Theresa was born in Singapore and was accepted into School of the Arts, Singapore at the age 13. She trained under Ms Joan Wang, Ms Xia Hai Ying and Ms Lee Jae Shin and furthered her training at Elmhurst Ballet School, Birmingham. Later on, she danced with Europaballett, Sankt. Pölten where she got to work with choreographers such as Renato Zanella and Peter Breuer.

Theresa was given numerous performance opportunities during her time at Elmhurst, including the principal role in Paquita, Princess Florine in Sir Peter Wright’s Sleeping Beauty, and the leading role in Wayne McGregor’s Entity. She was selected to represent the school, performing with the Japan International Youth Ballet in Tokyo and at the ‘Gala de Jeunes Promesses’ in Florence. Theresa holds a BA (Second Upper-Class Honours) in Professional Practice, Arts and Creative Industries from Middlesex University.

Theresa joined Singapore Ballet in 2022 as a Trainee, was promoted to Apprentice in July and Artist in September 2023.

Since joining the company, she has performed in Coppélia, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet. Her repertoire also includes Serenade by George Balanchine; Double Contrasts and Fives by Choo-San Goh; Shadow’s Edge by Ma Cong; Piano Concerto No. 2 Opus 102 by Edmund Stripe; Rite of Spring by Kinsun Chan; Linea Adora by Timothy Harbour; Opus 25 by Edwaard Liang; Reflections by Paul Knobloch; Terra by Natalie Weir.