The Australian Ballet

Precious Adams

Senior Artist

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Precious Adams

Originally from Canton, Michigan, Precious Adams trained at the world’s most prestigious ballet schools, including the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Princess Grace Academy in Monte Carlo and The National Ballet School of Canada in Toronto. Precious joined the English National Ballet in 2014, rising to the rank of First Soloist and performing notable lead roles across the company’s repertoire. A highly awarded artist, Precious has achieved the highest accolades from the most prestigious competitions, including the 2014 Prix de Lausanne, where she won two of the coveted prizes. Precious was featured in an episode of NOWNESS, was on the October 2019 cover of Pointe magazine and has performed as a guest artist in collaborations with numerous globally acclaimed choreographers, dancers and creatives. Precious joins The Australian Ballet in 2026 in the role of Senior Artist.

Repertoire highlights:

  • Guest Soloist in Sir Kenneth Macmillan’s Elite Syncopations at the Royal Opera House
  • Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty as a guest with Cape Town City Ballet
  • Mats Ek’s The Rite of Spring
  • Tamara Rojo’s Raymonda at the London Coliseum
  • Cinderella in Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella in-the-round at Royal Albert Hall
  • The Chosen One in Pina Bausch’s Rite of Spring
  • Myrtha in Mary Skeaping’s Giselle
  • Sugar Plum Fairy and Clara in multiple productions of Wayne Eagling's The Nutcracker
  • Sugar Plum Fairy and Clara in Arielle Smith and Aaron S. Watkin's Nutcracker
  • Featured Soloist roles in the works of William Forsythe and David Dawson.

Professional accolades:

  • 2014 – Double Prize Winner, Prix de Lausanne (including Contemporary Dance Prize)
  • 2014 – Prize Winner (Dance), National YoungArts Foundation
  • 2018 – Emerging Artist Award, Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards
  • 2019 – Named to BBC 100 Women most influential women
  • 2022 – People’s Choice Award, English National Ballet Emerging Dancer
  • 2024 – People’s Choice Award, English National Ballet Emerging Dancer

You may not know

Precious loves learning and is always studying something new. Outside of dance, you’ll usually find Precious running, reading or crocheting something unexpected — all for the joy of it and the connections that come from sharing hobbies beyond the stage.