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
Notable roles with the Company include Ice Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy in Watkin and Smith’s Nutcracker; the Chosen One in Bausch’s Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring); Cinderella and Stepsister Edwina in Wheeldon’s Cinderella; Mother in Ek’s The Rite of Spring; Sister Clemence in Rojo’s Raymonda; Lead Snowflake, Lead Flower and Louise in Eagling’s Nutcracker; Lead Swan and Peasant pas de trois in Deane’s Swan Lake; Forsythe’s In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated and Playlist (EP); Cherkaoui’s Laid in Earth. 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.
