Born in Barnsley, Gary trained at The Electric Theatre Studios and the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. Gary has worked with some of the most innovative dance / theatre companies in the UK and Europe including The Cholmondeleys & The Featherstonehaughs, Matthew Bourne’s Adventures in Motion Pictures (AMP), balletLORENT, Retina Dance Company, Bock & Vincenzi, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Maresa Von Stockert & Tilted Productions, Javier De Frutos, Nigel Charnock, Karine Pointes and The Felix Ruckert Company.
He has also performed in a number of site-specific works and feature films commissioned by the BBC, Northern Stage, Polar Produce Productions, Club Duckie and Future Cinema. In 2004, Gary became the Artistic Director of Pit Fleur Company and received the Brian Glover Memorial Award and the Artist Development Award from Danceworks UK.
He has also created work for stopGAP Dance Company, Ascendance REP, NSCD, Ludus Dance Company and Corridor Arts.