TCB - Key Persons
Joining the Royal Ballet at the late age of 13, Darcey Bussell (OBE) (CBE) went on to become one of the world's most famous and prestigious Prima Ballerinas also known as one of the UK's national treasures. Darcey made her debut performance as a principle in ‘The Prince Of The Pagodas' in 1989 at the time the youngest ballerina to be given this honor and didn't look back until her retirement in 2007. In 2008 Darcey teamed up with Katherine Jenkins and enjoyed two sell out tours with their show ‘Viva La Diva'.
In August 2012 Darcey Bussell performed in front of over one billion people, when she extinguished the flame at London's 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony. Her extensive broadcast work includes being a judge on the 'Strictly Come Dancing', documentaries including Darcey Dances Hollywood, her ‘Looking for' series on BBC1 and presenting The Royal Ballet's worldwide cinema live simulcasts.
Darcey created the Magic Ballerina series of children's books and has produced two photographic books of her career. More recently she founded a dance fitness program called Diverse Dance Mix (DDMIX). She is particularly passionate about school children doing dance fitness as part of PE.
Dame Darcey Bussell is patron of 15 charities including being the President of the Royal Academy of Dance, the Campaign President of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the International Patron of the Sydney Dance Company, Matthew Bourne's charity Re:Bourne and London Children's Ballet.
Artistic Director & Choreographer Gareth Walker has made his mark on the world of dance. In 2012, he was the Associate Director on the Closing Ceremony for the London Olympics and Paralympics, working closely with Jay Z, Rihanna, Coldplay, Annie Lennox, Fatboy Slim, Jessie J and many more.
He has directed and choreographed tours for Steps, Anastacia, Mika, Take That, Beverly Knight and Lulu. He directed the sell-out Gobsmacked! show at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2015. He has created international shows for Celebrity Cruises (Miami), Davines Worldwide Hair with Angelo Seminara and City Of Dreams(Manilla), P&O Cruises, as well as numerous shows for the L'Oreal Colour Trophy.
Gareth loves creating and conceptualizing shows, His Seasons Of Love (2015) resulted in a sell-out dance show at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He also directed and choreographed the sell-out Here Come The Girls tours starring Lulu, Anastacia and Chaka Khan, and further runs with Lulu, Anastacia, Heather Small and Gloria Gaynor.
After graduating from The London Studio Centre, he enjoyed success performing in the West End, Commercial Dance and Presenting Ministry Of Sound Pump It Up Fitness DVDs. His show director path started when he was invited to assist on Take That's The Ultimate, Beautiful World and Circus tours. From there he went on to choreograph for The Brit Awards, Toyota's World Trade Shows, Trevor Sorbie, and L'Oreal's 50th Anniversary Celebrations. He has also choreographed many music artist's tours.
Gareth's choreography has been seen on the majority of dance performances on major UK TV shows, including So You Think You Can Dance (BBC1), Don't Stop Believing (Channel 5), The Royal Variety Show(BBC1), Take That's Brit Award performance 2011, Sing If You Can (ITV) Strictly Come Dancing and many more. His passion for dance helps him inspire the next generation, whereby he is committed to improving teaching standards and training techniques. He is proud to be affiliated with Bodywork Company, Cambridge.
Job Titles:
- Founder
- Industry Executive
Steven Howard is the founder of the TCB Group, a multi-faceted, family-run entertainment company. Set up in January 2005, as a global management company, which specialises in the creation and development of entertainment content. Activities include artist management and the conception and production of live shows.