Dance
Ballet
Classical Ballet is the core to all other dance styles. It teaches students the importance of posture, alignment, technique, grace, strength and discipline. Ballet is based on precise conventional steps performed with graceful and flowing movements. As exercise, ballet provides the best workout, giving strength, flexibility and grace. At WestEnd Performing Arts all students are given the opportunity to sit their ballet exams through Australian Institute of Classical Dance (AICD, Borovansky Syllabus)
Jazz
Jazz is continually changing and evolving genre, encompassing many styles such as Broadway, Musical Theatre, Commercial jazz, Lyrical jazz, just to name a few. Within a jazz dance routine, students can expect to learn movements like turns, jumps and pirouettes as well as step sequences, body isolations and contractions.
TAP
Tap Dance is a step dance tapped out audibly by means of shoes with hard soles to which taps have been added. Tap Dance has many styles and interpretations of it's own and can be enjoyed by students of all ages
HIP Hop
Hip hop dance is a range of street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music or that have evolved as part of hip hop culture. It is influenced by a wide range of styles that were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States.
Acrobatics
Acrobatics helps to improve balance, agility and coordination. It involves a combination of dance, tumbling, and partner skills which in turn involves balance and dynamic skills. Tumbling involves cartwheels, handsprings and aerials to name a few.
Dance Cirque
Roll up! Roll up! Introduce your child to something new and unique.
Dance Cirque is an Interactive circus class that includes circuits, lyra, silks, trapeze, juggling, hula hoops and more all under the supervision of our fully qualified teachers.
Troupe
We offer both group competition teams (troupes) and solo opportunities to those students who are passionate, committed and dedicated to their dance studies.
Troupe and soloist places are by invitation only. All students who are part of the team must enrol into specific, compulsory classes.
Participating in the team is a great opportunity for our students to understand the values of teamwork, as well as gaining experience as a performer.