Lisa Edwards —
Teachers
Birthplace
Dubbo, Australia
Age started dancing
Five
Training
The Dance Academy and Australian Ballet School
Queensland Ballet
Joined in 2004 as a Company Artist, promoted to Soloist in 2013
Favourite roles
Giselle and Cinderella
Repertoire includes
- Cinderella, Fairy Godmother and Summer Fairy in Ben Stevenson's Cinderella
- Giselle and Myrtha in Ai-Gul Gaisina's Giselle
- Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen and Arabian pas de deux in Ben Stevenson's The Nutcracker
- The Sylph and Lead Sylph in Peter Schaufuss' La Sylphide
- Fairy of Beauty, Fairy of Grace and Fairy of Wisdom in Greg Horsman's The Sleeping Beauty
Roles would love to dance
Juliet in Romeo & Juliet and Odette/Odile in Swan Lake
Other information
- Involved in Queensland Ballet's Adopt a Dancer program and annual Summer School
- The cover of Tourism Queensland's 'It's Live!' 2014/15 campaign
- 'Dancer to Watch' in 2014 and 2016 Dance Australia Critics Survey
- 2016 Dream Festival Artist of the Year
