Jack Traylen

Dancer

Jack Traylen is Australian born dance artist. After graduating from Ballet Theatre Australia in 2013 he went on to work with Royal Winnipeg Ballet (Canada) in 2013–2014, and Teater Vanemuine (Estonia) in 2015– 2019. Traylen was nominated for the Estonian Theatre Awards’ Outstanding Dancer in 2017, performing in works by Giorgio Madia, Pär Isberg and Michael Shannon. 

Since 2020 Traylen has been working in Helsinki as a freelance artist, performing with Alpo Aaltokoski Company, Susanna Leinonen Company, Reija Wäre and the Finnish National Opera and Ballet. Traylen also works as a choreographer, creating works for Teater Vanemuine, Tallinn Dance Theatre, Estonian National Ballet at the Narva Opera Festival, and dancers of the Finnish National Ballet. His work on film has been displayed at the CineDans Film Festival in the Netherlands and the Alvar Aalto foundation’s festival in Finland.