Thomas Edur

Birthplace Estonia  Training Estonian State Ballet School Previous Companies Estonia Opera Ballet, BRB International Guest Artist 1997 English National Ballet Joined 1990, Guest Repetiteur, Choreographer and Senior Principal 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. Married to Agnes Oaks. “There is only one place in Britain to go see a man dancing ballet as if it was not only an art but life itself, and that is wherever Thomas Edur is.” The Daily Telegraph on Thomas Edur