Lizzy Howell couldn’t be more chuffed that she’s single-handedly changing the image of dancers with every pirouette.
Just don’t go calling her a “plus-size” ballerina.
“If I can do everything that anyone else can do, why should I be in a separate category?” Lizzy tells BuzzFeed.
“I’m very happy that someone discovered me. It’s a whole new thing…
As principal artist of The Australian Ballet, Robyn Hendricks brings the world’s classic fairytales to life with a grace and presence few dancers can match.
But in many ways, the most riveting fable is how this South African-born superstar came to be centre stage in the first place.
If it wasn’t for her canny grandfather, she…
Meet Telstra Ballet Dancer Award Nominee Benedicte Bemet
Born in Mackay in 1994, she grew up on the Gold Coast where she began her training aged three and continued in Hong Kong when her family relocated there when she was ten.
Benedicte says leaving home at age 13 to study ballet professionally was “probably the hardest…