Kenn Burke

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Kenn Burke
Born
OccupationDancer

Kenn Burke is a Scottish ballet dancer from Fife.[1] He completed his training at the Royal Ballet School in England in 1975.[1] He subsequently returned to Scotland where he performed for the Scottish Ballet in leading roles in Elliot Goldenthal's Othello, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, and Carl Maria von Weber's Le Spectre de la Rose.[1] In 1988, he joined the Hong Kong Ballet as principal dancer.[1]

In 1990, Burke was appointed artistic director of the Scottish Ballet 2. In 1996, he was appointed dance director of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival.[2]

Kenn is artistic director at The Dance School of Scotland.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Kenn Burke – Artistic Advisor". Ballet West. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Kenn Burke". AIYF Dance School. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Staff". Dance School of Scotland. Retrieved 31 May 2012.