Callum Linnane
Principal Artist
Callum Linnane
(He/Him)
Callum Linnane grew up in Ballarat, Victoria. At the age of seven he began training in all styles of dance at the Ballarat Centre of Music and the Arts; he started ballet classes with Lauren Young at the age of eleven. Callum was accepted into The Australian Ballet School in 2008 and graduated dux with honours. He joined The Australian Ballet in 2015; he was promoted to coryphée in 2017, to soloist in 2018, to senior artist in 2021, and to principal artist in 2022.
Callum Linnane in John Neumeier's Nijinsky
Callum Linnane in Yuri Possokhov's Anna Karenina
Repertoire highlights
- Romeo in John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet, 2022
- George Balanchine's Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
- Wayne McGregor's Chroma
- Alice Topp's Logos
- Albrecht in Maina Gielgud's Giselle
- Jack/Knave of Hearts in Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland©
- The Prince in Alexei Ratmansky's Cinderella
- Vaslav Nijinsky in John Neumeier's Nijinsky
- First Movement Principal in George Balanchine's Symphony in C
- William Forsythe's In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, 2016
- Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room, 2015
“Callum Linnane is wonderfully sensual and commanding”The Guardian
Professional accolades
Awards
- Telstra Ballet Dancer Award, 2016
Robyn Hendricks and Callum Linnane in Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux ©The George Balanchine Trust
You may not know
Callum's favourite film director is Paolo Sorrentino and favourite band is Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds