JAVIER DE FRUTOS (Creative Collaborator) trained at the London School of Contemporary Dance and the Merce Cunningham School in NYC. In 1994, he established the Javier De Frutos Dance Company. His work has been performed by Rotterdam Dance Group, Ballet Shindowski, Nuremberg Ballet, Rambert Dance Company, The Royal New Zealand Ballet, Candoco, The Royal Ballet, and Gothenburg Ballet. He has received numerous accolades: Olivier Awards nominations for Best Theatre Choreographer, Best New Dance Production, and Best Achievement in Dance, and Time Out Live Award and Critics Circle National Dance Award for Best Choreography. Javier’s collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys earned him the 2011 Evening Standard "Beyond Theatre" Award and a nomination from the Critics Circle as Best Choreographer. Recent choreographic credits include From Here to Eternity, National Theatre’s Table, London Road, Ragtime, and Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe.