Grace Wee started ballet at the age of seven at the Singapore Ballet Academy. As a student, she participated in numerous productions by the Singapore Dance Theatre and has won prizes at local dance competitions.

Upon receiving the Shell-NAC Scholarship for the Arts in 2002, Grace pursued her dance training at The Australian Ballet School and New Zealand School of Dance. While in New Zealand, she passed her RAD Advanced 2 Examinations with distinction. Her school repertoire included Balanchine’s Valse Fantasie and Serenade, Bournaville’s La Sylphide, Gordon Wilcox’s Revolting Rhymes, and variations from The Sleeping Beauty.

Grace was a scholar with the Singapore Dance Theatre in 2006; she has taken part in productions with the Singapore Dance Theatre, T.H.E Dance Company and Frontier Danceland. She has also performed at the 8th Asia Arts Festival in Beijing in 2006, World Ballet Competition in Orlando, Florida USA, 2007 and the Putra Jaya Arts Festival in Malaysia, 2009. Grace founded Tari Youth Theatre in May 2006 and led the group to represent Singapore at the 10th International Youth Dance Festival in Macau.

In 2010, Grace completed her Certificate of Ballet Teaching Studies from the Royal Academy of Dance. Prior to joining SOTA, Grace taught at the Singapore Ballet Academy, Moving Arts Studio and Jitterbugs Swingapore.

 


Grace Wee
Faculty of Dance