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.
— ★★★★★The Arts Desk
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 Independent
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.
— The Classical Source

Gallery


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