Rebecca Gladstone

Rebecca Gladstone was born in Sydney and received her first dance training at the Kim Walton School of Dance and the Marie Walton-Mahon Dance Academy. She continued her studies at the English National Ballet School and, after graduating, moved to the ballet company of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she was promoted to soloist. In 2003 she joined the Vienna State Opera and in 2006 she became part of the Semperoper Ballett under ballet director Aaron S. Watkin. During her dance career, Rebecca Gladstone has appeared in numerous roles and worked with many renowned choreographers, including Jiří Kylián, William Forsythe, John Neumeier, Marguerite Donlon, Johan Inger and David Dawson. From 2010 to 2016, she worked as a ballet master at the Semperoper and has since returned regularly as a rehearsal director and choreographic assistant. She is responsible for the staging of several of David Dawson's ballets and has assisted him in his new creations for companies around the world. These companies include the Dutch National Ballet, the Pacific Northwest Ballet, the Tulsa Ballet, the Semperoper Ballett Dresden and the San Francisco Ballet.