Born in Wellington, Antonia moved to Canberra as a toddler and started taking ballet lessons at the age of four. She trained at the Kim Harvey School of Dance before returning to Wellington in 2004 to attend New Zealand School of Dance. She joined Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2007 and has performed in every production since then. Her roles have included, the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, the Young Nurse in The Nutcracker, the title roles in La Sylphide and Carmen and the Lilac Fairy in The Meridian Season of The Sleeping Beauty.
NBR remarked that Antonia’s performance as the Sylphide “shone through with a lustrous richness” and in 2011, the NZ Herald commended her performance in TOWER Tutus on Tour ‘s Pinocchio, saying, “Antonia Hewitt is the ultimate Blue Fairy, all willowy grace.”
