Leisel Rose

Introducing Leisel

Leisel was born in Brisbane and raised in Perth, Western Australia. From the age of 3 she learned to dance in various styles as a student at Gail Meade Performing Arts Centre. 

At the age of 15 Leisel decided to pursue her passion for ballet and was successful in her auditioned for The Australian Ballet School. She relocated to Melbourne to commence full-time training in Level 5 in 2016. Upon graduating Level 8 in 2019 she was offered the opportunity to tour with The Australian Ballet, performing in their Storytime Ballet season of The Nutcracker. 

Leisel joined and graduated from the Queensland Ballet Academy's Pre-Professional Program in 2021. Following this she joined the company as a Company Intern in 2022, and was promoted to Company Artist in 2023.

Repertoire Highlights 

• Kenneth MacMillan's Manon
• The Australian Ballet Regional Tour Coppélia
• The Australian Ballet season of Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• George Balanchine's Serenade
• "Soloist girl" in George Balanchine's Who Cares?
• Natalie Weir's Willow

Professional Accolades  

• 2019-2020 Recipient of the BBM Global Industry Scholarship for Performing Arts
• 2015 Finalist of RAD Western Australian Advanced 1 Bursary

Did you know… 

You may not know that Leisel is also a qualified Pilates Matwork and Small Apparatus Instructor.

"Don't compare your path to someone else's - it's not a race it's a journey and while your journey may end up looking a little different than how you expected it to that's okay. Sometimes you learn and grow more from taking a different turn along the way and any dream takes a lifetime to achieve, so enjoy the process and take it all in your stride."