Anthony Wright

Mr. Wright was Angela DeMello’s “partner in crime”, as she liked to say about him when she was presenting Dance Master Class to the pupils that had just arrived in Urbania.

She used to introduce him that way because he actually gave her the strength to begin the project. He always believed in her being successful and liked the idea of dancing surrounded by the beauty of Montefeltro’s area.

During the past editions of Dance Master Class, he was part of the team as a classical dance teacher and helped out with the numerous daily duties.

His dancing career began very early: at the age of ten, after having received an annual scholarship of Dancing to enable training with Louise Browne OBE, FRAD.

At sixteen he began training at the Royal Ballet Upper School in London.

By 1969 until 1971 he worked with many great teachers and choreographers such as Sir Frederick Ashton, Sir Kenneth MacMillan and Jerome Robbins, being part of The Royal Ballet, The Royal Ballet Touring Company and the Covent Garden.

After retiring from performing in 1982 Mr. Wright (professionally known as Conway), enrolled in the Professional Dancer’s Teaching Course at Royal Academy of Dancing. In 1983 he worked as a dance teacher in Rio de Janeiro in many schools, where he also established an outreach programme for boys at a local orphanage.

On his return to England, Mr. Wright taught for the Yorkshire Ballet Scholarship Centre in York, later becoming a director.

From 1989 to 1997 he was engaged at the London Contemporary Dance School as Ballet Tutor and Lecturer on the degree course.

Invited to Tokyo, Japan,  by Showa Academia Musicae, he was responsible for the establishment and administration of a two year “finishing course” to prepare young dancers for entry to professional companies. A pioneering project for Japan in the years 1997-1999.

Since 2000 Mr. Wright has been working in Italy teaching for various schools in region Le Marche and Emilia Romagna; now he’s back in London where he’s still active in working with young people.