Amber Scott

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'''Amber Scott''' is an Australian ballet dancer. She was a principal artist at The Australian Ballet before retiring in 2023 after 22 years with the company.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://australianballet.com.au/artist/amber-scott|title=Amber Scott|website=The Australian Ballet|access-date=25 April 2020}}</ref>

==Early life== Scott was born and raised in Brisbane, Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecarousel.com/beauty/fashion/celeb-style/australian-ballet/|title=Australian Ballet's Amber Scott On Discovering Ballet|work=The Carousel}}</ref> She started dance classes at age three and ballet at age five. She also attended jazz and tap classes. When Scott was eleven, her family relocated to Melbourne,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.frankixo.com/career/sleeping-beauty-the-australian-ballet-principal-artist-amber-scott|title=Sleeping Beauty: The Australian Ballet Principal Artist Amber Scott|work=FRANKIxo|access-date=25 April 2020}}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and she started training at The Australian Ballet School.<ref name=bio/>

==Career== Scott joined The Australian Ballet in 2001, at age 17. In 2003, she spent five months at the Royal Danish Ballet and learned the Bournonville method there. In 2011, Scott was promoted to Principal Artist after dancing the second movement in Kenneth MacMillan's ''Concerto''. She has danced classical roles such as Princess Aurora and the Lilac Fairy in ''The Sleeping Beauty'', Odette/Odile in ''Swan Lake'', Sugar Plum Fairy in ''The Nutcracker'', the title role in ''Manon'' and Tatiana in ''Onegin'', as well as contemporary pieces such as ''Chroma'' and ''After the Rain''.

==Personal life== Scott is married to the Artistic Director of the RNZB Ty King-Wall. They have two daughters.<ref name=Sydney/>

==Selected repertoire== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *Swanilda in ''Coppélia'' *Aurora and the Lilac Fairy in ''The Sleeping Beauty'' *Giselle in ''Giselle'' *Nikiya in ''La Bayadère'' *The Sugar Plum Fairy in ''The Nutcracker'' *Odette/Odile in ''Swan Lake'' *Odette in Graeme Murphy's ''Swan Lake'' {{col-2}} *Manon in ''Manon'' *Tatiana in ''Onegin'' *Hanna in ''The Merry Widow'' *Second movement in ''Concerto'' *''Chroma'' *''After the Rain'' {{col-end}}

==Awards== *Helpmann Award nomination for Stephen Baynes’ Swan Lake, 2013 *Telstra Ballet Dancer Award and Telstra People's Choice Award, 2004 *First Place Junior Asian Pacific Competition, Tokyo, 1999 *Adeline Genée Awards, bronze medal, 1998

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