Libby-Rose Niederer —

Company Artist

Birthplace

Auckland, New Zealand

Age started dancing

Four

Training

Cameron Ballet Academy, Tania Foster School of Modern Dance, New Zealand School of Dance Junior and Senior Associate Programme from 2012-2014, Queensland Ballet's Senior Program, Queensland Ballet’s Pre-Professional Program

Queensland Ballet

Joined as a Jette Parker Young Artist in 2017

Favourite roles

Kitri's solo in Don Quixote and Sugar Plum pas de deux from The Nutcracker

Repertoire includes

Derek Deane's Strictly Gershwin
Gareth Belling's Muscle Memory
Ben Stevenson's Sugar Plum pas de deux from The Nutcracker at the Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra Gala Event

Roles would love to dance

Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty and Odette/Odile in Swan Lake

Other information

Won the New Zealand Royal Academy of Dance 14+ Scholarship, the Sir John Logan Campbell Award and the National New Zealand Ballet Performer of the Year.