She'll be the lone tutu-clad woman on stage in the City Botanic Gardens, surrounded by a bevy of hunky men.
The Sunshine Coast-raised Australian Ballet soloist says she's excited about her star turn in choreographer Paul Knobloch's Valetta, which will open the free gala of classical vignettes.
"It's a great ballet," she says. "It's got a bit of fun to it. I know when Paul was making it up, he had in mind the image of Marilyn Monroe in the central role in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
"It's got an old-world glamour style of performance, and a lot of the patterns are reminiscent of those old Hollywood films where they show the kaleidoscope of dancers from above.
"He used patterns like the opening of a flower and the girl is in the centre."
Her performance in the Ballet in the Gardens event is just one of a huge variety of roles Scott, 24, has danced since she joined the main company after graduating as dux of the Australian Ballet School in 2000.
"It's been great," she says of her career, which has really taken off since she was promoted within the company at the beginning of last year.
"It's a good rank," she says of her status as a soloist. "You still have to do the group scenes but then you get the opportunity to dance principal roles.
"But it's one of the hardest ranks to be in because you're always performing. There's such a variety of roles that usually you're in each cast. At the moment, we've got a lot of casts going on, so it keeps life interesting."
Highlights have included dancing the lead role of Odette in Swan Lake on tour in Shanghai and playing the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty in Auckland.
While she is dancing big roles, Scott is aware that she has a long way to go on the ladder of success.
"Of course I want to be a principal, but you have to do the work to reach that rank," she says.
"And rather than being promoted, it's about the roles that you get to do. When I got to do Odette, that was fantastic regardless of what rank I was. I just remember it as being a huge learning curve. It was something very special.
"With each step you're learning so much. It's important not to rush, but to take time and enjoy what's been given to you."
Scott says one of the great pleasures of being in the Australian Ballet is working alongside established stars of dance such as Lisa Bolte and the just-retired Steven Heathcote.
"When I was young, they were in the company and I was in the school, and I used to look through the windows at them.
"It shows you how far you've come to be doing barre next to someone you really looked up to. There's so much to learn from artists like Steve and Lisa."
Scott is also thrilled that the AB is embracing digital technology that will allow audiences in regional Australia, including Hervey Bay, to watch a live performance of The Nutcracker direct from the Sydney Opera House on December 7.
"That kind of exposure for ballet is fantastic."
By zBrett Debritz
October 07, 2007 12:00am
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