David Steele

Head Education and Learning Partnerships

Professor David Steele, FRSA, was previously Dean of the School of Dance at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Prior to which he held posts at Centre National de Danse Contemporaine, France, Director of Studies and London Contemporary Dance School, Vice Principal. He was also the founding rector of The Danish National School for Contemporary Dance. He has been a visiting lecturer at many leading schools, amongst them Rosella Hightower School in Cannes and Rudra Béjart, Lausanne. In 2008 he was created a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. In 2015, he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of the University, by his Alma Mater, Middlesex University.