Simon Rice

The Royal Ballet

• 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 Neapolitan;
• Natalia Makarova: La Bayadère - 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

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 São Paulo and at the Wellcome Trust in London as part of The Handle with Care event and Drina, inspired by João Guimarães Rosa’s short story. 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 Rice, at the Royal Opera House as part of Draft Works in 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.