James is a dynamic and versatile international choreographer, movement director and teacher. James’ professional creative career has seen him choreograph for Musical Theatre, Screen, Opera, Dance and Circus on a range of national and international successes. James’ work specialises in the fusion of Contemporary and Jazz styles specificically for musical theatre and draws focus on acting through movement techniques in search for an honest and raw use of emotion in dance performance and choreography.

Choreographic Credits include:

Spring Awakening (Falmouth University); The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: The Musical (Institute for Contemporary Theatre); Carmen (Staatsoper Hannover); Luisa Miller (English National Opera); The Greek Passion (Staatsoper Hannover); El Amor Brujo (Teatro Arriaga); Dido and Aeneas (Teatro Arriaga); L’enfant de les Sortileges (Wiener Kammeroper); Olympia (Wiener Kammeroper), Luisa Miller (Wuppertaler Buhnen); La Belle au bois Dormant (Opera National de Lyon); LifeLine (The Carriageworks Theatre); The Beggars Opera (Leeds College of Music); L’orfeo (LCoM); The Gadget Show (Channel 4); Born&Bread (Arts Council England).

‍