Joel Woellner

Introducing Joel

Born in Sydney, Joel started dancing at the age of 7 at Ettingshausens Dynamic Arts. He then studied at the Ben Stevenson Academy in Houston for 2 years. After graduating, Joel was offered a position at the Houston Ballet before coming back home to Australia and becoming a Company Dancer with Queensland Ballet in 2015. In 2017 he was promoted to Soloist and then again to Senior Soloist in 2018. After his performance as the Prince in The Sleeping Beauty he was promoted to Principal Artist.  

Repertoire Highlights  

• 'Prince Désiré' in Greg Horsman's The Sleeping Beauty
• 'Prince Seigfried' in Ben Stevenson's Swan Lake
• 'Prince Solar' in Greg Horsman’s La Bayadère 
• 'Principal male' in Harald Lander’s Etudes 
• 'Albrecht' in Ai-Gul Gasina's Giselle
• 'Prince' in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella
• 'Snow Prince' in Ben Stevenson's The Nutcracker
• 'Sugar Plum Prince' in Ben Stevenson's The Nutcracker
• 'Oberon' in Liam Scarlett’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream  
• 'Prince Ivan' in Liam Scarlett’s Firebird 
• 'Vicomte Sébastian De Valmont' in Liam Scarlett's Dangerous Liaisons
• 'Principal Couple' in Liam Scarlett's No Man's Land
• 'Principal Rapsody in Blue' in Derek Deane's Strictly Gershwin
• 'American Boy' in Derek Deane's Striclty Gershwin
• 'Summertime Pas De Deux' in Derek Deane's Strictly Gershwin
• 'Principal Couple' in Greg Horsman's Glass Concerto
• 'Bluebird' in Greg Horsman’s The Sleeping Beauty  
• Jack Lister's Still Life
• Jack Lister's Memory House
• Jack Lister's Fonder Heart
• 'Second Soloist Male' in Jiří Kylián’s Soilders Mass
• Jiří Kylián's Petit Mort
• Stephanie Lake's Birograpghy
• François Klaus' Cloudland Pas De Deux
• 'Bathina Waltz Couple' in Kenneth MacMillan's Elite Syncopations
• 'Young/Old Dracula' in Krzysztof Pastor's Dracula

Professional Accolades  

• Finalist of Youth America Grand Prix 2011 
• Full scholarship to the Ben Stevenson Academy in Houston, Texas as part of the Houston Ballet 2 Company 
• Graduated from the Ben Stevenson Academy with “Best Dancer” award 
• Dual prize winner of the Prix de Lausanne 
• Represented Houston Ballet at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts 

Did you know… 

Initially, Joel wasn’t interested in taking up ballet. Drama, singing and jazz were the first classes he took when he expressed an interest in dance, until his mother convinced him to try ballet.