Ballet Rogue is a registered non-profit ballet collective based in Adelaide and regional South Australia. Artist-led and independent, we prioritise creative autonomy, collaboration and high-level ballet practice beyond mainstream pathways.

Our work focuses on creating meaningful performance opportunities, expanding ballet audiences across South Australia and building a collective where artists are supported to keep dancing and creating over time.


Production team

The people who lead, advise and run the collective.

Michael Tong

Photo: Chris Drakard

Michael is a dancer, choreographer and registered physiotherapist. With a versatile background spanning modern and contemporary work, he has performed in works by various choreographers and at international festivals including the Hong Kong Arts Festival 2019 and the International Choreography Festival 2019. He is currently also a research student at Adelaide University.

As a physiotherapist, Michael uses his expertise to give back to the dance community. He has been part of Ballet Rogue from early on, co-creating and performing in Bloom Ballet Gala and continuing into Beyond. He has since taken on a broader production role and many Ballet Rogue dancers have benefited from his support.

For Ballet Rogue Michael choreographed Walpurgis Night (with Mimi Yoshii, after L. Lavrovsky), Black nor White (with Mimi Yoshii) and Pieśń o Fali for Bloom Ballet Gala, and Let me tell you a story... and Black nor White for Beyond Ballet Gala. He also performed in Walpurgis Night as Bacchus, Black nor White in both galas and Pieśń o Fali.

Emma Smith

Emma is a contemporary dancer who met Mimi while performing with TREAD Australian Dance Theatre Youth Ensemble, which is how she came to Ballet Rogue. She currently dances with PF Crew and works behind the scenes for Ballet Rogue, applying her studies in Event Management at Flinders University to the day-to-day running of the collective. For Luminous Reverie she also served as Creative Producer.


Ballet Rogue Artists

Collective Artists

Core artists who maintain an ongoing relationship with Ballet Rogue and contribute regularly across the collective’s projects.

Ririka Fujiwara

Photo: Chris Drakard

Luminous Reverie

  • Luminous Reverie as Dulcinea

Beyond Ballet Gala

  • Votive
  • Liée

Bloom Ballet Gala

  • Jewels Fairies Pas de Quatre as Silver Fairy
  • Walpurgis Night as Nymph

Associate Artists

Experienced artists who work with Ballet Rogue across selected productions and creative projects.

Tara Edwards-Johnson

Beyond Ballet Gala

  • Liée, choreographer and dancer
  • Votive
Sophie Loveys

Beyond Ballet Gala

  • Votive
  • Liée
  • Solo variation

Bloom Ballet Gala

  • Female Factory

Community Artists

Artists from a range of training and performance backgrounds who contribute to Ballet Rogue through selected performance opportunities.

Lynne McIntyre

Luminous Reverie

  • One life-long journey

Affiliation

Dragonfly Dance

Jesica Schindler

Jesica Schindler

Youth Artists

Young dancers who perform with Ballet Rogue in selected productions and roles suited to their experience and training.

Bonnie Ireland

Luminous Reverie

  • Luminous Reverie as Little Cupid
  • One life-long journey

Beyond Ballet Gala

  • Solo variation

Affiliation

GSD Dance Academy
Dance with Mimi

Khaleesi Sadler

Luminous Reverie

  • Luminous Reverie as Little Cupid

Affiliation

GSD Dance Academy
Dance with Mimi

Rosalie Mansfield

Luminous Reverie

  • Luminous Reverie as Little Cupid

Affiliation

GSD Dance Academy
Dance with Mimi


Collaborators

Alex Selivanova

Photo: Chris Drakard

Alex is an emerging dance artist with a Slavic background. Her training began at age 6 in rhythmic gymnastics and character dance. On relocating to Australia, she continued developing her practice, performing and teaching Ukrainian character dance at the Slava Ukrainian Culture Centre.

Alex recently graduated from the Adelaide College of the Arts. In Bloom Ballet Gala and Beyond Ballet Gala she created and performed works built on her strength in character dance, and in Beyond she also danced in Michael Tong's contemporary work Let me tell you a story... For Luminous Reverie she choreographed One life-long journey, a dance theatre work. She is now working overseas.

