Struan Leslie, movement director and choreographer, was born in Dundee and began dancing there with Royston Maldoom in 1980 and subsequently trained at London Contemporary Dance School and in the USA. He has over 35 years of experience creating over 400 works in all areas of theatre and performance from circus to solo shows, opera to new plays, also as director, deviser, and dramaturg. He is currently Head of Movement at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama leading the training of students all areas of the colleges work.

From 2009 until 2014 he was the founding Head of Movement at the Royal Shakespeare Company where he collaborated with the late Michael Boyd. He has also collaborated extensively with directors including Nicholas Hytner, Roxanna Silbert, Neil Bartlett, Katie Mitchell, Philip Howard, Nicholas Broadhurst and Gregory Doran.

In 2017 and ‘18 Struan reconceived and directed Edinburgh’s internationally reknowned Hogmanay Street Party.

His work in theatre has been produced in the UK and abroad by Edinburgh and Manchester International Festivals, Traverse, Dundee Rep/Paines Plough, National theatre, London, RSC, Lyric Hammersmith, Donmar, Almeida, Chichester, Aldeburgh Festival, Welsh National Opera, English National Opera, BBC Singers, BBC Proms. Internationally his work has been seen at Lincoln Centre Festival, American Repertory Theatre, Theatre for a New Audience, New York, Krannert Centre, University of Illinois, Teatro Piccolo, Milan, Theatre Bielefeld, Bregenz and Lucerne Festivals. He has collaborated with companies including, The Royal Ballet, The Wooster Group, Edward’s Boys, Graeae, Gay Sweatshop and Paines Plough.