— Clement Crisp

“..when Rudolf Nureyev came to the west we saw how male dancer should dance, with arrival of Thomas Edur we saw not only that but also understood what it is all about!“
— The Times

"...there simply isn't a finer male dancer working in Britain today..."
— Daily Telegraph

“There is only one place in Britain to go to see a man dancing ballet as if it was not only an art but life itself, and that is wherever Thomas Edur is.”

BALLET DANCER

CHOREOGRAPHER

TEACHER

Born and educated in Estonia, Thomas Edur is an acclaimed ballet star, one of the best dancers of his generation and arguably the best ballet artist of all time, bringing pure technique and unmatchable depth to all of his roles (as voiced by many renowned dance critics). Thomas Edur has enjoyed 19 year association with English National Ballet (ENB) as leading Principal and guest artist. Respected dancer, teacher and choreographer with a lifelong commitment to promoting excellence in dance, Thomas Edur has been a patron of the British Ballet Organization since 2004.

In 2001 Thomas was presented with the Order of the White Star by the President of the Estonia Lennart Meri. In 2010 her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II gave order to Thomas to be appointed as Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE), in recognition of his services to the arts in the UK and UK-Estonia cultural relations. And in 2014 was nominated as “Best Artistic Director“ at the „Taglioni European Ballet Awards“ in Berlin, for his achievements as artistic director and also for putting Estonian National Ballet on a world map of dance.

T.Edur-ballet.png — CAREER

2009 – 2019 **Artistic Director of Estonian National Ballet**
1990 – 1996 **Leading Principal dancer English National Ballet**
1996 – 1997 **Principal dancer Birmingham Royal Ballet**
1997 – 2009 **Principal guest artist with English National Ballet and freelance artist**
1988 – 1990 Principal dancer with Estonian National Ballet
1980 – 1988 **Tallinn Ballet School**

GUEST ARTIST ASSOCIATIONS

Estonian Ballet (1996- 2003)
La Scala, Milan (1994-2002)
Staatsoper Berlin (2001-2003)
Cape Town City Ballet (2001-2007)
Rome Opera Ballet (2003-2007)

Zurich Ballet (2000)
Finnish National Ballet (1998-2001)
Noriko Kobayashi Ballet, Japan (2002- 2007)
”HET” Dutch National Ballet (2004)

Shanghai Ballett (1999)
Ballet de Loraine (1998)
Ballet de Santiago, Chile (1997)
Houston Ballet (1992)

JURY MEMBER

1st & 2nd Beijing International dance and choreography competition

2nd & 3rd series on TV channel „Kultura Russia“ - unique TV ballet competition. (Jury members including: V.Vassiliev, B. Lefevre, V.Malakhov, L.Hilaire, A. Plisetsky, N.Ossipova, N.Duato, L.Semenyaka, F.Ruzimatov

2017 Moscow International Ballet and choreography competition