Owen Morris (Copyright 2022)
OWEN MORRIS - Dance Artist and Educator
www.owen-morris.com
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Performance Experience
Classical Work
- State Opera Varna Ballet, Bulgaria – Company Soloist
- Cape Town City Ballet, South Africa – Corps de Ballet
- Classical Ballet Roles: Giselle – Hilarion, Wilfred, Peasant Pas de Deux, The Nutcracker – Flowers Cavalier, Russian, Arabian Pas de Deux, Spanish, Soldier Doll, Rat King, The Sleeping Beauty – Bluebird Pas de Deux, Puss in Boots, Swan Lake – Spanish Dance, Romeo and Juliet – Tybalt, Don Quixote – Matador, La Bayadère – Drum Dance, Galas - Le Corsaire Pas de Deux.
Theatre, Film, TV & Opera
-Disney’s The Nutcracker and The Four Realms – Featured Dancer (choreography: Liam Scarlett), White Oak – Short Film, Featured Dancer (Beijing International Film Festival), Channel 4 – Dancer, Royal Opera House - Dancer, Glyndebourne Summer Festival- Dancer, Royal Albert Hall – Dancer, State Opera Varna Musicals – Ensemble Member, Leila – The Land of Imagination for Balich Worldwide Shows in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Dancer, Tom’s Midnight Garden, UK Tour – Originated role of Tom (choreography: Gareth Mole, produced by Frances Livesey), Jamiel Laurence Productions The Nutcracker in Cardiff, Wales – Dancer.
Current Guest Teaching Engagements (2025 – Present)
-Rambert School, Arts Ed, Millennium Performing Arts, Laine Theatre Arts, City Academy Adult Ballet Courses, Bede Legat Dance Academy, Cecchetti Ballet Associates, Cover ballet classes for David Kierce, Denzil Bailey, Anna Du Boisson, Amber Doyle, and Ian Knowles at Pineapple Dance Studios, Danceworks, and Central School of Ballet (Evening Programme) – Classical Ballet Teacher.
Regular Teaching Engagements (2024 – Present)
- CATS Swindon - Ballet Tutor Contemporary Cohort / Healthier Dance Unit Tutor.
- Bodyworks West Health Club / Willesden Sports Centre – Group Pilates Instructor and Barre Instructor.
Summer/Easter Intensives & International Guest Teaching (2024 – Present)
-Elmhurst Ballet School, Royal Academy of Dance, Tring Park School for Performing Arts, English National Ballet School, Bede Legat Dance Academy, Mandy Dance Academy – Malta, English Ballet School – Germany, Buckingham Dance Studios – Classical Ballet Teacher, Coach for Rep & Solos, Pas De Deux, Pilates Teacher.
Previous Teaching Engagements
- Laine Theatre Arts (2024 – 2025) – 1st Year Maternity Cover Ballet Tutor; 2nd Year Classical Pas De Deux Tutor; Cover Ballet Tutor across all year groups under Artistic Director Matt Cole & Laura McCulloch as Head of Classical Ballet.
- City Academy Professional Dancers Course (2023 – 2025) – Solo/Variation Coaching, Pas De Deux Tutor for Professional Dancers Course. Worked alongside Anita Young MBE, Tania Fairbairn, Estela Merlos, Jose Agudo, Denzil Bailey, Conchita Del Campo, Chris Wright, Kiril Burlov & Nuria Garcia.
- Pineapple Dance Studios (2023) - Conditioning for Dancers Class.
- English National Ballet School (2023 – 2024) – Group Pilates Tutor across 1st, 2nd, 3rd Years & Grad Programme; Rehab Ballet & Pilates Teacher under Viviana Durante.
– Guest Ballet Tutor for - London Vocational Ballet School, Chelmsford Ballet Company, Elite Ballet Project, St Charles Catholic Sixth Form, Totnes School of Dance. Cape Town City Ballet Outreach (2018 – 2024)
Qualifications & Professional Development
- BA (Hons) Dance, Level 6 – Northumbria University, BBO Level 5 Diploma in Dance Teaching with Distinction, Pilates Teaching Diploma, Progressive Ballet Teacher Certified Teacher – PBT, RAD Advanced 2 Ballet, Associate Member of Royal Academy of Dance – ARAD, CPD with Royal Ballet School – Healthy Dancer / Teaching Observation, Kerry Nicholls Artist Mentoring Programme (2019), Enhanced DBS / Prevent Training / Safeguarding Training (TES), Public Liability Insurance, Emergency First Aid at Work – British Red Cross (Valid Sept 2028), Grade 5 Violin / Music Theory – RAM, 1 A-Level (Level 3), 1 BTEC Level 3, Higher National Diploma, 8 GCSEs (A*–C)
Publications & Interests: Published author; hobbies include reading, writing, watching sports, swimming, running, Pilates, attending theatre, concerts, cinema, music, travelling to new countries and exploring different cultures and being by the ocean.
Training:
- Nicola Brice & Terence Etheridge in Cornwall.
- Totnes School of Dance & Kennicott Sixth Form Performing Arts Programme in Devon.
- Vocational Training with Ballet West & Ballet West Touring Company in Scotland.
- National Youth Ballet of Great Britain, Duchy Ballet & Cornwall Youth Dance Company.

Photo credit Johan Persson

