Simone Sault
Choreographer, Director & Movement Coach

SIMONE SAULT

Simone Sault is an internationally acclaimed Choreographer, Director, and Movement Coach with a reputation for excellence in Australia and worldwide. Growing up in Melbourne, she trained in classical ballet at the National Theatre Ballet School before beginning her professional dance career with Sydney Dance Company in 1999. Over her eight-year tenure, Simone performed principal roles, including a critically praised performance of Ellipse at The Joyce Theatre in New York.

Recently, Simone returned from Broadway, where she served as Associate Director and Movement Director for The Roommate, starring Patti Lupone and Mia Farrow, under the direction of Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien. Other notable credits include serving as Associate Choreographer for the US and UK productions of Marianne Elliott and Stephen Sondheim’s Company on Broadway, the North American Tour, and the West End, as well as choreographing and associating for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies across multiple countries. She was also the Movement Director for Bell Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and directed a workshop of Webber’s Cinderella at The Other Palace in London.

Simone’s influence extends to one of the most iconic productions in musical history—Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera—for the new version staged on Sydney Harbour, where she worked alongside Simon Phillips and Gabriela Tylesova to create the first new production in over 38 years.

Her career also spans several high-profile films, including Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (directed by Bill Condon), Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, and Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland and Sweeney Todd. Simone has also contributed to numerous TV and creative projects, such as Giri/Haji for Netflix, Baby Ballroom on Channel 4 UK, Strictly Dance Fever for the BBC, and the London Olympics 2012 opening ceremony directed by Danny Boyle.

Simone’s performance career includes roles in Phantom of the Opera, Chicago (London and Australia), Les Liaisons Dangereuses at Sadler’s Wells, Sinatra at the London Palladium, On the Town in Paris and London, among many others. As a Dance Coach, she has conducted masterclasses and workshops across the globe, including in the USA, Japan, Russia, Australia, China, and the UK.