Tirion Law

Principal Dancer

Tirion Law is sponsored through Dancers First by Anne-Marie Canning.

Quick Facts

Born: Hong Kong, China
Trained: New Zealand School of Dance
Joined: 2018
Principal Dancer Since: 2024

Tirion Law was born in Hong Kong and trained at The New Zealand School of Dance. Tirion danced with Hong Kong Ballet and joined The National Ballet of Canada as a member of the Corps de Ballet in 2018. In 2024, Tirion was promoted to Principal Dancer onstage following her debut as Kitri in Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote.

Most recently, Tirion made her debut in the title role of Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. She has danced the role of Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Celia and The Neapolitan Dance in Swan Lake, Third and Fourth Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty and Blossom in Cinderella. A charismatic performer with precise technique, Tirion’s repertoire also includes Anna Karenina, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Dream, The Second Detail, The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, Angels’ Atlas, Anima Animus, Emma Bovary, Serenade, Symphony in C, Concerto, Elite Syncopations, Passion, UtopiVerse, Paquita, Crepuscular and Skyward.

In 2010, Tirion was awarded two gold medals at The Star Award Competition in Hong Kong and in 2012 won the Asian Grand Prix in Hong Kong. In 2015, Tirion was the first runner up at the Alana Haines Australasian Ballet Competition, and in 2022 she received the Patron Award of Merit.
1. Romeo and Juliet
2. The Second Detail
3. Giselle
4. Onegin
5. Serenade
Patron Award of Merit (2022)

First runner up at the Alana Haines Australasian Ballet Competition (2015)

Winner of the Asian Grand Prix in Hong Kong (2012)

Two gold medals at The Star Award Competition in Hong Kong (2010)

Tirion Law in Don Quixote. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
Tirion Law in UtopiVerse. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
Tirion Law and Donald Thom in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
Naoya Ebe and Tirion Law in Romeo and Juliet. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
Tirion Law in Swan Lake. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
Noah Parets and Tirion Law in The Sleeping Beauty. Photo by Johan Hallberg Campbell.
Peng-Fei Jiang and Tirion Law in The Dreamers Ever Leave You. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
Tirion Law in The Nutcracker. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

Reviews

“Opening night honours fell to Tirion Law, only a second soloist by rank but in practical terms already a star… She took to the role with such confident gusto that you’d think she’d been dancing it forever.”

Toronto Star

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
“Tirion Law perfectly captured the wonder of adventure that Wheeldon has embedded in the role… She is also a gifted actor and so transmitted to the audience, Alice’s many moods and feelings.”

Ludwig Van Toronto

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
“Newly promoted principal dancer Tirion Law, was a burst of light and energy. Elegant, quick, vivacious and technically clean, she stole this ballet.”

The Globe and Mail

Rhapsody

Tirion Law. Photo by Karolina Kuras.