Francis Lawrence
Post-Graduate Diploma of Dance Training Program
Francis was born in Melbourne, Australia and studied with Lorraine Blackbourn before furthering his studies at the Australian Ballet School.
He has danced with The Australian Ballet Company, New York Theatre Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet and the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Francis has performed in all the major classical ballets such as Swan lake, Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker to modern/contemporary works by choreographer’s such as George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Twyla Tharp, Jiri Kylian, Jose Limon, Alvin Ailey, Paul Taylor, Ulysses Dove, Glen Tetley, Lew Christensen, John Neumeier, Olivier Weavers, Mario Radacovsky, Donald Byrd, Darrel Grand Moultrie and Robert Garland.
Francis has performed in three musicals, the Broadway tour of An American in Paris by Christopher Wheeldon (Tony winner), New York City Center Encores show, I Married An Angel by Joshua Bergasse (Emmy winner) and The Wiz with Broadway Sacramento. Francis is a freelance artist in New York City and Melbourne Australia.
We are very excited to have francis as a Guest Teacher at PN adult ballet!