About this episode

In this episode, Sarah Davidson interviews prima ballerina Benedicte Bemet about her career, the challenges of ballet, and the psychology of resilience.

Especially as a former ballerina myself, I am thrilled to share with you the delightful Benedicte Bemet who also started ballet at 3 years old but then went on to become not just a professional ballerina but a celebrated Principal Artist with The Australian Ballet. You may not know what that rank means if you live outside the world of ballet, but you’ll surely recognise the term prima ballerina being the highest rank in a company and Benedicte is one of only 11. Recognised from early on in her career for bringing both technical brilliance and emotional depth to roles, you will quickly hear how deeply passionate she is about what she does and she is asuch a pleasure to watch on stage. She graduated only a few years after those in my own cohort who lasted the full distance, so I have followed her career since her very first year in the company and it was a pinch me moment for little Sarah to actually get to sit down with her and hear about it. From busting myths about Black Swan to how she wraps her feet for performances, moving back from Hong Kong without her family to follow her dreams and the psychology of resilience, discipline and optimism through injury, Benny is so well…

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Davidson

Guest: Benedicte Bemet

Topics covered

• ballet
• identity
• resilience
• performance
• career
• art

Keywords

• ballet
• prima ballerina
• Benedicte Bemet
• The Australian Ballet
• resilience
• performance
• Black Swan
• identity
• Romeo & Juliet

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Australian Ballet

Books & works: Black Swan, Romeo & Juliet

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