"Lucinda Dunn is a superstar …"

Sunday Herald Sun

Lucinda Dunn received her early training in Sydney with Janece Graham and Tanya Pearson before going on to win a Prix de Lausanne scholarship to study at The Royal Ballet School, London. While in London she also performed with Birmingham Royal Ballet. In 1991 Lucinda joined The Australian Ballet and was promoted to Principal Artist in 2002. She has also been awarded several scholarships to study overseas and has been partnered by many international guests of The Australian Ballet including Robert Tewsley and Bruce Samson. A diverse and musical dancer with a strong technique, Lucinda excels in the pure classical ballets and enjoys portraying characters in story ballets, as well as the physicality of contemporary pieces.

Repertoire highlights

In addition to the ballerina roles in all of the major classical ballets such as Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake and Coppélia, a particular career highlight for Lucinda was dancing the world premiere of Stanton Welch's The Sleeping Beauty in 2005. Other highlights include her performances on The Australian Ballet's tours to London, Tokyo, Italy, Shanghai and New York, as well as dancing lead roles in contemporary works by Wheeldon, Kylian, Robbins, Balanchine, Tharp, Fonte and Baynes.