‘the emotionally charged dance transforms the movement of the soul into that of the body.’‍ ‍Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

'fierce invention' - The Guardian

New Zealand born and raised, Cameron McMillan is a London based choreographer, dance artist and movement director with an extensive international performance and creative career spanning contemporary dance, ballet, opera, film, fashion and commercial fields.

Classically trained at the Australian Ballet School, he danced as a leading dancer for repertory dance companies including Rambert Dance Company, English National Ballet, The Royal New Zealand Ballet, and Sydney Dance Company. As a freelance dancer for Sadler’s Wells, Bonachela Dance Company, Australian Dance Theatre, PARCO Japan, and Working Title Films, dancing the works of some of the world’s finest choreographers across ballet and contemporary dance.

He holds a Master of Arts in Choreography, from the University of Kent and CSB School, has been Artist in Residence at the Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts (2025, 2017), Associate Artist with the UK's Dance East (2010-14), and Rehearsal Director for dance company Ballet Boyz. A member of the first cohort of Sadlers Well’s Summer University four year choreographic development programme, DanceEast’s Rural Retreat for Emerging Leaders, and in 2012 was the first dance artist to be awarded the New Generation Artist Award by The New Zealand Arts Foundation.

With the creation of new work always being a driving factor in his dance trajectory, both as a dancer and developing choreographer, he began creating his own work alongside his performance career and has created work for The Royal Ballet Of Flanders,, Rambert, Brisbane Festival, The Royal New Zealand Ballet, Balett Pécs, Brisbane Festival, Milwaukee Ballet, Rambert School for Ballet and Contemporary Dance, Acosta Dance Centre, Central School of Ballet, Royal Ballet and Opera, Dance East, HfMDK Frankfurt, Palucca Hochschule Für Tanz Dresden, Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts, English National Ballet/Big Dance, TrinityLaban, BBC, and Channel 4 Random Acts.

Opera choreography credits include Roméo et Juliette - La Monnaie, Don Quichotte - Tiroler Landestheater, Rinaldo - Royal Academy of Music, Cinderella/La Cenerentola - English National Opera, The Flying Dutchman - Opera Holland Park, Partenope - Oper Frankfurt, Alcina - Oper Wuppertal, L’elisir d’amore - Prague National Theatre, Der Singende Teufel - Oper Bonn, La Boheme - Theatre Bielefeld, L’Amico Fritz - Opera Holland Park, Edmea - Wexford Opera Festival, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung from Wagner’s RIng Cycle for Grimeborn Festival at Hackney Empire.