Ty King-Wall Explained
Ty King-Wall is a New Zealand ballet dancer, an ex principal dancer with The Australian Ballet and current Artistic Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
Dance career
King-Wall was born in Waihi, New Zealand.[1] He started dancing aged seven and trained at the Dance Education Centre, Tauranga. He was a Junior Associate of the New Zealand School of Dance before joining the Australian Ballet School at the age of 16.[1]
After graduating Dux with Honours he joined The Australian Ballet in 2006 becoming soloist in 2010, senior artist in 2011 and principal artist in 2013. King-Wall won the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award in 2010. He retired from dancing in 2022, became the Dancers' Director on the Board of the Australian Ballet and a classical teacher at the Australian Ballet School. Whilst dancing he also earned a Bachelor of Arts from Massey University in Classical Studies and Psychology, and holds a Master of Arts (distinction) from the University of Melbourne in Arts and Cultural Management.[2] [3]
In 2023, King-Wall was appointed the Artistic Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet.[2] [4]
He is married to Amber Scott, also an ex principal dancer with the Australian Ballet. They have two daughters.[5]
Selected repertoire
- Ceyx in Tim Harbour's Halcyon (2006) (Harbour created the role on King-Wall)
- Prince Florimund in Stanton Welch's The Sleeping Beauty (2009)
- Scuola di Basllo Alexei Ratmansky (2009)
- The Prince in Peter Wright's The Nutcracker (2010)
- Octavian in Graeme Murphy's The Silver Rose (2010)
- Lensky in John Cranko's Onegin (2012)
- Prince Siegfried in Stephen Baynes' Swan Lake (2012)
- Principal Man in Harald Lander's Études (2012)
- Basilio in Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote (2013)
- Solor in Stanton Welch's La Bayadère (2014)
- Albrecht in Maina Gielgud's Giselle (2015)
- Prince Dēsirē in David McAllister's Sleeping Beauty (2015)
- Knave in Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2017)
- Crassus in Lucas Jervies' Spartacus (2018)
- Vronsky in Yuri Possokhov Anna Karenina (2022)
Dance awards
- PACANZ Young Performer of the Year Award, 2002
- Silver Medal, Asia Pacific International Ballet Competition, 2005
- Lissa Black scholarship, 2009
- Telstra Ballet Dancer Award, 2010 (also nominee in 2008)
Notes and References
- News: Dow . Steve . Arise, ballet's youngest principal star . The Sydney Morning Herald . 6 April 2013 . en.
- Web site: Ty King-Wall appointed director of the Royal NZ Ballet - . Dance Australia . 18 September 2023.
- Lois . Leila . The Royal New Zealand Ballet Welcomes Ty King-Wall as Its New Artistic Director . Pointe Magazine . 20 October 2023 .
- Lois . Leila . The Royal New Zealand Ballet Welcomes Ty King-Wall as Its New Artistic Director . Pointe Magazine . 20 October 2023 .
- Web site: How ballerina Amber Scott's keeps her balance between pirouettes and parenting. Sydney Morning Harald. 1 December 2019.
