Ty King-Wall


Ty King-Wall is a New Zealand ballet dancer, a principal dancer with The Australian Ballet.

Dance career

King-Wall was born in Waihi, New Zealand. He started dancing aged seven and trained at the Dance Education Centre, Tauranga. He was a Junior Associate of the New Zealand School of Dance. He joined The Australian Ballet School at the age of 16 and The Australian Ballet in 2006 becoming soloist in 2010, senior Artist in 2011 and principal artist in 2013.
King-Wall won the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award for 2010, jointly with Dana Stephensen.
He is married to Amber Scott, also a principal dancer with the Australian ballet. They have a daughter.

Selected repertoire