Brian Gillespie

Creative Director | Choreographer | Founder, B-Hybrid World

Brian Gillespie is a creative director and choreographer whose work has shaped some of the most significant live productions of the past decade. Born in Donegal, Ireland and based between London and Dubai, he leads large-scale ceremony, live events, film and commercial productions for governments, global brands and cultural institutions worldwide.

He is the founder of B-Hybrid World, a creative studio built around performance direction, movement and visual storytelling at the highest level. Within that umbrella sit esteemed dance company B-Hybrid Dance, established in 2012, and B-Hybrid Creatives, a global network of the world's leading choreographers and movement directors.

Over more than sixteen years Brian has built a career defined by its scale and cultural ambition. In the Middle East, where he has become one of the most in-demand creative directors operating today, he has led productions for government bodies, national ceremonies and sovereign institutions across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. He understands the cultural weight these productions carry and brings the creative authority and production precision they demand.

Major credits include the EXPO 2020 Dubai Closing Ceremony, the EXPO 2023 Doha Opening Ceremony, the London 2012 Olympics, the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi Opening Ceremony, and collaborations with The Walt Disney Company, Adobe and Sadler's Wells. His wider portfolio includes work on Star Wars: The Force Awakens and productions at The O2 Arena, London.

Brian is also committed to education and inclusion in the arts. He has taught at the Royal Academy of Dance, Broadway Dance Center, Pineapple Dance Studios and multiple institutions across the world. He is the founder of IncluDancers, an initiative delivering world-class inclusive movement practice for people of determination and those with disabilities, alongside training programmes for educators, therapists and artists globally.

If you are producing something that needs to be extraordinary, a ceremony, a national event, a live experience with real cultural weight, Brian and the B-Hybrid World team are the people you call.