Judy Maelor Thomas, born in Wales (United Kingdom), trained at the Royal Ballet School in London. She danced with companies in France, England and Belgium. As a dancer, choreologist and ballet mistress, Judy Maelor Thomas has worked with many different choreographers, including Alvin Ailey, Sir Frederick Ashton, Rudi van Dantzig, William Forsythe, Hans van Manen, Natalia Makarova and Krzysztof Pastor. She has worked with American Ballet Theatre, The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Ballet West (Salt Lake City, US) and the Finnish National Ballet.
After working with Dutch National Ballet for nine years as a rehearsal director and choreologist, she left for West Australian Ballet, where she assisted Ted Brandsen in his post as artistic director. When he left in 2002, she took over the position of artistic director.
In 2005, she started working as a freelancer. Her work included research and sponsor activities for West Australian Ballet, teaching in Australia and New Zealand, and a readership at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. In September 2006, Judy Maelor Thomas returned to the artistic staff of Dutch National Ballet in the position of ballet mistress and rehearsal director.
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