Evie Ferris | |
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![]() Ferris in 2022 | |
Background information | |
Born | Cairns, Australia | 18 February 1997
Occupation(s) | Ballerina, singer, dancer |
Years active | 2007–present |
Member of | The Wiggles |
Evie Ferris (born 18 February 1997) [1] is an Australian ballerina and member of children's band The Wiggles. [2] [3]
Ferris was born in Cairns, Australia, [4] and attended St Andrews Catholic College until year 7. [5] She began dance and performing arts classes at the age of four. By 2007 she had a supporting role in The Australian Ballet's production of Don Quixote. [6]
Ferris was one of eight dancers to earn a role after auditioning with 150 other young dancers, [7] and she was a puppet in the story in the Man of La Mancha. [8] In 2010, at the age of twelve, she moved to Melbourne to join the Australian Ballet School. [9] She toured with the school's Dancer's Company in 2014 and 2015 and undertook a student exchange to Canada in 2015. In 2015 she was selected to join The Australian Ballet, [10] where she was the second Indigenous ballerina after Ella Havelka. [11]
In 2021, Ferris was selected to join The Wiggles as part of its expanded line-up. She appeared as the second Blue Wiggle originally but has changed to be a Yellow Wiggle. As a Taribelang and Djabugay woman, she is the first Indigenous Australian to be a member of the group. [12] [13]