The Australian Ballet: Brett Simon

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Brett Simon

Brett Simon was born in Adelaide and began his dance training with Sheila Laing. At 16, he moved to Melbourne and studied at The Australian Ballet School, graduating in 2003. From 2004 to 2006 Brett was a member of West Australian Ballet and in 2007 he joined The Hong Kong Ballet as senior soloist after appearing with them as a guest artist. Brett has performed many principal and soloist roles in classical and contemporary ballets and was nominated for Best Male Dancer at the 2005 Helpmann Awards for his performance in West Australian Ballet's Dangerous Liaisons. Brett joined The Australian Ballet in 2009 and was promoted to soloist in 2011.

Repertoire Highlights

Glenn Tetley's Gemini 2012
Prince Gremin in John Cranko's Onegin 2012
Tybalt and Lord Capulet in Graeme Murphy's Romeo & Juliet 2012, 2011
Count Danilo in Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow 2011, 2007

Stephen Baynes' At the edge of night 2010
William Forsythe's Steptext 2009
Romeo in Rudi van Dantzig's Romeo and Juliet 2007
Le Viscomte de Valmont in Simon Dow's Dangerous Liaisons 2005

Awards

Helpmann Award nomination for Best Male Dancer 2005
Keith M Christensen Award for Excellence
The Geoffrey Rothwell Scholarship
The Noel Pelly Scholarship

You may not know…

After living in Hong Kong, Brett has a great appreciation for chinese dumplings. His favourite is Xiao Long Bao, a shanghainese specialty.

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