BIOG
Leigh Alderson (born 1986) is a dancer from Portadown, Northern Ireland. He began dancing at the age of seven at The Donna Whitten Dance School, and later The Susan McMillian Ballet School. After training with both teachers for three years, Leigh went on to the Royal Ballet School in London for eights years training.
During this time, the BBC produced three documentary films about his life, the first being aired in October 1998, entitled Lost To Dance. The second film was aired in September 2005, entitled A God Given Gift, and the third, also entitled A God Given Gift, was aired in December 2007.
Whilst at school Leigh was the recipient of several awards including The Lynne Seymour Award For Most Expressive Dancer 2004, The Royal Ballet School Achievement Award 2005, The NJL Sponsored Award For Choreographic Development 2005 and The Royal Ballet School Achievement Award 2006.
Whilst in the last three years of his training, Leigh travelled to Toronto, Canada to perform in a production of FOUR LAST SONG's by Rudi Van Danzig, and then performed it again in Stuttgart, Germany. He also performed COLOURBLIND, a duet with Jay Hale-Christofi which he himself choreographed to much critical success, both in Palermo, Sicily and at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
After being offered several contracts, Leigh accepted a place with Scottish Ballet, and moved to Glasgow in 2006. He stayed with them for two years, dancing in a range of their Ballets including Page's Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, Pastor's Romeo and Juliet and In Light and Shadow, Brown's MG the Movie, and Forsyth's Artifact. Leigh left Scottish National Ballet in 2008.
In 2007 A Biography was written by Leslie Norton entitled 'FREDRICK FRANKLIN : A Biography Of A Ballet Star. Due to Fredrick's involvement in Leigh's 2005 and 2007 BBC Documentaries GOD GIVEN GIFT and GOD GIVEN GIFT 2, Leigh was subsequently included in Fredrick's Biography.
AND THERE WE HAVE IT - MY LIFE AS OF AUGUST 2008!
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