Ari Thompson —

Birthplace

Brisbane, Australia

Age started dancing

Thirteen

Training

Shayne McCormack Ballet Centre, The Australian Ballet School, Queensland Ballet Junior Extension Program, Queensland Ballet Pre-Professional Program

Queensland Ballet 

Jette Parker Young Artist 2015, Company Artist 2017

Favourite roles

Pirate in Trey McIntyre's Peter Pan, Witch in Peter Schaufass's La Sylphide

Repertoire includes

• Spanish in Ben Stevenson's The Nutcracker
• David Nixon's Beauty and the Beast
• Sir Kenneth MacMillans Romeo & Juliet
• Pirate in Trey McIntyre's Peter Pan
• Greg Horsman's Coppelia

Roles would love to dance

Romeo in Romeo & Juliet