Born in 1988 in Kingston Upon Hull, England, Laurie trained locally before moving to London at sixteen to train at The Royal Ballet School.
Upon graduation, he joined The Royal New Zealand Ballet - before joining The Royal Ballet of Flanders in Belgium, where he was promoted to Soloist.
He has performed leading roles in prolific ballets such as Cranko’s Onegin, Béjart’s Bolero, Nijinsky’s L’apres midi du’n Faune, Bausch’s Café Müller, Kylian’s Forgotten Land, Wheeldon’s Danse à Grande Vitesse & Polyphonia, and McGregor’s Infra.
Laurie is now a freelance dancer based in London, regularly performing with Sergei Polunin and collaborating with independent choreographers and artists alike.