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Every line
tells a story

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About Mara

I started dancing at six in a draughty church hall, and I still dance like the music might stop at any moment.

Trained in classical ballet at the Royal Academy syllabus and later in contemporary technique, I spent seven seasons as a soloist before going independent in 2021. Today I split my year between company guest roles, new choreography and teaching.

My work sits where classical precision meets a looser, more personal language — clean footwork, long arms, and room to breathe between counts.

Styles
Classical ballet, contemporary, neoclassical
Based in
Canberra, touring nationally
Available for
Guest roles, film, workshops, private coaching

Upcoming performances

Where to see me on stage this season. Tickets are sold through each venue.

  • Giselle — Act II

    Guest soloist as Myrtha · Canberra Theatre Centre

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  • Undertow

    New solo work, 22 minutes · The Street Theatre

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  • The Nutcracker

    Snow Queen · Sydney Lyric Theatre

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  • Open studio: pointe & partnering

    Weekend workshop for intermediate dancers · Belconnen Arts Centre

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Dancer in a white tutu on a dark stage

Classical

Odette, Myrtha, the Sugar Plum Fairy and Kitri. Full-length story ballets with companies across Australia and New Zealand.

Ballerina dancing in darkness surrounded by stage smoke

Contemporary

Original solos and ensemble pieces built with choreographers who like to start from a single gesture and see where it goes.

Ballerina in a dance pose on stage

Teaching

Masterclasses, pointe preparation and one-to-one coaching for dancers preparing for auditions and competitions.

She makes the hardest variation look like an afterthought, then lands it in perfect silence.

Capital Arts Review

Undertow is twenty-two minutes of a dancer listening to her own body. Hard to look away.

Stage & Screen Weekly

A Myrtha with real menace, and arms you could follow across the back row.

The Dance Quarterly

Three private sessions before my audition and my pirouettes finally stopped travelling. I got the place.

Ella R., vocational student

Mara brought a calm, exacting energy to our gala rehearsals. The whole cast lifted around her.

Northern Ballet Collective

Our daughter came home from the workshop glowing, and with notes she actually understood.

Priya S., parent

Book a performance

For guest roles, commissions, film work or coaching, send a short note with dates and location. I reply within two working days.

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Studio3290 Albert Street
Canberra 5311

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