Who is Involved in The Royal Academy of Dance?

Luke Rittner
Luke Rittner took up his appointment as Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Dance on 1st September 1999. From October 1992, he was Communications Director for Sotheby’s Europe and in January 1998, assumed additional responsibilities as Director of Corporate and Public Affairs until his departure in 1999.

He is one of Britain’s most experienced arts administrators, having gained a wealth of experience in a career that has ranged from running one of Britain’s leading festivals, the Bath Festival, to becoming Founder-Director of the Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts, and to his most successful leadership of the Arts Council of Great Britain from 1983 to 1990, a period of unprecedented challenge for the Arts Council.

After seven years as Secretary General of the Arts Council, he was appointed the U.K.’s Cultural Director for the World’s Fair in Seville. In this role, he devised a six-month festival of British arts events.

Luke Rittner has served on arts boards, including the Victoria & Albert Museum and the British Council. He was a non-executive Director of Carlton Television until 1993.

He is Chairman of the Executive Board of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA); Chairman of The London Chorus; a Trustee of the Hanover Band; a Patron of the New London Orchestra.

Luke Rittner has undertaken many speaking engagements, both in the U.K. and internationally on cultural/art issues.

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