she joined the Royal Ballet; and in 1992 was appointed principal dancer. In 1996, she took part in a debate about arts funding at the Oxford Union, and her performance as an eloquent and persuasive speaker was much praised. Thereafter, her dancing career was complemented by a more public life, as a speaker, writer and broadcaster. In 2002, she retired from the Royal Ballet, moving directly to become creative director for the Royal Opera House’s contemporary ballet division (ROH2). After much success in that role, she was appointed creative director of the Royal Opera House in 2008. She left that position in 2012 to join King’s College London as Executive Director, King’s Cultural Institute. Since 1998, when she was appointed to the Arts Council England board, she has contributed widely to arts or arts-related organisations (including governor of the BBC, board member for South Bank Centre and Random Dance). In 1998, Methuen published Dancing Away - A Covent Garden Diary - a personal journal kept by Bull during a world tour with the Royal Ballet (taking place while the Royal Opera House was being restructured).
A biography link
Wikipedia bio
The Diary Review - A laptop dance

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1999 ___ culture music travel

WEB TEXT LINKS
a bit about
 

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
 

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Dancing Away
 

May 2006, September 2008, March 2013
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