Wyatt is new ENB School Director

Published: 6 April 2017
Reporter: Vera Liber

Sue Wyatt Credit: Brian Slater/One Dance UK

As of 1 April 2017, English National Ballet School has a new director: Sue Wyatt.

Wyatt is currently the Chair of One Dance UK. Until 2015, she was also Trustee and Vice-Chair of the Council for Dance Education and Training, is former Chief Executive of Rambert Dance Company and past Manager of The Cholmondeleys & Featherstonehaughs.

She was also Head of Combined Arts and Strategy at East Midlands Arts Board, a Council Member for Arts Council London, Chair of artsdepot Barnet and a Trustee for both Phoenix Dance Theatre and Hampstead Theatre.

Wyatt said, “I am delighted to have been invited to lead English National Ballet School. I am looking forward to working alongside English National Ballet as the two organisations co-locate in their new state-of-the-art ‘homes’ in London’s City Island.

"Bringing School and Company together within the same building will hugely enhance the educational experience of the students and also be an opportunity to reaffirm the School’s position as one of the world’s finest ballet’s schools.”

Steve Sacks, Chairman of English National Ballet School, said, “on behalf of the Board, I am delighted to welcome Sue as our new Director. She brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience within the Dance and Education sector and will be a tremendous addition to the School.

"In 2018, we will begin an exciting new chapter in the School’s history as we move to our exciting new facility in London’s City Island and I am confident that, under Sue’s leadership, this will be hugely successful. I would also like to extend my tremendous thanks to Delia Barker for her superb job leading the School over the past seven years.”

Wyatt will oversee the School’s move to London’s City Island in 2018 in partnership with English National Ballet.

Current Director Delia Barker leaves after seven years to take up a new position at The Roundhouse.

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