Javier De Frutos

Javier De Frutos (collaborator) trained at the London School of Contemporary Dance and the Merce Cunningham School in New York City. In 1994, he established the Javier De Frutos Dance Company, and his work has been performed by Rotterdam Dance Group, Ballet Shindowski, Nuremberg Ballet, Rambert Dance Company, the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Candoco, the Royal Ballet, and Gothenburg Ballet. De Frutos has received numerous accolades: Olivier Award nominations for Best Theatre Choreographer, Best New Dance Production, and Best Achievement in Dance; Time Out Live Award and Critics Circle National Dance Award for Best Choreography. His collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys earned him the 2011 Evening Standard Beyond Theatre Award, and a Critics Circle nomination as Best Choreographer. Recent choreographic credits include From Here to Eternity, National Theatre’s Table, London Road, Ragtime, and Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe.