Rhiannon Watkin-Fairless
Demi-Soloist
Rhiannon hails from New Zealand. She received her education at The Australian Ballet School in Melbourne and the Mount Eden Ballet Academy in Auckland. In 2013, she joined the National Ballet of Canada as an apprentice, where she was promoted to group dancer a year later. After four years at the National Ballet of Canda she joined the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2017. In the 2020/21 season, she joined the corps de ballet of Bayerisches Staatsballett and at the beginning of season 2024/25, she was promoted to demi-soloist.
(Information as of June 2025)
Selected previous roles
Lady in Black in Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)
The Cook in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon)
Cinderella's Mother in Cinderella (Christopher Wheeldon)
Third "Shades" Variation in La Bayadère (Patrice Bart after Petipa)
other productions in previous seasons
Affairs of the Heart (David Dawson), as part of the Passagen Triple Bill
Autodance (Sharon Eyal), as part of the Duato/Skeels/Eyal Triple Bill
Coppélia (Roland Petit)
Giselle (Peter Wright nach Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Le Grand Sot (Marion Motin), as part of the Sphären.01 Multiple Bill
Jewels (George Balanchine)
Onegin (John Cranko)
Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)
Romeo und Julia (John Cranko)
Sinfonie in C (George Balanchine)
Ein Sommernachstraum (John Neumeier)
To get to become (Philippe Kratz) as part of the Heute ist morgen Multiple Bill
Tschaikowski-Ouvertüren (Alexei Ratmansky)
White Darkness (Nacho Duato), as part of the Duato/Skeels/Eyal Triple Bill