Dayla Bowman

Biography

Dayla Bowman began her ballet training at age five at Dance Pointe Academy in Launceston, Tasmania, under Rebecca Gurr. In 2013, she was accepted into The Australian Ballet School’s Intrastate/Interstate/International Training Program and, in 2019, earned Invitee status with The Australian Ballet School. At the age of thirteen, Bowman relocated to Sydney to train full-time at Tanya Pearson Academy under Lucinda Dunn OAM. In 2020, she joined The San Francisco Ballet School, where she trained for three years. After graduating, Bowman joined the Studio Company at the Grainger Academy of The Joffrey Ballet. During her two years in the Studio Company, she performed in Grainger Academy productions, including Gerald Arpino’s Kettentanz and Reflections, the principal couple in Paquita, and the world premiere of Houston Thomas’s For Mr. Ramsey Lewis. She also appeared with The Joffrey Ballet in The Nutcracker, Cathy Marston’s Atonement, and Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.