He was the Associate Artistic Director of the UK's Northern Ballet Theatre (1993-1998), working closely with friend and mentor Christopher Gable, CBE.

Whilst still a student at RBS he was invited by Sir Frederick Ashton to assist in choreographing the Anacat Fashion Show for HRH Princess Margaret.

Upon graduation he attended the inaugural GulbenkianChoreographic Summer Program, led by Glen Tetley, Mary Hicks, and Dame Peggy van Praagh.

He quickly gained a reputation as an excellent partner, and danced many leading roles with ballerinas; Patricia Ruanne, Eva Evdokimova, Elisabetta Terabust, Lynn Seymour, and most noticeably, Natalia Makarova in John Cranko’s Onegin.

During this time, Pink also became close friends with Rudolf Nureyev, serving as his répétiteur for his production of "Romeo and Juliet" at both Paris Opera and La Scala Milan.

Pink states that this formative time with Nureyev taught him the necessity of finding a balance between work and life, saying "he gave me the confidence to be true to myself as a creative artist.

"[5] Pink was first commissioned in 1982 by the Arts Council of Great Britain and Northern Ballet Theatre to create Attractions, in collaboration with composer Michael Berkley.

In 1989 he created Strange Meeting, a one act ballet based on the poems of Wilfred Owen, with music by Philip Feeney and design by Lez Brotherston.