Tatiana Verza

Photo: Chris Drakard

Tatiana is a Brazilian ballet dancer and teacher from Campinas, São Paulo. She trained in classical ballet at Instituto das Artes Luana Lopes and Conservatório Carlos Gomes, specialising in the Vaganova method. She has since focused on teaching the next generation of dancers, working across Australia and internationally.

She came to Adelaide and joined Beyond Ballet Gala for a solo variation from Talisman and Luminous Reverie for Alex Selivanova's One life-long journey.

Australis Collective: Lucy Macourt

Lucy is a violinist and a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, currently completing an MPhil at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, Adelaide University. She has appeared with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Canberra Symphony Orchestra, is an Australian Youth Orchestra alumna and teaches privately and in schools, including St Peter's Girls' School.

As co-founding director of Australis Collective alongside Georgia Gamble, she leads an independent chamber music ensemble with a similar spirit to Ballet Rogue. The two collectives connected and presented a joint concert, Luminous Reverie.

Steph Teh

Steph is a Chinese-Malaysian musician based in Kaurna Yerta. A multi-instrumentalist skilled in cello, guitar, piano and voice, she has been playing cello since the age of 5 and is currently Principal Cellist of the Burnside Symphony Orchestra.

She performs both as a solo artist and as a multidisciplinary collaborator, moving readily across disciplines and genres. She performed Black nor White at Bloom Ballet Gala and returned for Beyond, contributing to multiple works.

Celine Goh

Celine first played the piano at age four. From the age of nine she competed internationally across more than eight countries, performing in concert halls in Italy, Prague, South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, China and Taiwan. She holds a Fellowship in Piano Performance at Trinity College London.

Celine now works as a general practitioner in Adelaide and continues to perform, including in musicals and weddings locally and internationally. Celine joined Bloom Ballet Gala, performing in Black nor White and accompanying the soprano. For Beyond Ballet Gala, her husband Jeremy joined as well and Celine collaborated with a wider cast of dancers.

Eloise Alsop

Photo: Mike Annese

Eloise is an Australian ballet dancer known for the elegance and technical precision she draws from her long lines. Her training took her from Canberra to Newcastle and eventually to Munich, where she performed for two seasons with the Bayerisches Junior Ballett München as a scholarship holder of the Heinz-Bosl-Stiftung.

Back in Adelaide, she performed as a guest artist in Bloom Ballet Gala, dancing Diana's variation from Diana and Acteon.

Jeremy Yang

Dr Jeremy Yang grew up in Tasmania, where he attained his Licentiate Diploma (LMusA) in classical piano and a Bachelor of Medicine. At 17 he won the Rising Star Competition and performed with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. He is a specialist GP based in Mitcham and Belair.

Jeremy first appeared with Ballet Rogue at Bloom Ballet Gala in support of Celine, before joining as a pianist for Beyond Ballet Gala.


Staff and Local Partners

Ongoing roles are listed by title. Where someone joined for a particular production, that season is named under their role.

Amy de Halyn

Photo: Mike Annese

Amy received her training at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, specialising in classical ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap and ethnic dance, before completing a BA in Dance Performance at VCA.

She went on to pursue a professional career in Sydney and Paris, working as a commercial dancer and video director on stage and screen, including a feature role in the A Second Chance films and TV series.

Amy now lives between Kyoto and Adelaide, teaching and creating dance and video projects. She joined Ballet Rogue and serves as a mentor to the director, occasionally performing when she is in Adelaide. In Bloom Ballet Gala she performed in Jewels Fairies Pas de Quatre and choreographed Female Factory.

Rebekah Rowland

Photo: Chris Drakard

Rebekah is a former pre-professional ballet and contemporary dancer with a BA in Ballet from Hungary (2016). Although accepted into the Dortmund Ballet company, she chose a different path. She has since been teaching and occasionally performing, and is currently opening her own studio, Captivate Dance.

Rebekah joined Ballet Rogue in 2025 when she found she missed performing, taking on rehearsal direction and keeping operations moving through show season. For Beyond Ballet Gala she worked as Project Manager and Rehearsal Director, performed in Votive and Liée, and choreographed and danced Arioso.

Chylie Cooper

Chylie was born in Thailand and grew up in Adelaide, training in classical ballet with Jacqueline Tucker and Christine Underdown and performing with the South Australian Children's Ballet Company. She went on to study at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, graduating with a Diploma of Dance.

