"Flawless"

The Australian

Leanne was born and raised in Perth where she began her initial ballet training with Helen McKay. Her full-time training began at the Graduate College in 1993 under the school's director, Terri Charlesworth, and in 1999 she joined the West Australian Ballet. In 2001 Leanne left Perth to take up a position with The Australian Ballet. Receiving the New South Wales Friends of The Australian Ballet scholarship in 2004 enabled her to study throughout Europe. Leanne has a high regard for artists who can adapt to all kinds of roles and repertoire. She was promoted to Senior Artist in 2009.

Repertoire highlights

• Coppelia 2010
• Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake 2009
• Wayne McGregor’s Dyad 1929 2009
• Alexi Ratmansky’s Scuola di ball 2009
• Petrouchka 2009
• Kenneth MacMillan's Manon 2008
• Esmeralda 2008
• Don Quixote 2007
• Apollo 2007
• Constant Variants 2007
• Le Corsaire 2007
• Symphonie Fantastique 2007
• Les Présages 2007
• Giselle 2006
• Stepping Stones 2005
• Stanton Welch’s The Sleeping Beauty 2005
• Grand Tarantella 2005