Biography
Canadian dancer Donald Thom is a former dancer of The Royal Ballet. He trained at The Royal Ballet Upper School and graduated into the Company in 2012, promoted to First Artist in 2015 and retiring from the Company later that year.
Thom was born in Kanata and trained at the Linda Jamieson School of Dance before moving to London to study at The Royal Ballet Upper School. In 2008 he was awarded several international scholarships at the Youth America Grand Prix and in 2009 achieved the Royal Academy of Dance Solo Seal Award.
Thom’s repertory with the Company included Lensky (Onegin), the Mad Hatter (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland), Sandman (Hansel and Gretel), pas de six (Giselle) and roles in Scènes de ballet, Connectome, Mayerling, Raymonda Act III, The Nutcracker, La Valse and Concerto. He created roles in Untouchable and Woolf Works.
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Photos
Fernando Montaño, Kevin Emerton, Sander Blommaert, Marcelino Sambé, Tristran Dyer and Donald Thom in Rhapsody, The Royal Ballet
Jonathan Howells, Téo Dubreuil, Donald Thom, Nicol Edmonds, Tristan Dyer and Tomas Mock in The Dream, The Royal Ballet,
Sander Blommaert, Nicol Edmonds, Solomon Golding and Donald Thom in Connectome, The Royal Ballet
Donald Thom, Alexander Campbell and Nicol Edmonds in Connectome, The Royal Ballet
Sander Blommaert, Donald Thom, Solomon Golding and Nicol Edmonds in Connectome, The Royal Ballet
Alexander Campbell, Sander Blommaert, Donald Thom, Solomon Golding and Nicol Edmonds in Connectome, The Royal Ballet
Sander Blommaert, Ricardo Cervera, Donald Thom, Sarah Lamb, Solomon Golding, Alexander Campbell and Nicol Edmonds in Connectome, The Royal Ballet
Alexander Campbell, Solomon Golding, Donald Thom, Sander Blommaert and Nicol Edmonds in Connectome, The Royal Ballet
Donald Thom as the Mad Hatter in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Royal Ballet
Donald Thom
