Drew Hedditch
Soloist
Drew Hedditch
Drew was born in Canberra. He started tap-dancing at the age of five and ballet at the age of eight, training at the Lisa Clark Dance Centre. Drew joined The Australian Ballet School’s full-time program in 2011. During his time at the school he toured with The Dancers Company in 2012 and 2013, and performed at the Assemblée International in Toronto in 2013. He joined The Australian Ballet in 2014 and was promoted to coryphée in 2018. In 2024, Drew was promoted to the rank of soloist.
Drew, with fellow dancer Annabelle Watt, is The Australian Ballet’s Philanthropy Ambassador for 2024-2025.
Repertoire highlights
- Robbie Ross in Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar©, 2024
- ‘Emeralds’ Pas de Trois in George Balanchine's Jewels 2023 and 2024 (Australia and UK)
- Pas de Six in Anne Woolliams and David Hallberg's Swan Lake, 2023
- The Mad Hatter, Footman/Fish in Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland©, 2017, 2019 and 2024
- Justin Peck's Everywhere We Go, 2022 and 2023 (Australia and UK)
- Mercutio in John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet, 2022
- Tolstoy and Levin in Yuri Possokhov's Anna Karenina, 2022
- Johan Strauss section choreographed by Marco Goecke in Kunstkamer, 2022
- William Forsythe’s Artifact Suite, 2021
- Franz in Peggy van Praagh and George Ogilvie's Coppélia (Regional Tour), 2018
- Bluebird in David McAllister's The Sleeping Beauty, 2017 and 2018
- Pas de cinq in Serge Lifar's Suite en blanc, 2017
- Tim Harbour's Squander and Glory, 2017
- Stanislav and Harlequin in John Neumeier's Nijinsky, 2016
- Tim Harbour's Filigree and Shadow, 2015
Professional accolades
Awards
- Telstra Ballet Dancer Award nominee, 2017
- Kelvin Coe Scholarship, 2016
You may not know
Drew played rugby growing up, and had childhood ambitions to become Australia’s first tap-dancing Wallaby.