A community based dance school where you can learn to dance in a fun and safe environment while enjoying the supportive, friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Upstaged Dance and Performance Studio is a community based dance school where you can learn to dance in a fun and safe environment while enjoying a supportive, friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

As a dance school full of young people we have a responsibility to have a positive influence on our students. We would also like to have an influence on homeless and disadvantaged young people in our community.

We really want to be a community based dance school that is able to help in any way possible. If you can think of anything we may be able to help with or perform at please contact us.

Classes We Offer:
We have dance classes for students from 2 years of age. Our classes are split by age and school grades but are only a guide; ability and experience are also used to recommend appropriate classes for your child.

Ballet & Pointe
Classical ballet is great for developing strength in posture, co-ordination, body control and awareness. At Upstaged Dance we offer ballet lessons for children from 3 years of age (with a very broad introductory approach), through to seniors. Pointe work is also available.

Jazz
Fun and fast moving, jazz uses popular recent release music. Enjoyed by people of all ages, this style usually starts with an aerobic warm-up, and during class works on flexibility, isolations, co-ordination, turning, jumping and travelling skills.

Tap
Fun and quite aerobic, tap works on developing co-ordination and musicality and rhythm. Beginners will start with simple steps, and traveling patterns to build up to more advanced, complex rhythms.

Contemporary
Rather than a specific technique Contemporary dance works with an open-minded movement vocabulary limited only by the teacher/choreographer’s imagination. Contemporary dance explores and pushes response or reaction to music and is also a tool for dancers to strengthen their bodies, while increasing mobility, flexibility and agility. Contemporary dance classes are on offer for Grade 5 and above.

Hip Hop
Faster moving and more musically complex than jazz, this style is on offer for students from 5 years of age with choreography inspired by recent release music and video clips.


Acrobatics
We have both Intro to Acrobatics and Advanced Acrobatics at Upstaged Dance. Our intro to Acrobatics classes will focus on strength and flexibility as well as simple tumbling and balancing to begin. All new tricks and tumbles are only introduced when appropriate strength and coordination are achieved. Advanced Acrobatics is for the students who have already mastered basic acrobatic skills. They will work on more difficult tricks such as aerials, hand springs and flips.

Conditioning
These classes focus on stretching and strengthening your body using a range of exercises drawn from pilates, yoga and dance. Each particular class is aimed at the specific needs of each group.