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Aaron Sillis (born August 1983) is an English dancer and choreographer who has worked in many fields of dance, most notably working with leading international pop artists including Rihanna, Katy Perry, FKA twigs, Justin Bieber, Kylie Minogue, Mariah Carey and Leona Lewis.
Sillis was born in August 1983, in Drayton, near Norwich in Norfolk, England.[1] He began studying dance at the age of 14 at the Central School of Performing Arts in Norwich[1] and at 16 he continued into professional vocational training in dance and musical theatre at Bird College in Sidcup, Kent.[2]
Aaron was a contemporary dance soloist before he began his lucrative career as a choreographer. He also worked as a background dancer for many of the world's leading artists.
Since his move into choreography, he has created movement for music videos, live performances, advertising campaigns and fashion magazine editorials worldwide. H&M enlisted Aaron to choreograph in 5 different countries for their World Recycle Week campaign featuring M.I.A. His talents working in the fashion industry led to creating a visual dance party in Paris for Vogue magazine and directing movement for Kristen Stewart in Daniel Askill's Chanel advert. Aaron has also worked with fashion heavy hitters like, Hermes, Lacoste, Calvin Klein, Paul Smith, Issey Miyake and Nike to name a few.
In 2016, Aaron's work on FKA TWIGS "M3LL155X" video earned him a MTV VMA nomination for Best Choreography alongside co-choreographers Benjamin Milan & Kenrick Sandy. He has collaborated with Twigs on numerous videos, "Two Weeks," "Pendulum," "Tw-ache" and "Wet Wipez: In the Zone." Aaron choreographed Twigs' "Soundtrack 7" film and installation at the Manchester International Festival alongside co-choreographers Gianna Gi, Kaner Flex and Ukweli Roach. He also choreographed twigs' television appearances on The Brits Are Coming and the MOBO Awards. Aaron has worked with other artists such as Laura Mvula, Kylie Minogue, George Michael, Sir Paul McCartney, Jungle, The Last Shadow Puppets and Zayn Malik. The Evening Standard included Aaron in "The Progress 1000:London's Most Influential People" list in 2015 & 2016. He also won the Times/Southbank Breakthrough Award in 2012. Aaron currently resides in London.
In 2018 Sillis provided choreography and dancing direction for Rita Ora's Let You Love Me live performances and for Years & Years's Palo Santo project. Always in 2018 he was hired as choreographer for X Factor Italia.
In 2008, Sillis created the lead role of the photographer Basil Hallward in a dance adaptation of the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Choreographed by Matthew Bourne, the production premiered at the Edinburgh Festival and won the Herald Angel Award, [1] which is presented in conjunction with the Bank of Scotland and recognising excellence at the festival. The production subsequently opened in London at the Sadler's Wells Theatre and was nominated for the Dance Europe Award for Outstanding Company [2] and for the Whatsonstage Award for Best Choreography. [3] Individually, Sillis was nominated for the Spotlight Award for Male Artist (Modern) [4] at the National Dance Awards and was nominated for and won the Breakthrough Award presented by The Times newspaper at the 2009 South Bank Show Awards. [5] [6]
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