Adam Thurlow

Born in Melbourne, Adam began his dance training with Lorraine Blackburn OAM, where he studied the Cecchetti ballet syllabus obtaining Honours in all major exams. He then furthered his ballet training at The Australian Ballet School, graduating as Dux of the school with Honours.

Joining the Australian Ballet, he quickly rose through the ranks, becoming a Soloist within just two years before moving to London in 2002, having been offered a Soloist position with the world-renowned English National Ballet.

Adam then became the first Australian to join the Opera National de Paris and subsequently embarked on a freelance career, travelling the world including China, Singapore, Japan, USA, France, England, Spain, Portugal, South Africa, featuring in dozens of gala performances. Adam has been a frequent Guest Principal Artist with the Melbourne Ballet Company.

Throughout his outstanding international career Adam has danced most of the leading male classical repertoire including Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Coppelia, Cinderella, Manon, Carmen and many more. Adam has worked and performed with many of the world's leading dancers and artistic figures in ballets from renowned choreographers such as Rudolph Nureyev, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Maurice Bejart, George Balanchine, Sir Peter Wright, Jirí Kylián, William Forsythe, Jerome Robbins, Harold Lander, Nacho Duato and Christopher Wheeldon.

His experience as a teacher, coach, ballet master, associate director & choreographer has led him to develop some unique techniques that help unlock dancers’ hidden potential.
Adam has taught long and short term at several universities and other educational programs including: the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Singapore (NAFA), The Australian Academy for Classical Art, Cecchetti Society & the School of the Arts Singapore (SOTA). Adam is a proud patron of Melbourne Academy of Arts.