Born in Halifax, England Matthew was trained at the Royal Ballet Upper School. He worked with London City Ballet then in Ensembles in Kiel, Rostock, Koblenz and Kiel a second time, this time under the direction of Mario Schröder. He re-trained as a physical therapist and has specialised since in Pilates, Manual Therapy, Sport Psychology and Sport Physiotherapy. Since 2013 he has been Body Awareness Coach and leads the multidisciplinary Health Team at Palucca University of Dance. Matthew believes passionately in integrating healthy practice, based on sound scientific knowledge, into the traditional teaching of dance. He aims to enable a safe, long future in the working field for all students of dance while maintaining a search for ever increasing levels of excellence.
