Tony Mills

Tony Mills is a founder member of Edinburgh based Random Aspekts B Boy crew and hails from the Orkney Isles. Since giving up veterinary surgery whites for tights, he has worked with Freshmess Dance Company, State of Emergency, Off Kilter, Iron Oxide, Curious Seed, David Hughes Dance Productions and Russian physical theatre maestros, Derevo. His adventures into choreography have seen him assist Ian Spink for Scottish Ballet’s EIF production, Petruska, as well as commissions for Artlink, Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre, The Arches Circus School and Youth Musical Theatre UK. Tony is a keen ambassador for the breakdance scene in Scotland and has been involved in the production and hosting of major dance events including the Edinburgh leg of the national Breakin’ Convention tours in 2007, ’09, ’10 and ’12 at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre. In May 2010, Tony was selected to be part of a team of Scottish choreographers to visit China for a cultural exchange programme facilitated by Creative Scotland and the British Council. Tony returned in 2011 to create and perform a work collaborating with Chinese dancers.

Tony Mills became Artistic Director of Dance Base on 20 September 2021 marking a generational shift for the organisation and the first time that artistic leadership has changed since Dance Base was founded almost 30 years ago.