Ted Thomas
Thomas/Ortiz Dance, New England Academy of Dance & New England Dance Theater
Associate Director
Ted Thomas is a native New Yorker who attended the High School for Performing Arts before receiving his B.F.A. from the State University of New York at Purchase. He went on to earn a Masters degree in dance and higher education from New York University. He danced with Ballet Hispanico, Elisa Monte, and the Murray Louis and Nikolais Company prior to joining the Paul Taylor Dance Company in 1996. While choreographing and continuing to perform with Thomas/Ortiz Dance, Mr. Thomas was for two years Artist-in-Residence at Barnard College. He is currently Associate Director, choreographer and teacher at the New England Academy of Dance and New England Dance Theater, New Canaan, CT.