
Mark Smith
Mark Smith is the founder and Artistic Director of Deaf Men Dancing.
Mark was nominated for Best Choreographer for the Off-West-End and Broadway World UK Awards for his work on Ace of Clubs at the Union Theatre.
He choreographed Iolanthe at The Union (Critics Choice & Time Out's Top 10 Musicals of 2010) for which he was nominated Best Choreographer for the Off-West End Awards and the Boradway World UK Awards. This production later transferred to Wilton's Music Hall.
His credits also include My Silent World, commission by Michael Ninn and Billy Trevitt (Artistic directors of Ballet Boyz), which was a short film for Channel 4's Random Acts, directed by Luke Aherne.
Mark studied at the Royal Ballet School and Bridget Espinosa's London Studio Centre (voted Best Soloist 1989). He was presented East Anglia's Young Deaf Achiever in 1989, which was awarded by Princess Diana at the Café Royal, London. As a performer he has appeared with dance companies throughout the UK and Europe including Firefly, La Ribot and the Aaron Williamson Dance Company.
Awards and nominations
Nominated for Best Choreographer for the Off West End & Broadway World UK 2017 Awards
for Tommy - 30th Anniversary.
Nominated for Best Choreographer for the Off West End & Broadway World UK 2010 Awards
for Iolanthe.
Productions
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I WISH | Director: Rachel Bagshaw |
THE BIG LITTLE THINGS | Director: Luke Sheppard |
ARISE | Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin |
THE COLOR PURPLE | Director: Tinuke Craig |
HAIR | As Director & Choreographer |
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH | Director: Jamie Fletcher |
THE RHYTHMICS | Director: P Burton-Morgan |
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME | Director: Alex Sutton |
THE RUFF TUFF CREAM PUFF ESTATE AGENCY | Director: Adrian Jackson |
TWELFTH NIGHT | Director: Julian Woolford |
THE COLOR PURPLE | Director: Tinuke Craig The Curve, Birmingham Hippodrome & Curve at Home |
THE LAST FIVE YEARS | Director: Angharad Lee |
IOLANTHE | UK Tour |
THE MEETING | Director: Natalie Abrahami |
TOMMY | Director: Kerry Michael |
ORFEO ED EURIDICE | Director: Maria Jagusz |
PARALYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY - LONDON 2012 | Co-Directors: Bradley Hemmings MBE & Jenny Sealey MBE |
101 DALMATIONS | Director: Dale Rooks |
STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW | Director: Ed Burnside |
LET US TELL YOU A STORY | Director: Mark Smith |
CORAZON A CORAZON | Director: Mark Smith |
CABARET | Director: Bronagh Lagan |
JUST SO | Director: Sarah Redmond |
PETER PAN | Director: Charlotte Conquest |
HEAR, HEAR! | Deaf Men Dancing |
THE SOUNDMEN | Dear Men Dancing |
MARRY ME A LITTLE | Director: Ed Burnside |
MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND | Director: Tim Welton |
ECHOES IN THE NIGHT | Director: TIm Welton |
THE WHO'S TOMMY | Director: Michael Strassen |
ACE OF CLUBS | Union Theatre/Wilton's Music Hall |
AS YOU LIKE IT | Oxford Shakespeare Company |
ALIVE! | Director: Mark Smith |
TEN/EMBRACE | Deaf Men Dancing |
THE THREEPENNY OPERA | Director: Jenny Sealey MBE and Peter Rowe |
THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE | Director: Ben DeWynter |
THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM SPELLING BEE | Director: Thom Sutherland |
DIE FLEDERMAUS | Director: Laurence Dale |
NOAH | Director: Dale Rooks |
A MARVELOUS YEAR FOR PLUMS | Director: Phillip Franks Chichester Festival Theatre |
REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL | Director: Jenny Sealey MBE |
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE | Director: Dale Rooks |
ALADDIN | Director: Steve Marmion |
SEQUINS AND SNOWBALLS | Graeae Theatre |
CAROUSEL | Director: Ken Casswell |
BLOOD WEDDING | Director: Jenny Sealey Graeae Theatre, Dundee Rep Ensemble |
WHEELS ON BROADWAY | Graeae Theatre |
IOLANTHE | Director: Sasha Regan |
WEST SIDE STORY | Director: Kirk Jameson |
SHOES | Director: Stephen Mear |