Kenn Burke

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Kenn Burke

Fife-born Kenn trained in his hometown of Inverkeithing before joining Scottish Ballet's scholarship scheme. He trained at The Royal Ballet School, London and in 1975 joined Scottish Ballet.

In 1988, he was invited to join the Hong Kong Ballet as Principal Dancer.In 1990 he returned to Scotland and was appointed Artistic Director of Scottish Ballet 2. Kenn went on to become Acting Artistic Director of Scottish Ballet. During his time with the company he has always maintained a close interest and involvement in the Dance School of Scotland and Scottish Ballet's Junior Associates.

Kenn was appointed Dance Director of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival in 1996 and has been running the Festival's Dance School for the last eight years.

Kenn is now freelance and has most recently been staging Swan Lake with Galina Samsova for the Rome Opera House.