 Senior Principal dancer*
Read an interview with Thomas and his partner and wife Agnes Oaks about taking on the roles of Des Grieux and Manon in this Autumn's touring production of M anon.
Birthplace
Estonia
Training
Estonian State Ballet School
Previous Companies
Estonia Opera Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet International Guest Artist 1997
English National Ballet
Joined 1990 as Principal Dancer
Favourite roles
Title role in Apollo, Basilio in Don Quixote, Des Grieux in Manon, Albrecht in Giselle
Career highlight
Choreographing and performing Forever for the Greatest Love Gala at the Royal Albert Hall
Other info
Best Couple Prize, International Ballet Competition 1990, Evening Standard Outstanding Performance Award for Ballet 1994, Third Class Order of the White Star Estonia, Unique Partnership Award - Critics' Circle 2002 with Agnes Oaks, Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance 2004, Patron of British Ballet Organisation 2004, nominated for Benois de la Dance 2004
"Edur's is a faultless portrayal: dance and interpretation of the grandest, most inspiring kind"
Financial Times
*Principal Guest Artist
The Sleeping Beauty - Prince Desiré
Oxford New Theatre
Agnes Oaks and Thomas Edur – 15, 17 October 7.30pm
Southampton Mayflower
Agnes Oaks and Thomas Edur – 30 October 7.30pm
Liverpool Empire
Agnes Oaks and Thomas Edur – 30 November 2.30pm
London Coliseum
Agnes Oaks and Thomas Edur - 6 December 7.30pm, 14 December 2.30pm
Manon - Des Grieux
Bristol Hippodrome
Agnes Oaks**, Thomas Edur**, Dmitri Gruzdyev** – 22, 24 October 7.30pm
Southampton Mayflower
Agnes Oaks, Thomas Edur, Fabian Reimair – 6 November 7.30pm
Manchester Palace
Agnes Oaks, Thomas Edur, Fabian Reimair – 12 November 7.30pm
London Coliseum
Agnes Oaks, Thomas Edur, Dmitri Gruzdyev - 2 January 7.30pm
Agnes Oaks, Thomas Edur, Fabian Reimair - 7 January 7.30pm
**Indicates debut in role
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