Her facial expressions, like her body sculpted by almost two decades of professional dance are deliberate and refined.
Burnett is not one for tip-toeing about.
“Not just the roles for women, but the very system of classical ballet.
Morgan Lugo/Courtesy Juliet Burnett
The Australian Ballet encountered backlash in June this year after it published a black square on social media.
“My grandmother, Raden Ayu Catherine Ismadillah Brataatmaja, was a professional Javanese dancer,” she says.
She was totally not a pushy dance mum.”
Suprapto/Courtesy Juliet Burnett
Her graduation from The Australian Ballet School led to the beginnings of her career in 2003.
At a young age, Burnett was struck by the financial inequity in such a big, prosperous city.
“Ballet dancers can live in a bubble,” she says.
Suprapto/Courtesy Juliet Burnett
“The level of training, rehearsal and performance becomes more than work, it’s a lifestyle.
There was no sudden event that resulted in Burnett’s choice to leave The Australian Ballet.
She created and sharedInjustice: a short filmon her website last year.
In pre-pandemic times, Burnett resided in Belgium, where she is a dancer forThe Royal Ballet of Flanders.
Burnett has also just launched her own company,A-Part.
“After I left The Australian Ballet, I wanted to delve into my artistic identity.”
Posting PR-approved hashtags isnt enough.
David McAllisterleft his roleas artistic director of the Australian Ballet last year.
That can’t happen too soon.
