Brett Conway

Brett Conway is a dance artist, teacher, stager, and choreographer based in San Francisco. He began his professional dance career with Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, where he worked closely with Alonzo for eight transformative years. After that, Brett moved to Europe to join Nederlands Dans Theater, spending five years collaborating with influential choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Paul Lightfoot, Sol León, Mats Ek, Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke, and Ohad Naharin. 

In 2015, Brett returned to San Francisco and danced with LINES Ballet for one final season. He then expanded his involvement in the local dance scene by working with SFDanceworks, Opera Parallel, and the San Francisco Opera. From 2019 to 2021, he served as co-artistic director of SFDanceworks, where he choreographed his first professional piece, The Bedroom, and produced Drew Jacoby’s short film, EVIDENCE OF IT ALL. 

Since transitioning from full-time dancing, Brett has found great fulfillment in teaching and coaching dancers. He has staged Dani Rowe’s *For Pixie* for both San Francisco Ballet and Ballet Idaho, as well as Alejandro Cerrudo’s *Never Was* for Ballet Arizona. Since 2017, Brett has been on the faculty of LINES Ballet’s Training Program, BFA Program, and Summer Program, where he teaches ballet and LINES repertoire, in addition to creating several choreographic works. He also teaches ballet at LINES Dance Center, ODC Dance Commons, and Smuin Contemporary Ballet.