Louise Bennett

Louise (she/her) trained at the Royal Ballet School and danced with the Norwegian National Ballet, the Royal Swedish Ballet and English National Ballet, before becoming an international guest teacher, rehearsal director and choreographer. Louise’s teaching credits include English National Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Ballett Zürich, Ballett am Rhein and Ballet de l’Opéra du Rhin.

 

From 2020-2022, Louise was a Ballet Master at Ballett am Rhein in Düsseldorf, working on creations and repertoire by choreographers including Sharon Eyal, Demis Volpi, Andrey Kaydanovskiy, Hélene Blackburn and Aszure Barton.

 

As a choreographer, Louise has created work for companies and schools including Ballet Central, Outside Edge Theatre Company, The Royal Ballet School, Tivoli Ballet and Encore Dance Company. She made four ballets for National Youth Ballet: A Frosty Fable (2017), Ada (2018), Flora (2019) and Summer (2021), before becoming Artistic Director of the NYB Performance Company in 2022. 

 

In 2024, Louise became the Artistic Director of London Vocational Ballet School, a full time vocational and academic school based in West London.

 

Photo (c) Amber Hunt

Louise Bennett Choreographer