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Valmai Roberts
CLASSICAL BALLET LECTURER
Former member of the Australian Ballet, soloist of Joffrey Ballet and classical ballet lecturer of NYU School of the Arts, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hispanico in New York, the Victorian College of the Arts in Australia, and London Contemporary School of Dance and Richard Alston Dance Company in Great Britain. ACB Registered Teacher & Examiner, and Classical Ballet Lecturer.
Renee Grinsted
CLASSICAL BALLET LECTURER
BA Dance Deakin, Grad Dip Teaching VCA.
Former student of the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet (ACB) and Australian Ballet School. Completed academic studies at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCASS). Bachelor of Contemporary Arts with a major in Dance at Deakin University. Post graduate degree at Melbourne University and the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in 'Classical Ballet Teaching'. Qualified teacher of the ACB Training Program, a qualitfied VCE Dance teacher, and Director of the 'En Pointe School of Ballet'.
Gabrielle Davidson
CLASSICAL BALLET LECTURER
Former Coryphee of the Australian Ballet, graduated with a Diploma of Dance at the Australian Ballet, School, freelance classical ballet teacher. Registered teacher for the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet and fully qualified Physiotherapist. Responsible for student injury rehabilitation.
Alida Segal
CHARACTER LECTURER
Trained at Moiseyev School in Moscow, former member of the Kolobok Dance Company, sole Australian delegate to the UNESCO symposium on the Preservation and Development of Folk and National Dance in 1986, former Character Dance Lecturer at the Victorian College of the Arts.
Brett Daffy
CONTEMPORARY LECTURER
Graduate of Bachelor of Education (Dance, Drama) Victoria College. Worked with Lucy Guerin Performance Group, Chunky Move, Vis-a-vis Dance Canberra, The Australian Choreographic Ensemble, Danceworks and Dance North. Freelance performer, choreographer and lecturer. Currently lecturing at Victorian College of the Arts and Christine Walsh Dance Centre.
Barbara Warren-Smith
JAZZ LECTURER
After an extensive performing and choreographing on all television networks, Barbara now concentrates on teaching jazz. She has been invited to teach in Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and Jakarta and is in demand to teach in many Melbourne dance centres. Formerly a dancer and choreographer on all televisions networks.
Campbell McKenzie
CLASSICAL BALLET LECTURER
Former Principal Dancer with the Australian Ballet, Royal Ballet Scottish Ballet and London City Ballet. Performed principal roles in musical theatre such as Cats (London) and West Side Story (Melbourne). Campbell was a dance lecturer at Danceworks in London. Campbell is currently teaching Gyrotronics at Studio 165.
Adrian Dimitrievitch
CLASSICAL BALLET LECTURER
Former soloist with Teatro Colon in Buenosaires, Munster State Ballet in Munich, Guest Soloist throughout Europe, USA and Australia, Adrian has a wide range of skills as choreographer, ballet coach, gymnastics coach, ballet master and artistic director of the Australian Chamber Ballet and Dimitrievitch Ballet. Adrian is currently the Ballet Master and Choreographer at the National Institute of Circus Arts.
Paul De Masson
CLASSICAL BALLET LECTURER
Former Principal Artist and Ballet Master of the Australian Ballet and former Ballet Master of Bern StaatsOper, The Royal Danish, Hamburg Ballet and Singapore Dance Theatre. Currently being engaged by ballet companies internationally as freelance ballet master, choreographer and classical ballet lecturer.
Simon Dow
CLASSICAL BALLET LECTURER
Former Principal Artist of The Australian Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet and Washington Ballet. Previously been Associate Artistic Director for the Washington Ballet and Artistic Director for Milwaukee Ballet and West Australian Ballet, international ballet competition jury and choreographer. Currently being engaged by ballet companies internationally as freelance ballet master, choreographer and classical ballet lecturer.
Claire Campbell (Mahon) (ABS Dip, BA)
CLASSICAL BALLET LECTURER
Formerly with Scottish Ballet. ACB Registered Teacher and Classical Ballet Lecturer. Freelance classical ballet lecturer, guest teacher, examiner and adjudicator for various institutions in Britain and Australia.
Ai Sato
Massage Therapist
Dip Remedial Massage Therapy, Cert VI Matwork Pilates Instruction
Former graduate of the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet's Diploma of Dance, Registered Remedial Therapist and member of Australian Association of Massage Therapists (AAMT 1938).
Anastasia Gardashnikova and Vera Yavlinsky
PIANISTS
Specialist teachers are invited throughout the year for workshops and theoretical classes. Australian and international guest teachers are invited regularly. |