<P> In 1989 Cooper joined the Royal Ballet Company and was quickly promoted to First Artist and Soloist in 1991, First Soloist 1993 and Principal Dancer in 1994 . He was recognized for his performances in the classic as well as dramatic and contemporary ballet works, and he excelled in playing cruel but sexy villains . While with the Royal Ballet he worked extensively with choreographers Kenneth MacMillan and William Tuckett partnering all the leading ballerinas of the Company including Sylvie Guillem and Darcey Bussell . He also performed works choreographed by George Balanchine, Ashley Page, Fokine, Bronislava Nijinska, Mikhail Barishnikov, Christopher Wheeldon, Matthew Hart, and William Forsythe . He left the Royal Ballet in 1997 to freelance and expand his career opportunities . </P> <P> In 1995 Matthew Bourne recruited Cooper to join Adventures in Motion Pictures (now renamed New Adventures) for his radically re-interpreted production of Swan Lake (Bourne). Together they created the basic Swan movement motifs and Cooper also contributed to the choreography . Cooper performed the dual Swan / Stranger role (the analog of the white and black swan in the classic version) all over the world and his performances won him international acclaim, multiple awards and a strong fan following . Cooper's performance was described as one of "tremendous excitement, subtlety, emotional depth and sheer sexiness". The popular press embraced him and his photo appeared in many magazines . </P> <P> For his performances as the Swan / Stranger he received the Time Out Award in 1995, the Evening Standard Dance Award in 1997 and the 1999 Astaire Award for Best Dancer . He was also nominated for the 1999 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical . He appeared briefly at the end of the 2000 film Billy Elliot and, in the guise of The Swan, he represented the accomplished dancer that Billy became when he grew up . A DVD recording of the Swan Lake (Bourne) with Cooper and the original cast was issued in 1996 and can be seen on Youtube.com . Excerpts from Swan Lake (Bourne) appeared on the 1998 Royal Variety TV program and he repeated his Swan / Stranger role for the TV audience . His performance in the Billy Elliot film and in the Swan Lake (Bourne) DVD inspired at least one of the boys playing Billy Elliot in the stage production to join New Adventures in the hopes of performing The Swan role . In 2003 Cooper once again played the Swan / Stranger when AMP toured in Japan, and there was enormous enthusiasm for his performance and he acquired a large number of new fans . </P> <P> In 1997 Cooper was invited by Bourne to take part in the initial planning of AMP's next show, Cinderella . This version of the dance took place in London during the Blitz, but used the same Prokofiev music as the classic version Cinderella (Prokofiev). Cooper helped to create and performed the role of Pilot (the Prince analog) in the initial 1997 London run and also played the Angel (the Godmother analog), and Sarah Wildor was his partner when she played the title role . The production was also performed in Los Angeles in 1999 . </P>

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