Lynn Wallis - Special Guest ISS 2010

Lynn Wallis joined the Royal Academy of Dance in 1994 as Artistic Director responsible for setting and maintaining the standards of dance training worldwide, developing the Academy’s syllabus and planning courses internationally for students.

Following training at the Royal Ballet school and a dancing career with the Royal Ballet Touring company, Lynn became Ballet Mistress at the Royal Ballet school (1969-1982) and later, Deputy Principal. In 1984, at the invitation of Erik Bruhn, she joined the National Ballet of Canada as Artistic Coordinator. In 1986 she became Associate Artistic Director with Valerie Wilder, and Co-Artistic Director from 1987-1989. In 1990, she was appointed Deputy Artistic Director of English National Ballet.

Lynn has lead the Creative Panel for Pre-Primary in Dance and Primary in Dance and chaired the Artistic Panel of Dance Professionals who wrote The Foundations of Classical Ballet Technique and The Progressions of Classical Ballet Technique. In 2001 Lynn was nominated and short-listed for the European Women of Achievement Awards. In 2004 she was nominated for an Isadora Duncan Dance award in the category of Reconstruction/Revival/ Restaging for her work on Monotones I and II, Sir Frederick Ashton, San Francisco Ballet.