Peter Royston is a dancer/ choreographer/teacher/director.

A successful career as a ballet dancer was followed by a choreographic career initiated by Scottish Ballet

Scottish Ballet

Scottish Ballet is the national ballet company of Scotland and one of the four leading ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet...

 Director Peter Darrell

Peter Darrell

Peter Darrell CBE, a ballet choreographer, dancer and founder of the Scottish Ballet, was born Peter Skinner at Richmond, Surrey, on 16 September 1929 and died in Glasgow on 2 December 1987. For almost four decades he had been one of the most productive and imaginative talents in British ballet...

 who chose a workshop piece Steps to ..? for the company repertoire. This was followed by several commissions by Scottish Ballet. Created Scottish Dance Theatre in 1985 (not to be confused with the current Scottish Dance Theatre based in Dundee). This company supported by The Scottish Arts Council and based in Glasgow toured Scotland and appeared in London (1985–1988) . Initial performances explored a close collaboration with Designer Graham Bowers which had started with Pococurantis (Scottish Ballet) and developed with Friction and Touch (Scottish Dance Theatre) performed at the inaugural performances of SDT at The Tron Theatre in Glasgow and following tour to favourable reviews.

Represented the UK at The International Course for Choreographers and composers 1984 Directed by Robert Cohan. Served on the dance committee at The Scottish Arts Council

Scottish Arts Council

The Scottish Arts Council is a Scottish public body that distributes funding from the Scottish Government, and is the leading national organisation for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland...

 1994 - 1999.
Appointed lecturer at Dundee College

Dundee College

Dundee College is a further education and higher education college in the city of Dundee, Scotland and was established in 1985 by the merger of Dundee College of Commerce and Kingsway Technical College....

 1991. developed a foundation course into the now Scottish school of contemporary dance

Scottish School of Contemporary Dance

The Scottish School of Contemporary Dance is a dance and performing arts school affiliated with the Dundee College.It offers a four year training from foundation level and prepares students for careers as dance performers, choreographers, and community artists...

 based at The Space a £5million lottery funded studio and theatre complex which is home to the school.

Education
Started dance classes aged 5. Royal Academy of Dancing scholar (1963–1968) Trained at The Royal Ballet School

Royal Ballet School

The Royal Ballet School is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the Royal Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Royal Opera House in London...

 (1968–1970)
Arts Educational (1970–1971)

Dancer

The Royal ballet of Flanders, Munster State Ballet, Kiel State Ballet, The Scottish Ballet (1975–1985)

Choreographer

Major works for The Scottish Ballet: Steps to ? (1981), To The Last Whale (1982), Randombach, Quarrels not their own (1983), Pococurantis (1985), Ringed by the flat horizon (1985)

For Scottish Dance Theatre: Friction and Touch (both with Graham Bowers, 1985), Brief Encounter (1986), Love minus zero no limit (1986) , 5 Women (1986), Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions is a 1988 black comedy film conceived - though not actually written by - Michael Palin and Terry Jones. The film stars Vanessa Redgrave, Jonathan Pryce, and Sammi Davis and was directed by Giles Foster...

 (1987)

Other choreography: Red Hot Shoes for Tron Theatre (writer Liz Lochhead

Liz Lochhead

Liz Lochhead is a Scottish poet and dramatist, originally from Newarthill in North Lanarkshire.-Background:After attending Glasgow School of Art, Lochhead lectured in fine art for eight years before becoming a professional writer....

 1987), Columba (op) opera (opera to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Glasgow Cathedral 1987), Great Scot (director John Cairney

John Cairney

John Cairney is a Scottish film and television actor.-Partial filmography:* Ill Met by Moonlight * Miracle in Soho * Windom's Way * A Night to Remember * Operation Bullshine...

1988)

Dance Artist

Appointed Dance Artist in Residence to Borders Region (1988–1991)

Created Borders Dance Festival and many works including a site specific work with composer Savourna Stevenson.

Lecturer

Appointed dance lecturer at Dundee College 1991

Director

Director of The Scottish School of Contemporary Dance (2000 - 2011)