Tommy Batchelor is an American theatre performer from

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.BWW News Des
"Photo Flash: Tommy Batchelor Joins Billy Elliot"
broadwayworld.com, March 24, 2009

Career

Batchelor began his training at the age of four at the Dance Factory in Minnesota. Batchelor began his dancing career with two productions of

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. Both of Batchelor's performances occurred with the

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in 2006 and 2010. After his successful audition, Batchelor was cast in the part of "Billy" in the Broadway production of Billy Elliot: The Musical. Batchelor played his first performance on February 10, 2009. He played the Part of Billy until December 11, 2009. Batchelor left the Broadway production to reprise his role as "Billy" at the Oriental Theatre in

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. Batchelor performed in Chicago as Billy between March 19, 2010 and October 10, 2010."'Billy Elliot' Dances Into Chicago March 18"
playbill.com, March 18, 2010 Playing Billy Elliot required Tommy to be on stage for most of two hours and fifty minutes, acting and singing in a Northern British accent, dancing

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, tap, and interpretive dance. "It's a lot of work," said Tommy, "but I love it, and the more you do it, and the more stamina you develop, the more fun it is." At the age of 18, Tommy continued his career joining the cast of "The Who's Tommy" as a dance soloist and ensemble member at the Short North Stage, Columbus, Ohio.BWW News Des
Former BILLY ELLIOT Star Tommy Batchelor Joins Cast of Short North Stage's THE WHO'S TOMMY
broadwaysorld.com, December 3, 2014 Tommy currently attends The Ohio State University (OSU) as a Dance Major; performing in such productions as Dance Downtown and Drums Downtown with OSU.

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External links

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Batchelor's Youtube Channel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Batchelor, Tommy Living people American male ballet dancers People from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Year of birth missing (living people)