Stephanie Williams (dancer)

Stephanie Williams (born in Newcastle, New South Wales) is an Australian ballet dancer, a member of the corps de ballet of the American Ballet Theatre.

Stephanie Williams
Born1987/1988 (age 32–33)[1]
Newcastle, New South Wales
Occupationballet dancer
EmployerAmerican Ballet Theatre

Dance career

Stephanie Williams started learning ballet with the Marie Walton-Mahon (founder & creator of Progressing Ballet Technique) Dance Academy in Newcastle at the age of 8.[2] She joined The Australian Ballet School and performed the double rôle of Odette and Odile in Swan Lake at her graduation performance in 2006.[3] She then joined The Australian Ballet and was promoted to coryphée. She was a guest artist with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company at the Sydney Festival in 2009.[3]

She won both the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award and Telstra People's Choice Award for 2009, the second dancer to win both awards.[3]

Williams joined the corps de ballet of the Dutch National Ballet in 2011.[4]

In January 2012 she joined American Ballet Theatre as a member of the corps de ballet.[2][5]

Selected repertoire

Awards
  • Gold Medal, 10th Asian Pacific International Ballet Competition in Tokyo, 2005[2][5]
  • Telstra Ballet Dancer Award and People's Choice Award, 2009[3]

References
  1. Kourlas, Gia (9 May 2014). "Standouts of American Ballet Theater's Corps de Ballet". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 May 2014.
  2. Martin, Rebecca (2 April 2012). "Stephanie Williams joins American Ballet Theatre". Dance Informa. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012.
  3. Jones, Deborah (5 December 2009). "Rising star Stephanie Williams scoops ballet awards". The Australian. Sydney. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  4. "Stephanie Williams". Dutch National Ballet. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  5. "ABT: Dancers: Stephanie Williams". American Ballet Theatre. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  6. "Cupcakes & Conversation with Stephanie Williams, Corps de ballet, Het Nationale Ballet – Dutch National Ballet". Ballet News. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011. Interview with pictures.
  7. "Symphonie fantastique". Australia Dancing. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  8. Reiter, Susan (14 July 2015). "Stephanie Williams". Dance Australia.
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