Career history
Consultant, producer, facilitator, advisor
2019 -
Akademi
Arts Council of Ireland
Arts Council Wales/Llangollen International Eisteddfod
Australian High Commission London
Chichester District Council/Season of Culture 2022
Clore Leadership
Culture Reset/people make it work
Dance City
Edinburgh International Festival
Federation of Drama Schools
Graeae
Hammersmith and Fulham
MENA Arts UK
National Theatre of Parramatta
NESCOT
Nutkhut
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Phoenix Dance Theatre
Playing ON
Rose Bruford College
Shoreditch Town Hall
Studio 3 Arts
Surf the Wave
Theatre Alibi
Theatre Re
Transform
Trowbridge Town Hall
2010-11
Brighton Dome and Festival
Cholmondeleys and Featherstonehaughs
Critical Path Sydney
Irina Brown & Timberlake Wertenbaker
Mem Morrison/Arts Admin
Salisbury Playhouse
Shaun Parker and Company
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company
Teatr Pieśń Kozła (Song of the Goat Theatre)
University of Winchester
2003-4
Bristol City Council/ACE South West
Dublin Theatre Festival/Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre
Southbank Centre/Dance Umbrella Festival
Teatr Pieśń Kozła's Macbeth (2010), directed by Grzegorz Braal, for which Nash produced an English tour, including a Barbican run and national symposium. Photograph Krzysztof Bielinski.
British Council 2011 - 2020
Creative Director, Arts, London
Director Programmes Development, Arts, London
Director Arts Wider Europe, Istanbul
Bolero (2014) was a co-production between Nottingham Playhouse, Sarajevo War Theatre and ODA Theatre Pristina. Developed with British Council during Nash's time as Director Arts for Wider Europe, it was directed by Michael Pinchbeck and designed by Sarah Lewis. Photograph Julian Hughes.
Director, The Point Eastleigh
(Eastleigh Borough Council) 2005 - 2009
Establishing an associate artist scheme at The Point, Nash was also joint lead on the £3m development of its 145m² residential creation space which opened in November 2009. Photograph Eastleigh Borough Council.
Producer, Northern Stage
(Newcastle Playhouse) 2004 - 2005
Kaput by Margaret Wilkinson (2005) was a co-production between Northern Stage and Live Theatre, Newcastle. It was directed and designed by Neil Murray with lighting by Malcolm Rippeth. Photograph Keith Pattison.
Director, Australian Dance Council
(Ausdance NSW) 2001 - 2003
As director of the state advocacy body for dance in NSW, Nash established the Critical Path programme for performance research in a former naval drill hall on Sydney Harbour. In 2010 he was asked to return to undertake an extensive impact study of the programme. Photograph Heidrun Lohr.
Drama & Dance Projects Manager,
British Council (London) 1997 - 2000
Akram Khan in his solo Loose in Flight (2000). For British Council Nash organised Khan's first international solo and company performances as a contemporary dance artist. Photograph Chris Nash.
Programme Manager, Dance Umbrella
1995 - 1997
Pre-production shot for Genesis Canyon, a site-specific work created for the Natural History Museum by Stephan Koplowitz which opened the Dance Umbrella Festival in 1996. Photograph Chris Nash.
Dancer 1981 - 96
Cycles Dance Company
Dancework
Dance Gallery, USA
Gregory Nash Group
Mantis Dance Company
Michael Clark Company
Sue MacLennan's Occasional Dance Company
Fin Walker
Rizzio in Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off by Liz Lochhead, Contact Theatre Manchester 1992. Dir. Brigid Larmour
Nash in Momentum Rush, created for his own company in 1986 during a residency at Yorkshire Dance Centre, Leeds. Costume design by John-Paul Philippe. Photograph Chris Nash.
Choreographer 1984 - 1994
Gregory Nash Group
Opera Australia
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/James Macmillan
Youth and community dance companies across the UK
Choreographer in residence Contact Theatre Manchester (1991-93), Third Eye Centre/CCA Glasgow (1988-90) and Yorkshire Dance Centre Leeds (1986)
Commissions:
Chisenhale Dance Space 1992
Contact Theatre, Manchester/Yorkshire Sculpture Park 1993
Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool 1984
Glasgow 1990 European City of Culture/Tramway
Leeds City Art Gallery 1990
Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield 1988
National Youth Dance Festival/Yorkshire Sculpture Park 1986
Handel's Julius Ceasar at Opera Australia/Sydney Opera House (1994). Nash was choreographer for the production which was directed by Francisco Negrin and designed by Anthony Baker. Photograph Branco Garcia.
Movement Director 1988 - 1995
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
Contact Theatre, Manchester
Greenwich Theatre
Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Pocket Theatre Cumbria
Sheffield Crucible
TAG, Glasgow
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Alan Cumming as Pip in TAG Theatre Company's 1988 production of Dickens' Great Expectations adapted by Jo Clifford. Nash co-directed the production with Ian Brown. Photographer unknown.
Visiting lecturer/teaching
Universities of Birmingham, Coventry, Glasgow, Singapore and Western Sydney. Bretton Hall College, De Montfort University Leicester, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University, Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Theatre School Amsterdam, Victorian College of the Arts Melbourne.
Writing/speaking
Articles for Animated, Dancing Times, International Arts Manager, New Dance Magazine, Real Time Australia, Total Theatre. Presentations/panels throughout the UK and in Adelaide, Beirut, Belgrade, Istanbul, Hong Kong, Madrid, Melbourne, Montreal, Sydney, Taipei, Tashkent, Tokyo and Yerevan.