Halaina Hills was born in Sydney and began her ballet training at the Valerie Jenkins Academy of Ballet before moving to the full-time school of Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy. In 2004, Halaina moved to Melbourne to commence her training at The Australian Ballet School and performed with The Dancers Company’s tour of regional Australia in both 2005 and 2006. Halaina graduated from The Australian Ballet School with an Advanced Diploma of Dance, joining The Australian Ballet in January 2007.

Repertoire highlights

• Coppelia 2010
• Stanton Welch's The Sleeping Beauty 2009
• Nacho Duato's Por vos muero 2009
• Suite en Blanc 2009
• Nicolo Fonte’s The Possibility Space 2008
• Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake 2008

Awards

• Christensen Award for Excellence 2006
• Finalist in McDonald Performing Arts Scholarship 2003
• Big Brother Scholarship 2003

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