Javier de Frutos

Javier De Frutos is a Spanish-Venezuelan director, choreographer and designer (born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1963) was named by the Evening Standard as one of 2016 most influential people in London.He has received further recognition in the field of music video with a nomination for best choreography in the UK music Video awards for his collaboration with Jake Nava in Delilah’s Inside My Love and also received the Prix de Auteur in the 1996 Concours de Seine-Saint Denis in Paris.In 2011 the BBC broadcast The Most Incredible Thing in prime time in collaboration with Pet Shop Boys, and the US premiere took place in Charlotte North Carolina earlier this year.In 2018 he was invited to be and Artist in Residence at the McColl Center for Art and Innovation, the first Choreographer and Director to be so honored in their 20 year History.In 2000 De Frutos became one of the first Fellowship recipients The Arts Council of England, through which he studied extensively the works of Tennessee Williams for more than two years.
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Critics' Circle AwardsJake NavaMcColl Center for Art and InnovationArts Council of EnglandTennessee WilliamsLaurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre ChoreographerCharles AuginsRafael AguilarSusan StromanLuke CresswellSteve McNicholasDavid AtkinsDein PerryBob AvianSimon McBurneyGarth FaganBob FosseAnn ReinkingMatthew BourneKaren BruceStephen MearPeter DarlingToby SedgwickSteven HoggettCasey NicholawSergio TrujilloAndy BlankenbuehlerKelly DevineKathleen MarshallArlene Phillips