Alan Greig - Artistic Director/Choreographer

Born in Scotland, Alan Greig trained in London at the Laban Centre and Central School of Ballet.  He spent a year in New York City as a scholarship student of seminal choreographer Alwin Nikolais.  He has since taught, choreographed and performed extensively in the UK.  In 1990 he formed The X Factor Dance Company of which he is the Artistic Director.  Alan was Choreographer-in-Residence for Edinburgh from 1991 to 1993 and attended the prestigious International Dance Course for Professional Choreographers and Composers in 1995 (under the direction of Nigel Osborne and Sara Rudner) In 1996, New Moves brought Canadian mentor Peter Boneham (Le Groupe, Ontario) to work with The X Factor and the British Council supported a performance in Germany at the Manntanz Festival, Cologne. 

Recent choreographic commissions include Liverpool Institute of the Performing Arts, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, University College Bretton Hall, Scottish Dance Theatre and Edinburgh’s Telford College. 

Professional teachings include Dundee Rep. Dance Company, V-Tol, Jonathan Burrows Groups, London Youth Project and Scottish Youth Dance Festival.  Alan is well known in the youth and community sector having created over 45 diverse works throughout the UK.  In 2003 he was invited to Hong Kong to collaborate with, award winning theatre company, Theatre du Pif in their production Dance Me Till The End of Love.  2004 saw a commission from the National Museum of Scotland to create a site specific work for The X Factor Youth Dance Company.

In 2005 he was invited to Cove Park for a residency with film-makers Brian and Gail English. From this residency he was commissioned by Artlink, Edinburgh to create work for Traveller (a dance company for people with learning difficulties) with funds from the City of Edinburgh Council.  The show Person or Persons Unknown was performed at the Traverse Theatre to critical acclaim and was also made into a short film. X Factor has recently staged international performances in Nuremburg, Germany (2007) and in New York City (2009). Alan performed with David Hughes dance in their production of ‘The Red Room’ (2008). He recently graduated from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts with a Masters Degree (Distinction) in Dance Theatre Practices.