Precious Adams
First Soloist
Birthplace
Canton, Michigan, USA
Training
Academy of Russian Classical Ballet, Michigan; National Ballet School of Canada; Academy Princess Grace Monte Carlo, Monaco and Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Moscow.
English National Ballet
Joined 2014, promoted to First Artist 2017, Junior Soloist 2020, Soloist 2022, First Soloist 2024.
Repertoire
Invited to take part in the Kenneth MacMillan – A National Celebration at the Royal Opera House dancing the Calliope Rag in Elite Syncopations with colleagues from The Royal Ballet and Northern Ballet in Autumn 2017. Danced the Chosen One in Pina Bausch’s Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring). Other notable roles include Stepsister Edwina in Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella; Lead Snowflake, Lead Flower and Louise in Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker; Lead Swan and Peasant pas de trois in Derek Dean’s Swan Lake; Henriette in Tamara Rojo’s Raymonda; William Forsythe’s In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated and Playlist (EP); Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Laid in Earth.
Other info
Double prize winner at the Prix de Lausanne 2014, Young Arts Finalist and Silver Medal. Awarded the Emerging Artist Award at the Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards (2018). Nominated as a Finalist for the 2018 Emerging Dancer Competition. Winner of the Emerging Dancer 2022’s People’s Choice Award.
