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= Simon Rice =

The Royal Ballet
Simon Rice trained at the Royal Ballet School before joining the Royal Ballet  Company in 1982, becoming  a First Soloist in 1989.

Before leaving in 1992 Simon danced lead and supporting roles in choreographic works by:- Sir Frederick Ashton: The Dream - Puck and Bottom, A Month in The Country - Kolya, Cinderella - The Jester, La Fille Mal Gardée - Alain, Les Patineurs - Blue Boy; Jerome Robbins: The Concert - The Shy Boy; Anthony Dowell: Swan Lake - The Neopolitan; Natalia Makarova: La Bayadere -The Bronze Idol; Sir Peter Wright: The Nutcracker -The Nutcracker and Fritz; David Bintley: Prometheus - The Creature, Sons of Horus - Hopi; Sir Kenneth MacMillan: Elite Syncopations - Alaskan Rag and Friday Night, Mayerling - Bratfisch, Prince of the Pagodas - The Fool, and The Rite of Spring - The Chosen One – the first male dancer to perform this role.

Other Work
Shortly after going freelance in 1992 he danced in Carousel at The National Theatre and performed Mr Mistoffelees in Cats. He choreographed The Vary People, performed in Japan and at the Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoleto, Italy. From 1999 to 2004 he danced as a guest artist for K-ballet in Japan. In Opera, he danced the role of Puck in The Fairy-Queen at the ENO in 1996 and 1999 and acted the role of Puck at the Nationaltheater Mannheim in Germany in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2002 and 2003. His extensive work with Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre (1998 to 2007) includes the role of Nurse Mary in Giselle at The Barbican, London. Other work includes The Skin of Our Teeth at The Young Vic (2004) and Everyday for The Corn Exchange at The Dublin Theatre Festival (2006).

Recent

 * Founded flamingofeather, a physical theatre company, in 2007 with Brazilian actress Ilana Gorban. Directed works such as Chasing My Tale, which was performed in Sao Paulo and at The Wellcome Trust in London as part of The Handle with Care event. He created and performed the solo work, The Beekeeper in London and Rio de Janeiro.


 * Launched professional dance company Abundance, early in 2011. They performed Grace choreographed by Simon at the Royal Opera House as part of Draft Works at the Linbury in January 2012.


 * Founded community dance company Sage, in 2010, to focus on creating original choreographic work for dancers over 55.


 * Awarded The Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts Fellowship 2010 to study models for social inclusion in Brazil.