Fernand Nault remained resident choreographer of Les Grands ballets Canadiens while serving as choreographer and ballet master at l’École supérieure de danse du Québec. Between 1985 and 1988, at the request of Ludmilla Chiriaeff, he organized several series of performances intended to foster a taste for dance among elementary, secondary schools and cegeps students in the Montreal region.

Fernand Nault has conceived many choreographies for American Ballet Theatre, Alberta Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Federation of the Philippines, Delta Festival Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, National Ballet of Korea and Washington Ballet. From 1978 to 1981 he was guest choreographer and, from 1981 to 1982, artistic director of The Colorado Ballet. Among other collaborations, Fernand Nault choreographed the dance sequences of Aïda and La Veuve joyeuse presented by L’Opéra de Montréal in 1986 and 1991.