New Zealand born and raised, Cameron McMillan is a London based choreographer, dance artist and movement director with an extensive international performance and creative career spanning contemporary dance, ballet, opera, film, fashion and commercial fields.
Classically trained at the Australian Ballet School, he has danced as a leading dancer for dance companies including Rambert Dance Company, Sadler’s Wells, English National Ballet, Bonachela Dance Company, Australian Dance Theatre, The Royal New Zealand Ballet, and Sydney Dance Company, dancing the works of some of the worlds finest choreographers across ballet and contemporary dance.
With the creation of new work always being a driving factor in his dance trajectory, both as a dancer and developing choreographer, he began creating his own work alongside his performance career and has since been commissioned by The Royal Ballet Of Flanders, Rambert, Aldeburgh Festival, Brisbane Festival, The Royal New Zealand Ballet, Balett Pécs, Brisbane Festival, Rambert School for Ballet and Contemporary Dance, Central School of Ballet, Transitions Dance Company, ROH2, Dance East, DanceXchange, HfMDK Frankfurt, Palucca Hochschule Für Tanz Dresden, Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts, English National Ballet/Big Dance, Milwaukee Ballet, Intoto Dance, and Channel 4 Random Acts.
Opera choreography credits include’ Partenope’ Oper Frankfurt, ‘Alcina’ Oper Wuppertal, ‘L’elisir d’amore’ Prague National Theatre, ‘Der Singende Teufel’ Opera Bonn, ‘La Boheme’ Theatre Bielefeld, ’L’Amico Fritz’ Opera Holland Park, ‘Edmea’ for Wexford Opera Festival, ‘Siegfried’ and ‘Götterdämmerung’ Grimeborn Festival at Hackney Empire.
He holds a Master of Arts in Choreography, from the University of Kent and CSB School, has been Artist in Residence at the Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts (2017), Associate Artist with the UK's Dance East (2010-14), and Rehearsal Director for UK company Ballet Boyz. A member of the first cohort of Sadlers Well’s Summer University 4 year choreographic development programme, DanceEast’s Rural Retreat for Emerging Leaders, and in 2012 he was the first dance artist to be awarded the New Generation Artist Award by The New Zealand Arts Foundation.