VIVIENNE
SAXTON
DIRECTOR OF DANCE

Since graduating from the Royal Ballet School Teachers’ Training Course, Vivienne has run her own school and has worked at the Bush Davies Schools, the Royal Ballet School, Stella Mann College and Bird College. She has an MA in Ballet Studies from the University of Surrey, Roehampton and has taught and lectured worldwide.

Vivienne is currently Head of Dance & Teacher Training at the Momentum Performing Arts Academy,
formerly Margaret Howard Theatre College, and the ISTD Coordinator at Bird College. She is involved in the development of the teacher training qualifications at the ISTD and is on the Panel that devised the Level 6 Diploma in Dance Pedagogy.

Vivienne is a Fellow and Examiner for the Imperial Classical Ballet Faculty and the National Dance Faculty. Vivienne was Chair of the Imperial Ballet Faculty from 2010 until 2019 and also served as Vice-Chair of the ISTD Theatre Faculty Board and as a member of Council