Artists

Grant Aris, Associate Teacher at Queensland Ballet Academy, has been teaching for more than 30 years.

This teacher at Alegria Dance Studios in Sydney is also the founder of DANCEFORMATION, Specialized Contemporary Dance Program.

Meet Lucas Jervies

Lucas Jervies likes to remind his students that dance is a collective experience, not just an individual pursuit.

Meet Yuiko Masukawa

Dancer, teacher and choreographer, this multi-faceted artist has been teaching classical ballet at the National Ballet School in St Kilda, Melbourne, for five years.

Meet Jake Burden

Dance with heart and integrity, advises this National College of Dance teacher.

“Dancers are now being recognised as performing athletes and the dance world is learning from sports and exercise science," Dr Joanna Nicholas says. She is a lecturer at the WA Academy of Performing Arts.

The magic of design

Meet Emma Kingsbury, the designer of the Australian Ballet School's 'Possum Magic'.

Congratulations to Nick Power who was recently announced as one of ten recipients of Creative Australia’s 2024 Fellowships.

How he moves them

“Once you know why, then you’ve got the how”, the choreographer of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ tell Olivia Stewart.

This Queensland College of Dance graduate is now with the Moulin Rouge in Paris.

Studied: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Presently: Stephanie Lake Company

Studied: Victorian College of the Arts/University of Melbourne. Presently: Freelance dancer and choreographer based in Naarm.

Meet Esther Feng

This National Ballet School graduate is now an apprentice with Europa Ballett, Austria.

'Wicked' is now playing in Brisbane and moves to Perth in December. Showbiz legend Todd McKenney is in the cast. He talks to Olivia Stewart.

Meet Jack Lister

Since graduating from the Australian Ballet School, this artist has enjoyed a varied career and is now the Associate Artistic Director of Australasian Dance Collective.

Tanya Pearson Academy graduate Chelsea-Lee Nicholls is now in the Slovak National Ballet.