Rachel Rawlings

Rachel Rawlins grew up in Canberra where she studied ballet with Del Brady. She completed her dance training in Melbourne, attending the Victorian College of the Arts, the National Theatre Ballet School and The Australian Ballet School. Rachel also studied with the National Ballet School in Canada for six months. She joined The Australian Ballet in 1992 and was promoted to Soloist in 1995. Rachel was invited to become First Soloist with the Royal Ballet in London in 1999, returning to The Australian Ballet in 2002. Her performances with the company have garnered much critical acclaim: her interpretation of Odette in Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake proclaimed “a mature exploration of all its emotions – love, hurt, anger, despair, madness, hope, serenity”; her balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet acclaimed for “fine nuances, caution and curiosity and total fascination with this wonder that has entered her life”; while in The Sleeping Beauty she was described as “perfect as Princess Aurora. Her looks and skill are sublime”. Rachel was promoted to Principal Artist in 2004.

See Rachel in Principal Role