School of Dance Annual Performances 2026

Nicholas Shoesmith is a choreographer, teacher and performance artist based in Glasgow, Scotland.

After graduating in 2012, he spent 10 years as a dancer at Scottish Ballet, 6 of which he performed as a soloist. Throughout his career, Nick has worked with an extensive number of choreographers and leaders in the industry including Christopher Hampson, David Dawson, Helen Pickett, Crystal Pite, Matthew Bourne, as well as many others.

Since retiring as a dancer, he has taken on the role of Associate Choreographer of Scottish Ballet, creating many short films as well as stage works such as the Wee Nutcracker (2025).

Daniel Davidson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

He joined Scottish Ballet in 2005 where he performed works by renowned choreographers including Richard Alston, George Balanchine, Matthew Bourne, Trisha Brown, Christopher Bruce, Jorma Elo, William Forsythe, Christopher Hampson, Kenneth MacMillan, Hans van Manen, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Ashley Page, Krzysztof Pastor, Stephen Petronio & Twyla Tharp.

From 2014-2022, Daniel danced with Rambert and performed in works by Christopher Bruce, Kim Brandstrup, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Merce Cunningham, Ben Duke, Sharon Eyal, Andonis Foniadakis, Hofesh Shechter, Wayne McGregor, Imre & Marne van Opstal, Jo Strømgren, Marion Motin, Shobana Jeyasingh, Didy Veldman, Wim Vandekeybus & Alexander Whitley amongst others.

Daniel now works as a freelance artist and choreographer. His choreographic work includes pieces for Ballet Jersey, Scottish Ballet’s Youth Exchange and ‘Safe to be Me’ programmes, Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, Juilliard, Ballet Nights, Ballet Central, Elmhurst Ballet Company, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, National Youth Ballet, The Dance School of Scotland, The National Theatre’s River Stage, Covent Garden Dance Company, Images Ballet Company, London Vocational Ballet School and Dance Studio Scotland.

In 2023 he joined the creative team of Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show and in 2025 was promoted to Associate Director. In 2024, he completed an MA in Choreography through Central School of Ballet and University of Kent.

Rowan trained at the Royal Ballet School and the Dance School of Scotland before graduating in Musical Theatre and Commercial Jazz from the London Studio Centre. She then went on to enjoy a successful and varied performing career spanning international and UK tours, film, and television.

Rowan’s choreographic credits include the BBC’s Silk Screens (Glasgow River Festival), Mother Goose (Kings Theatre Glasgow), The Edinburgh Festival closing ceremony, FOP (Glasgow Commonwealth Games), Aashaa UK Tour, and numerous corporate and fashion shows.

Over the past ten years, Rowan has taught at many leading UK schools and colleges including East London College, Scottish Ballet’s Education Programme, and the Dance School of Scotland. She is currently teaching on the BA Modern Ballet and Musical Theatre courses at RCS as well as working with the Scottish Ballet Associates and lecturing in dance at West College Scotland.

Rowan says “It has been a pleasure working with students from the BA Modern Ballet programme to create a piece for this year’s showcase.”

Fabrice joined the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2013 as a lecturer in Modern Ballet and has been a frequent guest teacher to Australia, Canada, France, Japan and at the UK’s Royal Ballet School.

James Pett and Travis Clausen-Knight are internationally recognised choreographers creating work for major ballet companies, opera houses and festivals across Europe, Asia and the Americas. As the founding artists behind PCK Dance, their choreographic voice combines intense physicality with striking visual worlds, crafting work that pairs emotional depth with bold visual language

Their growing catalogue of commissions has established them as sought-after choreographers worldwide. In 2025, their full-length ballet Bodies of Division for Ballet de Santiago was awarded Best Dance Work of the Year by the Chilean Critics’ Circle. Critic Juan Antonio Muñoz H. described their work as combining “extreme physicality with a powerful visual aesthetic… unfolding with hypnotic elegance.”

Their international commissions include works for Croatian National Ballet, Ballet de Monterrey, Bangkok City Ballet and Phoenix Dance Theatre. Their large-scale ballet Bolero, created for Bangkok City Ballet and the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra as part of the official celebrations for the King of Thailand’s birthday, brought together a full orchestra with fourteen dancers in a contemporary interpretation of Ravel’s score, described as “hypnotic, mesmeric and visually stunning.”

Pett and Clausen-Knight are also regularly invited to create for major international gala stages. Their work A Stranding, created for Paris Opera Ballet Étoile Marie-Agnès Gillot at the Ballet Icons Gala at the London Coliseum, was met with critical acclaim, with Seeing Dance describing them as “some of the most exciting choreographers around.”

Alongside their choreographic work, both artists performed internationally with companies including Company Wayne McGregor, Michael Clarke Company, New Adventures and Richard Alston Dance, appearing at venues such as Sadler’s Wells, the London Coliseum, Palais Garnier and the Bolshoi Theatre.

Their company, PCK Dance, has received consecutive National Dance Award nominations and continues to build an international reputation for bold, visually driven contemporary work.

Madeline Squire is a creative dance artist, choreographer, and movement director. She was a First Artist dancer with Scottish Ballet for eleven years. She was awarded most recently, Artist in Residence, at The University of Edinburgh, Moray House School of Education and Sport. She creates works both with digital dance as well as on stage.

Her work is influenced from her own experience of neurological recovery and approach to disability. Celebrating and exploring the beauty in uniqueness, with a new perspective of working. She has created work independently and for Scottish Ballet, United Nations, Nowness, The University of Edinburgh, Royal Opera House (Draft Works), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, London Vocational Ballet School and more.

Jaimie Macrae is a versatile choreographer, teacher, and performer with over a decade of experience across television, live performance, and international commercial work. After training from a young age at Hamilton Junior School, where she spent many years developing her foundation in dance, Jaimie went on to receive a scholarship to train at Broadway Dance Center with renowned dancer Slam. She has since gone on to teach at leading institutions including the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Hamilton Theatre Arts, and New College Lanarkshire.

Her choreography has featured at major events including Can You Dance, Go Dance, and the Dance World Cup, with performances staged at venues such as the Theatre Royal Glasgow and the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Her performance credits include Britain’s Got Talent, America’s Got Talent, Got to Dance, The Bauma Exhibition, Mobile World Congress, and Still Game Live, alongside performance work across Europe, the USA, and the Middle East . Known for her strong, dynamic commercial style, Jaimie is passionate about creating powerful, performance-driven work and inspiring the next generation of dancers.

Diana trained at the Queensland University of Technology in Australia where she toured and performed before moving to London. Diana’s performance career spans 20 years performing internationally with Alston, James, Bonachela, Bruce, and Douglas, joining Scottish Ballet as a soloist in 2003 under Ashley Page. Diana danced many of his works alongside Alston, Petronio, Davies, Forsythe, Spink, Ashton, Brown, Pastor, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa, Lawrance and Bourne. Diana received a Herald Angel award for excellence during the Edinburgh Festival in 2005.