Shane Wuerthner is a former professional ballet dancer who’s career spanned 12 years and 3 continents. He danced leading roles in all of the major classical ballets with theVienna State Opera and San Francisco Ballet as a Soloist and Queensland Ballet as aPrincipal Dancer. His Repertoire has included Swan Lake, Sleeping, Beauty, Giselle, Coppelia, La Fille Mal Gardee, The Nutcracker, La Sylphide as well as contemporary works by Jiri Killian, Christopher Wheeldon, Twyla Tharp, Alexei Ratmansky, Natalie Weir and Jorma Elo.
He has been invited to perform with Andre Rieu in Paris, Leipzig and Austria and has appeared in touring ballet productions in The UK, Italy, Paris, and across The United States. In 2017 he retired from dance to pursue his interest in movement and fitness and has since created Athletistry Studio which launched in 2020 and Athletistry Ballet Strong which will be launching in 2022.
Athletistry is the culmination of years of dance study combined with physical fitness to help people realise their potential. Now Shane works with young pre-professional and professional dancers as a ballet and performance coach and is developing new methods of conditioning to help prevent injury in young dancers.
Ballet (Elite Training Program)
