Matthew Astley

Birthplace
Wolverhampton, UK

Training
Royal Ballet School

English National Ballet
Joined 2017. First Artist 2022. Finalist of Emerging Dancer 2022.

Previous companies
Demi Soloist – Ballet du Capitole (2012-2017) and The Nutcracker with Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2012

Career highlight
Dancing in William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude and working with Oleg Vinogradov performing in Paquita (pas de trois)

Other info
Winner of the Phyllis Bedells Bursary, 2009 – Royal Academy of Dance