Eric Gauthier (dancer)

In 1995, he became an apprentice with the National Ballet of Canada in Toronto under Reid Anderson (dancer).

[3] Gauthier credited Anderson as being the most influential person in his career and as his "Ballet Papa".

[4] In 1996, Gauthier left Toronto for Germany, as Anderson became Director of the Stuttgart Ballet and joined him as a member of his group.

[3] In 2007, aged 30 years, he founded his own troupe, "Gauthier Dance/ /Dance Company", initially with 6 dancers and supported by the Theaterhaus Stuttgart.

[8]: 6–7 In 2012/13, Gauthier was twice nominated as "Dancer of the Year" by German magazine "tanz" for the solo "I Found A Fox" which had been created for him.