Tama Barry

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Born in New Zealand, Tama trained at The Australian Ballet School. In 1999 Tama joined Queensland Ballet as a Company dancer before being promoted to Soloist in 2003.  During this time the lead roles of François Klaus’s The Little Mermaid (The Prince), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander), Excalibur (Lancelot), Cloudland (Peter) and A Thousand and One Nights (The Sultan and Prince Ajib) were created on Tama, and he also performed lead roles in François Klaus’s The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Desire, Bluebird), Peer Gynt (title role), Don Quixote (Basilio), The Nutcracker (Prince, Arabian), and Jean Coralli and Jules Perrots’ Giselle (Prince Albrecht). In addition to full works, Tama performed in numerous short works created by Queensland Ballet’s resident and guest choreographers including Natalie Weir, William Forsythe, Stephan Thoss, John Neumeier, Paul Boyd and Davide Bambana. As well as being awarded several scholarships, Tama was named ‘Dancer to Watch’ by Dance Australia in 2001.

 

Tama joined Scottish Ballet in Spring 2006 and has danced in Page’s The Sleeping Beauty (The Prince), Pastor's In Light And Shadow, Darrell’s Othello (Othello), Balanchine’s Agon, Page's Acrid Avid Jam, 32 Cryptograms, Nutcracker Divertissiments,Cinderella (The Prince) and Fearful Symmetries (Lead Man), Forsythe's Artifact Suite, Brown’s For M.G.: The Movie and Loosmore’s Chasing Ghosts.

 

Tama is sponsored by Artemis.

 

 

Quotes

 

EIF 2007
Brown’s For M.G.: The Movie
.Criticaldance.net, 22 August 2007- Tama Barry and Diana Loosmore tackled the fiendish slow-motion choreography with impressive dedication.

 

Spring 2007
Darrell’s Othello
.The Scotsman, 16 April 2007 – New Zealander Tama Barry ploughed his all into the lead role. One of the company’s strongest male dancers, he shone both technically and emotionally as the envious husband.