Meet Principal Artist

Amber Scott

Alluring calmness and superb artistry FJORD REVIEW

Introducing Amber

Amber Scott joined The Australian Ballet School at age eleven. After graduating as dux, she joined The Australian Ballet in 2001. In 2003 she spent four months on a dancer exchange at the Royal Danish Ballet, giving her the opportunity to learn the Bournonville technique firsthand. Amber was promoted to principal artist in 2011 after performing the Second Movement from Kenneth MacMillan’s Concerto. Her career highlights include dancing Odette with Adam Bull in Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake in Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, Manchester, New York, Los Angeles, Berkeley, London and Manchester, and partnering with guest artists David Hallberg, Robert Tewsley and Damian Smith.

Amber Scott’s Principal Artist position is generously supported by The Barbara Duhig Fund

Amber Scott undeniably possesses a special quality on stage – her dancing is marked by both elegance and a rare grace

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REPERTOIRE HIGHLIGHTS

  • Swanilda in George Ogilvie and Peggy van Praagh’s Coppélia (with David Hallberg of American Ballet Theatre)
  • Aurora and the Lilac Fairy in David McAllister’s The Sleeping Beauty 
  • Giselle in Maina Gielgud’s Giselle 
  • Nikiya in Stanton Welch’s La Bayadère 
  • The Sugar Plum Fairy in Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker 

REPERTOIRE HIGHLIGHTS

  • Odette/Odile in Stephen Baynes’ Swan Lake 
  • Odette in Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake 
  • Manon in Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon 
  • Tatiana in John Cranko's Onegin 
  • Hanna in Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow 

You may not know

In 2020, Amber reached her 20th year with the company, while also studying The Australian Ballet School’s Teaching Course. She has a daughter called Bonnie and one day hopes to walk the Camino.

Professional accolades

Awards

  • Helpmann Award nomination for Stephen Baynes’ Swan Lake 2013
  • Telstra Ballet Dancer Award and Telstra People's Choice Award 2004
  • First Place Junior Asian Pacific Competition, Tokyo 1999
  • Adeline Genée Awards, bronze medal 1998

Guest appearances

  • Stephen Baynes' Unspoken Dialogues in David Hallberg's Legacy Gala, New York City 2015
  • Odette/Odile in Derek Deane’s Swan Lake with the Shanghai Ballet 2014
  • National Ballet of China International Gala 2013
  • Odette/Odile in Russell Kerr's Swan Lake with Royal New Zealand Ballet 2013
  • Fall for Dance Festival, New York City (Glen Tetley's Gemini) 2011
  • The Stuttgart Ballet's 50th Anniversary Gala (Molto Vivace Pas de deux) 2011

In the media

Amber Scott is a sublime Odette, her luminous beauty allowing the young woman’s spiralling fear to radiate out with great power

Theatre People