Northern School of Contemporary Dance
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The Conservatoire provides a pipeline of expertly-trained performing arts professionals working in the UK’s creative industries and helping to build the UK’s international reputation. On stage and screen and behind the scenes, our alumni are the actors, dancers, circus artists, choreographers, directors, designers, stage managers and theatre technicians shaping the industry today.
Many of our alumni are household names, just a sample of which are listed below.
Acrojou (National Centre)
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Adesola Akinleye, Dancer & Choreographer (Rambert)
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Adrian Lester, Actor (RADA)
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Akram Khan, Artistic Director & Choreographer (NSCD)
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Alan Rickman, Actor & Director (RADA)
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Alex Jennings, Actor (BOVTS)
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Alula, Cyr Wheel (National Centre)
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Anna Chancellor, Actor (LAMDA)
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Anna Maxwell Martin, Actor (LAMDA)
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Anna Trevien, Senior Benesh Notator (CSB)
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Anthony Hopkins, Actor (RADA)
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Anthony Missen, Artistic Director (NSCD)
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Anthony van Laast, Choreographer (LCDS)
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Arron Sparks, Juggler (National Centre)
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Augusts Dakteris, Aerial Straps (National Centre)
Barely Methodical Troupe (National Centre)
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Ben Duke, Dancer & Choreographer (LCDS)
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Ben Whishaw, Actor (RADA)
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Benedict Cumberbatch, Actor (LAMDA)
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Bertie Carvel, Actor (RADA)
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Carlos Pons Guerra, Choreographer (NSCD)
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Carys Staton, Dancer (Rambert)
Celeste Dandeker-Arnold, Founder CandoCo (LCDS)
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Charlotte Edmonds, Choreographer (Rambert)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Actor (LAMDA)
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Chloe Leong, Dancer (Rambert)
Christopher Adams, Dancer (Rambert)
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Christopher Bruce, Choreographer (Rambert)
Christopher Marney, Dancer & Choreographer (CSB)
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Christopher Powney, Artistic Director Royal Ballet School (Rambert)
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Collectif and Then… (National Centre)
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Craig Reid, Hula Hoop (National Centre)
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Dane Hurst, Dancer & Choreographer (Rambert/CSB)
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Daniel Day-Lewis, Actor (BOVTS)
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Daniel Squire, Dancer (Rambert)
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Darrel Toulon, Dancer (CSB)
Darshan Singh Bhuller, Choreographer (LCDS)
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David Ledger, Dancer (Rambert)
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David Oyelowo, Actor (LAMDA)
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David Suchet, Actor (LAMDA)
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Dominic Cooper, Actor (LAMDA)
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Edward Pearce, Dancer (Rambert)
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Erica Whyman, Deputy Artistic Director RSC (BOVTS)
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Etta Murfitt, Assistant Director, New Adventures (LCDS)
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Faye Marsay, Actor (BOVTS)
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Fergus Logan, Dancer (CSB)
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Fiona Shaw, Actor (RADA)
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Freddie Opoku Addaie, Dancer & Choreographer (LCDS)
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Freya Jeffs, Dancer & Curator (CSB)
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Gail Parmel, Artistic Director ACE (NSCD)
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Gary Carr, Actor (LAMDA)
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Gary Clarke, Choreographer & Artistic Director (NSCD)
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Gemma Arterton, Actor (RADA)
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Grace Jabbari, Dancer (Rambert)
Gracefool Collective, Dance Artists (NSCD)
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Gregory Doran, Artistic Director RSC (BOVTS)
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Hannah Bateman, Dancer (CSB)
Hannah Kidd, Dancer (LCDS)
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Harriet Walter, Actor (LAMDA)
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Helen Baxendale, Actor (BOVTS)
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Hermione Norris, Actor (LAMDA)
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Imelda Staunton, Actor (RADA)
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Jamaal Burkmar, Dancer & Choreographer (NSCD)
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James Cousins, Dancer & Choreographer (LCDS)
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James Wilton, Choreographer (LCDS)
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Janet Archer, Chief Executive, Creative Scotland (LCDS)
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Janet McTeer, Actor (RADA)
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Janet Suzman, Actor (LAMDA)
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Javier De Frutos, Choreographer (LCDS)
