Clare Peterson was born in Kelowna, British Columbia and trained at Canada's National Ballet School. Clare joined The National Ballet of Canada as an RBC Apprentice in 2014 and became a member of the Corps de Ballet in 2016.
Most recently, Clare danced in the world premieres of Helen Pickett’s Emma Bovary, William Yong’s UtopiVerse and the North American premiere of Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote. Clare’s repertoire includes Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Onegin, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Winter’s Tale, Nijinsky, Anna Karenina, The Merry Widow, Pinocchio, A Streetcar Named Desire, Manon, La Sylphide, Apollo, MADDADDAM, Angels’ Atlas, Piano Concerto #1, The Concert, The Four Temperaments, Anima Animus, The Dream, Paquita, Paz de la Jolla, Concerto, Jewels, Serenade, Suite en Blanc, Chaconne, Etudes, Symphony in C, Passion, Elite Syncopations, Carousel (A Dance), The Collective Agreement, Frame by Frame, The Dreamers Ever Leave You, Orpheus Alive, In Between and On Solid Ground.