Not just "play" dance. Children use their imagination while learning the basics of ballet: correct posture, balance, coordination and agility, with tiaras, wands, bubbles, hoops and musical instruments to spark their love of dance. They're having so much fun they don't realise how much they're learning.
The first formal level of classical training. Classes build physical skills, stamina, creativity, expression and musicality to a range of music, and introduce the class structure that prepares dancers for the grades.
Progressive grades, each building on the last, covering traditional classical technique along with free movement and national character work.
Vocational levels (Inter Foundation, Intermediate, Advanced Foundation, Advanced 1 and 2) that continue to develop classical technique, with pointe work introduced and developed.
From Primary level, two ballet classes a week are recommended to cover every part of classical technique, and they're required to sit an RAD exam.
An internationally used graded syllabus that builds solid technique and a strong understanding of rhythm, taking in lyrical, percussive, jazz, contemporary and hip hop styles.
A graded syllabus that builds strong tap technique, with dancers learning rhythm, musical interpretation and performance, and sitting exams once they reach the required level.
Workshop-style classes where dancers of all abilities learn and perform new choreography each lesson. Contemporary blends ballet and modern: contraction, contrasting rhythms, breath and floor work with technical turns and leaps. Commercial jazz and hip hop is the energetic style of today's music videos.
The dance industry increasingly wants dancers with both technical and acrobatic skills. This class builds strength in jazz leaps, turns and tricks, with acrobatics and tumbling taught safely on air mats.
An established body conditioning and strength program that builds muscle memory through ballet-specific exercises, using stretch bands and Pilates balls to improve flexibility, posture and alignment, control, muscle tone and endurance, and to help prevent injury.
High-calibre troupes that perform and compete locally and occasionally around Queensland, including Innisfail, the FNQ Tropical Dance Festival and Cairns. Dancers are chosen for ability, commitment, attitude and the routine's needs. Solos, duos and trios are also available. See fees for costs.