Elisha is an exciting addition to the BRB - her fearless technique and steadily improving interpretations
will win her many admirers.
Previously a Soloist with Australian Ballet, she joined BRB, also as a Soloist,
earlier this year and quickly made it clear that she was a fine acquisition. She is small, very blonde and seems to possess
great reserves of energy. Her technique and acting ability are first class; in fact, she has all the attributes required of
a Principal and it was no surprise that she was raised to that rank at the start of this season.
Already she has danced many leading roles and has been impressive in all of them.
None more so than as Giselle, when, at short notice, she found herself dancing in successive weeks with two different Albrechts,
neither of whom was the one she had rehearsed mostly with. In her debut as the Sugar Plum Fairy last December she danced with
complete authority and in the grand manner needed for that role.
In the Ashton works, she was an exciting Gypsy Girl in The Two Pigeons and
a delightful Dorabella. For Bintley she was an excellent Belle in Beauty and the Beast and she created the role of
Eurydice in The Orpheus Suite.
Credit: Ballet.co
Awards
- Nominated for Oustanding Female Artist (Classical) at the 2004 National
Dance Awards in Australia.
- Dancing Times Magazine's Dancer of the Month in December 2004.
- Silver medal at the Genée Competition in both 1996 and 1999.
