Born Norman Murray, moved to the UK from Jamaica, and upon discovering dance, he joined the Willesden Jazz Ballet Group, a community dance group in London. After completing his training at the Rambert Ballet School on a scholarship, and then at the London School of Contemporary Dance at The Place, he danced with the new London Contemporary Dance Theatre (LCDT) and was one of the first black professionals to be employed by a British dance company. Namron was choreographed by stalwarts of contemporary dance - Sir Robert Cohan, Alvin Ailey, Talley Beatty, Anna Sokolow, Richard Alston, Siobhan Davies amongst others. He staged Robert North's Troy Game, for Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1977, his critically acclaimed work The Bronze became part of the LCDT repertoire. A founder member of London Contemporary Dance Theatre and of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, he was appointed as Associate Artist for Adzido. He has been an impassioned teacher, and continues to teach, tour and inspire.
