Lina Kim

Korean born Lina Kim started dance lessons at the age of four with Professor Lim, before moving to Australia where she attended the Janice Heale School of Dance. She became a student of the Queensland Dance School of Excellence in 2006, receiving the Queensland Ballet scholarship and several other awards during this time.

Lina was taken into Queensland Ballet’s Professional Year in 2008 and in that year appeared in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, International Gala 2008, The Little Mermaid, …with attitude, and Swan Lake, as well as the Queensland regional tour of The Amazing Magician. Lina was selected to perform as an extra in the Paris Opera Ballet’s production of La Bayadère in 2009, and was taken into Queensland Ballet as a Trainee Dancer in January, 2010. In 2011, Lina was promoted to Company Dancer.

Repertoire highlights

• Paris Opera Ballet’s La Bayadère
• Cygnet in Francois Klaus’s Swan Lake

Did you know?

Lina would love to tour to Paris!