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Struan Leslie started dancing with Royston Maldoom in Dundee in 1981 and continued his training at London Contemporary Dance School and Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado.

He has over twenty years experience of working with movement in the broadest possible range of application from Urban Design to Ancient Greek plays . In theatre his work extends from classical opera and theatre to new plays and devised work for his own ensemble thewatercompany and others.

He has collaborated with directors including Katie Mitchell, Neil Bartlett, Philip Howard, John Tiffany, Rachel Kavanaugh, Nick Broadhurst and Calixto Bieito.

Over the last 15 years his work has been presented in the repertoires of companies, including the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre and Welsh National Opera, American Repertory Theatre, Stadttheater Bielefeld, as well as at the Donmar Warehouse, Teatro Piccolo, Milan, and Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.

Struan choreographed the BBC's highly-acclaimed series Casanova.

He teaches at dance and drama schools and leads workshops for directors and actors. Struan has held teaching posts at the Universities of Greenwich and South Bank, London and a visiting professorship at the University of Illinois.