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Jeremy Irons, Actor (BOVTS)
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Jessica Lyall, Dancer (Rambert)
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Jim Broadbent, Actor (LAMDA)
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John Leonard, Sound Designer (BOVTS)
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Jonathan Suffolk, Head of Sound & Video, NT (BOVTS)
Jonzi D, Artistic Director (LCDS)
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Joseph Mawle, Actor (BOVTS)
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Joseph Poulton, Dancer (CSB)
Juliet Stevenson, Actor (RADA)
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Kanika Carr, Dancer (CSB)
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Kenneth Branagh, Actor & Director (RADA)
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Kenneth Tharp, Former Chief Executive, The Place (LCDS)
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Kenneth Tindall, Choreographer (CSB)
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Kevin Turner, Artistic Director, Company Chameleon (NSCD)
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Kim Brandstrup, Choreographer (LCDS)
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Kip Johnson, Dancer (NSCD)
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Kizzy Matiakis, Dancer (CSB)
Kym Sojourna, Dancer (Rambert)
Liam Mower, Dancer (Rambert)
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Liam Riddick, Dancer (LCDS)
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Lucas Boutin, Chinese Pole (National Centre)
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Lucie LePoivre, Swinging Trapeze (National Centre)
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Luke Newberry, Actor (BOVTS)
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Mari Kamata, Dancer (Rambert)
Mark Rylance, Actor (RADA)
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Mark Strong, Actor (BOVTS)
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Martin Shaw, Actor (LAMDA)
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Maureen Lipman, Actor (LAMDA)
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Maxine Peake, Actor (RADA)
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Michael Keegan-Dolan, Choreographer (CSB)
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Michael Sheen, Actor (RADA)
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Mike Leigh, Director (RADA)
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Miranda Richardson, Actor (BOVTS)
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Naomie Harris, Actor (BOVTS)
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Natalie Reckert, Handbalancing (National Centre)
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Natasha Chivers, Lighting Designer (LAMDA)
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Nicholas Keegan, Dancer & Choreographer (Rambert)
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Nikki Amuka-Bird, Actor (LAMDA)
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Nikki and JD, Hand to Hand (National Centre)
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Norman Douglas, Dancer & Artistic Director (CSB)
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O-T Fagbenle, Actor (RADA)
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Olivia Colman, Actor (BOVTS)
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Oona Chaplin, Actor (RADA)
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Paterson Joseph, Actor (LAMDA)
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Patricia Hodge, Actor (LAMDA)
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Patrick Stewart, Actor (BOVTS)
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Paul Chantry, Dancer & Artistic Director (CSB)
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Paul Pyant, Lighting Designer (RADA)
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Pearl Mackie, Actor (BOVTS)
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Pete Postlethwaite, Actor (BOVTS)
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Ralph Fiennes, Actor (RADA)
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Riccardo Buscarini, Choreographer (LCDS)
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Richard Alston, Artistic Director & Choreographer (LCDS)
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Richard Armitage, Actor (LAMDA)
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Richard Attenborough, Actor & Director (RADA)
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Richard Winsor, Dancer & Actor (CSB)
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Rory Kinnear, Actor (LAMDA)
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Rosie Kay, Choreographer (LCDS)
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Ruth Wilson, Actor (LAMDA)
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Sally Hawkins, Actor (RADA)
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Sam Claflin, Actor (LAMDA)
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Samantha Bond, Actor (BOVTS)
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Sarah Kundi, Dancer (CSB)
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Sharon Watson, Phoenix Dance Theatre (LCDS)
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Silver Lining (National Centre)
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Simple Cypher (National Centre)
Siobhan Davies, Artistic Director (LCDS)
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So and So Circus (National Centre)
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Sophie Okenedo, Actor (RADA)
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Tamsin Fitzgerald, Choreographer & Artistic Director (NSCD)
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Timothy Percent, Dancer (Rambert)
Toby Stephens, Actor (LAMDA)
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Tom Hiddleston, Actor (RADA)
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Vanessa Kang, Dancer (Rambert)
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Wunmi Mosaku, Actor (RADA)
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