Matthew Broadbent
Artistic Co-Ordinator
Where were you born?
Zevenaar, Netherlands.
Where did you train?
I trained at The Royal Ballet School, then danced with Northern Ballet from 2010-2015.
When did you join Scottish Ballet?
Summer 2015
Awards
2008 Finalist of the Young British Dancer of the Year
2009 Royal Ballet School Achievement Award
Why did you become a dancer?
If it wasn’t for my sister I would have never started ballet. She would go to her local dance school and when I arrived with my mum to pick her up I would sneak into the back of the class and try copying the moves. It took months of persuasion to get me to join in a class and there, in my gym shorts and socks, I realised I’d caught the dancing bug. My teacher quickly convinced me to audition for Junior Associates of the Royal Ballet School and from there the rest is history.