Introduction
Danielle Rowe (born 1982 in Shepparton) is an Australian-born ballet dancer.
Dancing career
Rowe trained in Newcastle and Adelaide. She joined The Australian Ballet in 2001. She won the Telstra People's Choice Award in both 2003 and 2005 and in 2008 became a principal artist with the company.
In 2011, she joined the Houston Ballet as a first soloist (senior artist in Australian Ballet terms). and was promoted to principal dancer in August of the same year.In 2012 she joined Nederlands Dans Theater.
Awards
In 2009, Rowe won the Walter Bourke prize, which allowed her to travel to New York and perform with Christopher Wheeldon's dance company Morphoses. In 2010, she won a Helpmann Award for her performance in Dyad 1929 by Wayne McGregor.
In 2012, Rowe was named one of "25 to Watch" by Dance Magazine.
Personal life
Rowe has been in a long term relationship with fellow South Australian Luke Ingham.Ingham also danced with Houston Ballet for the 2011-2012 season.In 2012 he joined San Francisco Ballet where he was promoted to principal dancer in 2014.