Meet Tavari

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Tavari is a multidisciplinary performance artist. His training and performing range across the NW, including theater and dance work a Upstart Crow Theater, All That! Dance Company, Hosanna Performing Arts, Eugene Ballet Academy, and more. An accomplished competition performer, Tavari has earned many awards and distinctions in soloist and in ensemble work.

Tavari has worked as a professional touring artist with Utah Ballroom Dance Company, as well as performing in the Southeast US with Legacy Theater (Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella), and Generations Theater Company. With Ballet Fantastique, Tavari has originated the roles of: Inspector Hyde in Murder at the Ballet (with composer Juan Luqui, world premiere October 2024) and Guard in Robin Hood & Maid Marian (with Nottingham; world premiere May 2023), and performing in featured roles including: Charles Bingley in Pride & Prejudice: A Parisian Jazz Ballet (with Gerry Rempel Jazz Syndicate, 2025); King of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland (to the music of High Step Society, 2024); Dancing Diva in Cinderella: The Rock Opera (with Shelley & Cal & the Agents of Unity, 2024); Bob Cratchit and Mr. Fezziwig in American Christmas Carol (with Grammy®-nominated Halie Loren, 2024); Toymaker and Jack in Babes in Toyland (to Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker, 2023), and more.

Quick Facts

Hometown:
Eugene, OR

Ballet Fantastique: 
Since 2023, favorite role Inspector Hyde in Murder at the Ballet

Favorites: 
Reading, hiking, being outdoors, creating my own works, music, and writing

PHOTOS OF TAVARI: BOB WILLIAMS, GUSTAVO RAMIREZ, ELIZABETH HULTZ

 

Featured Ballet Fantastique roles

WITH BALLET FANTASTIQUE, TAVARI HAS PERFORMED ACCLAIMED SOLOIST ROLES at home + on tour, INCLUDING:

*ORIGINATED ROLE

  • Charles Bingley in Pride & Prejudice: A Parisian Jazz Ballet (with Gerry Rempel Jazz Syndicate, 2025 performances)

  • Bob Cratchit and Mr. Fezziwig in American Christmas Carol (with Grammy®-nominated Halie Loren, 2024 performances)

  • Inspector Hyde* in Murder at the Ballet (with Juan Luqui, 2024 premiere + tour)

  • King of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland: Remix (2024 performances + tour)

  • Dancing Diva in Cinderella: The Rock Opera (with Shelley & Cal & the Agents of Unity, 2024)

  • Jack and Toymaker in Babes in Toyland (with Swing Shift Jazz Orchestra, 2022 + 2023 performances + tour

  • Mime in Nevermore: Stories of Edgar Allan Poe (with Liz Dorman, 2023)

  • The Guard* in Robin Hood & Maid Marian (with Nottingham, premiere 2023)