Adrian Fry
Born: Omaha, Nebraska
Joined Ballet West: 2010
Training: Omaha Theater Ballet School, School of American Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School, all on full scholarship.
Current Repertoire: “Third Campaign” in George Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes; Balanchine's Chaconne; John Butler’s Carmina Burana; “Mouse King,” “Spanish,” and “Russian” in Willam Christensen’s The Nutcracker; “The King” and “Fairy of Kindness Cavalier” in Adam Sklute’s newly conceived and produced The Sleeping Beauty; Jiří Kylián’s Sinfonietta; Nicolo Fonte's Bolero; and in the 2011 world premieres of Christopher Ruud's Trapped, Tom Mattingly's Fall Into Loving Arms, Emily Adams' Regarding Us, and Avichai Scher's White Noise.
Notable Roles: With Oregon Ballet Theatre, Fry performed leading roles in George Balanchine's Apollo, Emeralds, and The Four Temperaments; William Forsythe's The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude; and Trey McIntyre's Speak and Like a Samba. He also appeared in lead roles in James Kudelka's Hush, Nicolo Fonte's Bolero, and Christopher Stowell's Rite of Spring. Additional roles include the “Pas de Quatre” in The Sleeping Beauty, Act I and Act III “Pas de Trois,” as well as “Von Rothbart,” in Swan Lake; and “Lysander” in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Additional Information: Adrian has also appeared as a guest artist with Ballet Victoria in British Columbia where he performed in Paul Destrooper's Carmina Burana, as well as in excerpts from Balanchine's Apollo and Who Cares?