Her professional career took her across Australia and internationally, dancing with Australian Dancers Company, West Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre under Garry Stewart and Sydney Dance Company. She toured extensively across the United States, Europe and Asia and also taught at Newtown High School of Performing Arts in Sydney.

Chylie returned to Adelaide and has been teaching open ballet classes for many years. She has been a mentor to Mimi since Mimi arrived in Adelaide in 2019. In time Ballet Rogue's dancers began attending her open classes, and she has also worked with the collective as a rehearsal director.

Ballet Rogue

Leanne has danced ballet since childhood and continued as a hobby into adulthood. When her own children started dancing, she began making costumes, a skill that has grown alongside her love for the artform.

She joined Ballet Rogue, drawn in by the energy of the backstage environment. In practice, Leanne is the collective's all-rounder: making sure dancers are fed, getting people where they need to be, listening when it's needed, fixing costumes on the spot and generally keeping everyone looked after. She also runs Granny Lanny Creations, offering dance costumes, pointe shoe sewing and handcrafted goods.

Ballet Rogue

Elizabeth Bogue

Backstage Crew

Bloom Ballet Gala · Beyond Ballet Gala · Luminous Reverie

Yoshii-Podger Creations

Brad Yoshii-Podger

Media

Yoshii-Podger Creations


Previous Contributors

Adina Lopez

Violinist

Australis Collective

Luminous Reverie

Luminous Reverie

One life-long journey

Saoirse

Aimee Bajev

Soprano Singer

Bloom Ballet Gala

Pieśń o Fali

Akacia Vanmali

Stage Manager

Bloom Ballet Gala

Beyond Ballet Gala

Aki Sato

Costume

AMS Costume

Bloom Ballet Gala

Beyond Ballet Gala

Amy Mellow

Dancer · Executive Producer

Bloom Ballet Gala

Jewels Fairies Pas de Quatre as Gold Fairy

Walpurgis Night as Nymph

Pieśń o Fali

Angela Blackwell

Dancer

Beyond Ballet Gala

Pas de fiancées

Ariane Dorotich

Dancer

Bloom Ballet Gala

Female Factory

Belle Smibert

Composer

Luminous Reverie

One life-long journey

Saoirse

Beth Mooney

Dancer

Bloom Ballet Gala

Female Factory

Beyond Ballet Gala

Let me tell you a story

Chris Drakard

Photographer

Beyond Ballet Gala

Codie Sorensen

Lighting Designer · Tech Operator

Beyond Ballet Gala

Daniel Phan

Videography

Bloom Ballet Gala

Diana Boots

Marketing Support

Dylan Kenyon

Dancer · Backstage Crew

Beyond Ballet Gala

Éphémères

Pas de fiancées

Ellisha Tonkin

Dancer

Bloom Ballet Gala

Female Factory

Georgia Gamble

Double Bass

Australis Collective

Luminous Reverie

Luminous Reverie

One life-long journey

Saoirse

Kory Ellis

Stage Manager

Beyond Ballet Gala

Kris

Stage Manager

Luminous Reverie

Kuan

Dancer

Beyond Ballet Gala

Dread

Maria Klimenchuk

Costume

MY Dance Costumes

Beyond Ballet Gala

Mike Annese

Photography

Bloom Ballet Gala

Nadia Lazzaro

Dancer

Bloom Ballet Gala

Female Factory

Beyond Ballet Gala

Votive

Solo variation

Natalie Newman

Massage Therapist

Nurture and Flow Therapies

Beyond Ballet Gala

Olivia Jones

Dancer · Backstage Crew

Bloom Ballet Gala

Walpurgis Night

Jewels Fairies Pas de Quatre as Precious Stone Fairy

Beyond Ballet Gala

Pauline Lee

Dancer

Bloom Ballet Gala

Solo variation

Petit Miam

Dancer

Beyond Ballet Gala

Pas de fiancées

Samantha Cook

Dancer

Bloom Ballet Gala

Female Factory

Ten Past Ten

Marketing

Bloom Ballet Gala

Van Ngo

Dancer

Beyond Ballet Gala

Pas de fiancées

Zoe Freisberg

Violinist

Australis Collective

Luminous Reverie

Luminous Reverie

One life-long journey

Saoirse