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Fun Facts
Rachel loves Australia, the beach, the bushland, the animals, the sounds, the skies
and the cities. She admires and is moved by people who can sing well and wishes she could. She is grateful to all the people
who have supported her and enriched her life.
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Rachel Rawlins grew up in Canberra where she studied ballet with Del Brady. She completed her dance training in Melbourne, attending the Victorian College of the Arts, the National Theatre Ballet
School and The Australian Ballet School. Rachel also studied with the National Ballet School
in Canada for six months.
She
joined The Australian Ballet in 1992 and was promoted to Soloist in 1995. Rachel was invited to become First Soloist with
the Royal Ballet in London in 1999, returning to The Australian Ballet in 2002.
Her performances with the company have garnered much critical acclaim: her interpretation of
Odette in Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake proclaimed “a mature exploration of all its emotions – love,
hurt, anger, despair, madness, hope, serenity”; her balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet acclaimed for “fine
nuances, caution and curiosity and total fascination with this wonder that has entered her life”; while in The Sleeping
Beauty she was described as “perfect as Princess Aurora. Her looks and skill are sublime”. Rachel was promoted
to Principal Artist in 2004.
Awards
- Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer at the 2011 Australian Dance Awards (The Silver Rose)
- Khitercs scholarship to travel to New York, Washington, Houston, London and Amsterdam.
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