Lucy Burge
Choreographer
Award Nominations
2022 - International Opera Awards: Madama Butterfly at Bregenz Festival shortlisted in the New Production category
Lucy Burge was a principal dancer with Ballet Rambert between 1970 and 1985, where she danced and created major roles for choreographers including Anthony Tudor, Norman Morris and Glen Tetley.
She has also choreographed and arranged dances for Christine Edzard's feature film The Nutcracker, revived Pierrot Lunaire for Dutch National ballet, The Tempest for Norwegian National Ballet and Tudor's Judgement of Paris for Rambert Dance Company.
Lucy is a founder member of The Mature Dancers Project in London.
“Ariadne auf Naxos - Opera Holland Park
As the music declares, this Zerbinetta moves from truth to pretty artifice, and the costume change reflects that. The “Harlequinade” has genuinely funny gags, no doubt encouraged by that most original of choreographers Lucy Burge.”
“Gloriana - The Royal Opera House
The pleasure of the piece lies in the music’s unexpected flashes of beauty, in its ironical forshadowings of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and above all in the community masque which Lucy Burge’s choreography and Ultz’s visual wit make both comic and touching.”
“The Tales of Hoffman - English National Opera
Not only does Olympia’s coloratura yelp with careless ease, but the theatrical sleight-of-hand that breathes life into the puppet is hugely entertaining and hilariously choreographed by Lucy Burge.”
Gallery
2025
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Festen | Royal Ballet & Opera, Dir. Richard Jones, Lighting Des. Lucy Carter, Movement Dir. Lucy Burge |
2024
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Hansel and Gretel | Royal Ballet & Opera, Dir. & Des. Antony McDonald, Lighting Des. Lucy Carter, Movement Dir. Lucy Burge |
| Eugine Onegin | The Royal Opera House, Dir. Ted Huffman, Lighting Des. D.M. Wood, Movement Dir. Lucy Burge |
| The Rake's Progress | The Grange Festival, Dir. & Des. Antony McDonald, Movement Dir. Lucy Burge |
| La Gioconda | Osterfestspeile Salzburg, Choreo. Lucy Burge, Costume Des. Annemarie Woods |
2023
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Hansel and Gretel | The Royal Opera House, Dir. & Des. Antony McDonald, Lighting Des. Lucy Carter, Movement Dir. Lucy Burge |
2022
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Madama Butterfly | Bregenz Festival, Dir. Andreas Homoki, Set Des. Michael Levine, Costume Des. Antony McDonald |
| Ariodante | Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía , Dir. Richard Jones |
| Samson and Dalilah | The Royal Opera House, Dir. Richard Jones |
2021
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Alice's Adventures Under Ground | Irish National Opera, Dir/Des. Antony McDonald |
2020
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Alice's Adventures Under Ground | The Royal Opera House, Dir/Des. Antony McDonald, Assistant Dir. Amy Lane |
2019
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Werther | Bergen National Opera, Dir/Des. Antony McDonald, Lighting Des. Lucy Carter |
| Ariodante | Lyric Opera Chicago, Dir. Richard Jones |
| On The Town | Hyogo Performing Arts Centre (Japan), Dir/Des. Antony McDonald Lighting Des. Lucy Carter, Chor. Ashley Page |
| Hansel and Gretel | San Francisco Opera, Dir/Des. Antony McDonald, Lighting Des. Lucy Carter |
2018
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Ariadne auf Naxos | Scottish Opera and Opera Holland Park, Dir/Des. Antony McDonald |
| Powder Her Face | Irish National Opera, Dir/Des. Antony McDonald, Assitant Dir. Amy Lane |
| Parsifal | Opera National de Paris, Dir. Richard Jones |
| Hansel and Gretel | The Royal Opera House, Dir/Des. Antony McDonald, Lighting Des. Lucy Carter |
2017
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Powder Her Face | The Lyric Theatre (Belfast), Dir/Des. Antony McDonald |
| Aida | Theatre Magdeburg, Germany, Dir. Oliver Mears |
| Oliver Twist | Regent's Open Air Theatre, Dir. Caroline Byrne |
2016
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Ariodante (Revival) | Netherlands Opera, Dir. Richard Jones |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hyogo Arts Centre (Japan), Dir/Des. Antony McDonald |
| Rusalka | Scottish Opera, Dir/Des. Antony McDonald, Ass. Costume Des. Gabrielle Dalton |
| La Fanciulla del West | Santa Fe Opera, Dir. Richard Jones |
| Ariodante | Canadian Opera, Dir. Richard Jones |
| Il triccico | The Royal Opera House, Dir. Richard Jones |
2015
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Oresteia | Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Dir. Adele Thomas |
| My Fair Lady | Theater Karlsruhe, Dir. Sam Brown, Set Des. Annemarie Woods |
| Un ballo in maschera | The Royal Opera House, co-prod. Theater Dortmund & Scottish Opera, Dir. Katharina Thoma |
| Mastersingers of Nurenburg | English National Opera, Dir. Richard Jones |
| Fiddler on the Roof | Grange Park Opera & BBC Proms, Dir/Des. Antony McDonald, Costume Des. Gabrielle Dalton, Lighting Des. Lucy Carter |
2014
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| La Fanciulla Del West | English National Opera, Dir. Richard Jones |
| Ariodante | Festival D'Aix en Provence, Dir. Richard Jones |
| Queen of Spades (Revival) | Grange Park Opera |
| La Favourite | Oper Graz, Dir. Sam Brown |
2013
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Ariadne auf Naxos | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Dir. Katharina Thoma |
| Gloriana | Hamburg Staatsoper, Dir. Richard Jones |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Northern Ireland Opera, Dir/Des. Antony McDonald |
| Gloriana | The Royal Opera House, Dir. Richard Jones |
| L'Enfant et les Sortileges | State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow, Dir/Des. Antony McDonald |
| Billy Budd | Goteborgs Operan, Dir. Richard Jones, Des. Antony McDonald |