Born: 1996
Nationality: Danish
Education: The Royal Danish Ballet School
Career: Joined the Royal Danish Ballet as an apprentice in 2012 and became a corps de ballet member in 2014
Highlights from the repertoire with the Royal Danish Ballet: Hermann in Queen of Spades (Liam Scarlett), Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet (John Neumeier), Viderik in A Folk Tale (August Bournonville), Short Time Together (Sol Léon and Paul Lightfoot), 27’52 (Jiří Kylián), Vertical Road (Akram Khan), Broken Mirror (Kim Brandstrup), Malvolio in Twelfth Night (Nikolaj Hübbe and Sorella Englund), Krash (Alessandro Pereira), Rubies (George Balanchine), Know (Idan Sharabi), Swan Lake (Nikolaj Hübbe and Silja Schandorff), Raymonda (Nikolaj Hübbe), I føling (Corpus), Dancing with Anger (Lotte Sigh), Cacti (Alexander Ekman), Etudes (Harald Lander), In Life, In Love and So On (Tilman O’Donnell), Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon) and Dangerous Liaisons (Cathy Marston)
Tobias Praetorius is a part of Kammerballetten, a collaboration between Trio Vitruvi live music and new choreography
Own choreography: Chorale Dances (Kammerballetten, 2019), The Three (Verdensballetten, 2019), Qarrtsiluni (The Royal Danish Ballet, 2018) and Fratres (National Gallery of Denmark, 2017)
Awards: Dronning Ingrids Hæderslegat, Reumerts Talentpris, Margot Landers Legat, Ballettens Venners Talentpris, Albert Gaubiers og Poul Waldorffs Fond, Beckett Fondens Legat, Den Bille-Brahe-Selbyske Fonds Legat and Nationalbankens Jubilæumsfonds Legat
Read more about Tobias Praetorius: Instagram: @tobiaspraetorius