Jonathan Goddard
Jonathan grew up in Hastings and trained at the Rambert School. In 1998 he joined Scottish Dance Theatre under the direction of Janet Smith. In 2002 he joined the Richard Alston Dance Company and following this Rambert Dance Company in 2008. He has also danced with English National Ballet and in seminal works revived with Robert Cohan and Siobhan Davies.
In 2007 Jonathan was the first contemporary dancer to be nominated in the dance category of the South Bank Show/Times Newspaper Breakthrough Award. In 2008 he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance, going on to become the first contemporary dancer to win the Critics' Circle Award for Best Male Dancer and receive his own entry in the Oxford Dictionary of Dance.
Outside of Rambert, Jonathan works as part of new Movement Collective and collaborates with Gemma Nixon on GoddardNixon project. His education project, DanceSpinner, is currently being used in over 100 schools and organisations. For more information see jonathangoddard.com or on Twitter @jongoddard_
