Mark Kay AIChor

PCBMN Programme Tutor

Mark Kay took up the profession of Choreology after studying Benesh Movement Notation at The Australian Ballet School.

In 1986 he went to London to complete the notation course at the Benesh Institute and while there notated and worked with the choreographer Gillian Lynne on the musical The Phantom of the Opera. He joined The Royal Ballet as a freelance choreologist in 1987 and worked on Wayne Eagling’s Beauty and the Beast and Dowell’s Swan Lake. In 1988, Mark started working for English National Ballet during which time he performed, notated, staged and worked with many choreographers and directors. In 1993, Mark joined The Australian Ballet as Company Choreologist, becoming Ballet Master/Choreologist in 2002. Mark now works as a freelance choreologist.