Melissa McCabe

Born in Sydney, Melissa trained at the Tanya Pearson classical coaching academy before being accepted into The Australian Ballet School. Receiving regular accolades during her time at the ABS, Melissa was later offered a position in The Australian Ballet upon her graduation.

Recognising the need to gain experience abroad, and to satisfy her urge to travel , Mel headed west to West Australian Ballet, before accepting a position with Alberta Ballet Company in Canada.

Since returning to West Australian Ballet in 2012 Mel has performed Principal and Soloist roles in a variety of productions, as well as choreographing for the company and individuals.

Mel’s stand out roles include Olga in John Crankos Onegin, Snow White in Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs, Swanhilda in Coppelia, David Nixon’s The Great Gatsby as Myrtle, for which she was nominated for a Helpmann Award & Lucy in Krzysztof Pastors award winning Dracula.

Mel was featured in Dance Australia as ‘The Most Outstanding Dancer Award’ and Dancer to watch for her role as Myrtle and Lucy. Melissa was also a Bloch Artiste and works closely with the world leading dance brand recently doing a photoshoot in Sydney with her baby daughter Vivienne for Baby Bloch.