Was born in England. Was associate director of Scottish Ballet. He has create choreograph for dance, theater, television, film and opera productions. His opera productions as choreographer include Carmen (Bizet), Pique Dame, Yevgeni Onegin (Tchaikovsky) and many others. He has direct Die lustige Witwe (Lehar), Die Fledermaus (J.strauss) at the ROH, ENO, WNO, the opera houses at Barcelona, Washington, Los Angeles and others.