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George Hill (born 1986, Radstock, Somerset) is an award-winning English ballet dancer who has performed with Semperoper Ballet at Dresden and the Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam.

Early life
He grew up in Radstock, Somerset where he attended St Nicholas Primary School and his mother's establishment the Susan Hill School of Dance, before attending the Royal Ballet School from age 11.

Awards

 * Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance (2004)
 * Finalist, Young British dancer of the Year (2004)
 * Alan Hooper Memorial Award (2001)

Career
He danced with the Birmingham Royal Ballet. In 2005 he became a member of the Semperoper Ballet at Dresden. In 2007 he achieved the status of Coryphée there. He has also danced with the Dutch National Ballet at Amsterdam

Film Productions
 * The Freak, Melkweg Productions (2009)
 * Giselle (D. Dawson); Fritten Film (2008)

Media coverage
Local newspaper coverage includes the Somerset Guardian and Standard, Western Daily Press in Bristol

He has been reviewed in national UK newspapers including The Times.

He has been reviewed in The Stage and Ballet Magazine

He has been reviewed in many foreign publications inluding The New York Times ,

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