| Assis Carreiro Bio |
 Assis Carreiro CBEDirector Assis is a cultural entrepreneur working in international performing arts, with a specialisation in dance. Assis’ portfolio includes representing international creatives from around the globe. She is also a mentor, guest speaker, facilitator and strategic consultant to arts and cultural organisations world-wide. She is the Director of International Arts and Cultural Projects Ltd. and a co-founding director of Positioning Ballet Foundation – supporting international artistic leadership in dance. Current and recent projects include International Market Development Consultant for Canada’s CAPACOA; Producing and Facilitating a Forum for the Artistic Directors of Jr. Ballet/Dance Companies at the Royal Opera House in London and for Positioning Ballet and Opera Europa in Brno, Czechia. She is a Trustee of Rambert School, Eastern Angles Theatre and Australia’s Project Animo. Assis has served as Artistic Director at Royal Ballet Flanders, Artistic Director and Executive Director of DanceEast (UK) where she led the capital project for the creation of the iconic Jerwood DanceHouse and conceived the international think thanks for existing and future Artistic Leaders, Rural Retreats. As a producer, she has curated international dance programmes at Snape Maltings and throughout the UK. Additionally, she has held senior cultural positions at the High Commission of Canada and the Quebec Delegation in London; Programmer at DasTAT, Ballet Frankfurt/Forysthe Company; Artistic Director, UK’s DanceXchange and for over a decade was Head of Education, Outreach & Publications for The National Ballet of Canada. Assis was born in the Azores and raised in Canada and has lived in Europe since 1994. She holds degrees in Dance Studies from Canada’s York University (BA Hon) and England’s University of Surrey (MA Dist.). In 2014 Assis was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours for her services to dance and holds an Honorary Doctorate in Civil Law from the University of East Anglia. |
