Teaching artist

Carina Roberts

Carina was born in Perth and began her dance training at age four. At age 17, she was accepted into the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and completed two years of full-time training as well as achieving her Solo Seal Award in 2014. At the RAD Festival in 2014, Carina was awarded the Pre-Professional award and was offered a Young Artist contract with West Australian Ballet for the following year.

In 2015, she joined West Australian Ballet and in 2016 was promoted to corps de ballet. Carina has performed multiple lead roles with the company including Clara in The Nutcracker, Tinkerbell in Peter Pan, The Sylph in La Sylphide. In 2018, Carina was promoted to demi soloist and proceeded to perform principal roles such as, Mina in Krzysztof Pastor’s Dracula, The Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Alice in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland), Swanhilda in Greg Horsman’s Copelia and Odile in Krzysztof Pastor’s Swan Lake.

Throughout her time at West Australian Ballet, Carina also completed her Certficate IV in Pilates Matwork and Reformer and currently teaches Pilates classes and Adult Ballet Classes at the West Australian Ballet Centre as well as providing one one-on-one coaching with young dancers who want to improve their strength through Pilates based conditioning programs.

After retiring from the stage in December 2023, Carina has begun undertaking a Bachelor of Physiotherapy at the University of Notre Dame Australia, a career path that she is extremely passionate about. She looks forward to bringing together this new knowledge, along with her past knowledge as an elite athlete, to help people find their body’s full movement potential.