Two year Nationally Accredited Full-Time Diploma of Dance Course offering a comprehensive course covering a wide range of classes and dance styles, with a strong base of classical ballet. This course provides the ideal stimulus for students aiming for careers in dance.

Endorsed Provider - Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS)

The course has a comprehensive curriculum including classes in Classical Ballet, Pointe Work, Pas De Deux, Variations and Repertoire, Specialized Coaching, Contemporary, International Character, Boys Classes, Composition, Limber, Anatomy and Injury Prevention, Jazz, Drama, Nutritional Guidance, Music, Dance Theory, Stage Craft and Applied Industry Studies. Throughout the year students are given performing experience and audition opportunities.

The progress of all students is carefully monitored and following assessments they receive individual reports. Assessments in the Diploma of Dance Course are conducted in Semester One and Semester Two of First Year, and then in Semester Two of Second Year. The course emphasizes correct placement, dynamics, performing quality and the development of a professional attitude. The students are trained in the most up to date methods and styles in order to be fully prepared for the current requirements of international ballet and dance companies, and choreographers. All students are given specialized coaching and participate in our fully staged productions in preparation for a professional career in dance. Due to the demand for dancers to be versatile, classes in Performing Arts training are part of the course. Applied Industry Studies give the students practical, personal and writing skills necessary for a professional dancing career.

Graduate students have entered professional dance companies including The Australian Ballet, The Royal New Zealand Ballet, Queensland Ballet, Colorado Ballet Company, Kiev Ballet Company, The Norwegian National Ballet, Prague National Theare Ballet, Ballet Landestheater-Salzburg, Ballet Ireland, Deutsche Oper-Berlin and many other European dance companies.

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