Studio 101 Dance Competitors

The Dance Collective is Perth's premier dance training centre and performance company. We aim to transform people of all ages and abilities into talented dancers. Award-winning teacher and choreographer Charisse Parnell leads an outstanding team who provide teaching of the highest quality in Hip Hop, Jazz, Contemporary, Ballet, Lyrical, Breaking, Dancehall, Heels and Burlesque. Our choreographic and teaching team include industry professionals who work and continue their training with world class artists within Australia and abroad. The warm, positive and friendly vibe that exists within our studio is created because teachers and dancers are encouraging and supportive of one another. The Dance Collective has a reputation for supplying performances and workshops of the highest quality for numerous event management companies, government bodies and corporations. We also supply teachers and choreographers to primary schools, high schools, private studios who wish to enhance their dance programs. In addition, The Dance Collective also acts as an agency for artists supplying choreographers and dancers for corporate events, children's character shows, the television and film industry and print media.

As a major champion of the arts in regional North Queensland, Dancenorth balances a dynamic regional presence with a commitment to creating compelling contemporary dance that tours the globe. Dancenorth is one of Australia’s leading contemporary dance companies having presented work in over 35 International Arts Festivals and venues around Australia and the world and is an integral part of the Australian dance ecology making a significant contribution to the dance sector and building literacy around contemporary dance nationally. Dancenorth empowers and supports artists by providing a creative hub for many artistic voices including a diverse range of choreographers, guest collaborators, artists in residence and dancers. Alongside the professional ensemble and touring productions sits an equally vital pillar of focus, the Community Experience Projects. Driven by a dedicated team, Dancenorth works with diverse and minority communities across Queensland using dance to support, enhance, inspire and heal - bringing communities together. Our approach is built on the ethics of collaboration and collision, authenticity, collegiality, discipline, care and love. Centred on an inclusive ethos of shared ownership, collective conscience, support, interconnection and empowerment, Dancenorth’s artistic philosophy provides a fertile framework which galvanises the company’s creative and administrative endeavours. Deeply connected to place, to the vastness of the sky, the richness of the land and the saline breath of the ocean, we embrace our regional home base in Townsville as a source of inspiration and creative energy. We respond to isolation as enabling, enriching and facilitating a way of making that is responsive to these people in this place at this time. Our aim is to nurture technical virtuosity, intellectual rigour and emotional presence in equal measure.

Shine prides itself on having the students best interest at heart. Our teachers can not only dance and sing exceptionally well, but they can teach exceptionally well too. We also recognise many students learn differently, so we maintain small class sizes to ensure each student can receive as much individualised attention as possible. If you like our story and think Shine is a great fit for your child, please call or email us to find out any more information and to arrange your first free lesson.