In 2011, she joined the Houston Ballet as a first soloist (senior artist in Australian Ballet terms).[3] and was promoted to principal dancer in August of the same year.[4] In 2012 she joined Nederlands Dans Theater.
Choreography career
In 2017, Rowe, who had retired from dancing, choreographed her first piece. This was For Pixie for SFDanceworks, where she became the associate artistic director. The piece is inspired by her grandparents, and has since been performed by San Francisco Ballet and Ballet Idaho.[5][6]
After seeing For Pixie, Helgi Tomasson, artistic director of San Francisco Ballet, hired her to choreograph a piece, UnSaid, for San Francisco's 2019 opening gala.[5] Her first ensemble piece for the company, Wooden Dimes, starring Sarah Van Patten, premiered in March 2021 in a digital program due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]Madcap, starring principal dancer Tiit Helimets as a clown having a personal crisis, premiered January 20, 2023 with San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House.[12]
Rowe is married to fellow South Australian Luke Ingham.[16] Ingham also danced with Houston Ballet for the 2011–2012 season. In 2012, he joined San Francisco Ballet where he was promoted to principal dancer in 2014. Rowe joined him in San Francisco, and they married at City Hall.[5] They have two children.[11]
References
^"Danielle Rowe". The Australian Ballet. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2011.