Graduates

Olivia Anderson

Life at DD 2000-2003

Before Olivia Graduated from our school she attained her Royal Academy of Dance Elementary certification. She went on to study at Queensland University of Technology and gained a bachelor of arts in dance teaching. She is currently a teacher at the Australian Institute of Youth Theatre and contractor for the Australian School Dance programmes.

Ellen Meir

Life at DD 2000-2008

Ellen is one of our oldest students and currently teaching and working in London. In 2005 Ellen was successful in her audition with the Gloucestershire Dance Company and frequently returns to Byron Bay inspiring our students with her new moves and grooves. Ellen is a valuable teacher at our school and lives in both London and Byron Bay  

Jemima McDonald

Life at DD 2004-2007

Our bright spark Jemima is an unstoppable force! During her reign at our School she achieved great things! She was a founding member of our 2007 Company and was awarded on several occasions for her talent at local and regional eisteddfods and top examination results in her intermediate foundation exam through the Royal Academy of Dance. In 2008 she was accepted into the prestigious full-time training course at Brent Street Performing Arts in Sydney.

Margot Robertshaw

Life at DD 2002-2008

In 2005 Margot’s ability and talent was recognized by the Gold Coast Dancers Company after her successful audition which then led her to be a season member for the following 3 years. Margot was recently given a $10,000 scholarship to study full time at the McDonald College of Arts in Sydney for 2009. She was also successful in her Audition to Study fill time at Brent Street Performing Arts … The Choices are endless for this talented and dedicated dancer!

Bo Daly

Life at DD 2004-2008

In Bo’s life at our school she grew from strength to strength. In 2007 she began our specialsed Master Dancer™ and Teacher training course and from here she flourished not only in her dance precision but her ability to teach all her knowledge she had been studying for many years. At the beginning of 2007 Bo’s dance excellence was rewarded in her acceptance into the Gold Coast Musical Company’s rendition of “High School Musical”. Bo is currently finishing her HSC subjects including dance. She just found out that her HSC dance piece is nominated for the top 10% in Australia!

Jorja Brain

Life at DD 2001-2008

 Jorja's bright personality and commitment to her craft is paying off! After several years of dance training, Jorja began to pursue her passion for drama. Through Dance Dynamics’ musical theatre course, she worked on developing herself as a performer by refining her skills in dance, vocal, and drama. Jorja regularly performs in local productions, and in 2008 landed the lead role of Sharpay in the Ballina Players’ production of Disney’s ‘High School Musical’. Expanding her knowledge and experience further, Jorja’s talents are now recognised on your TV. screen in commercials for Subway and Suncorp.

Jessica Palfrey

Life at DD 2002-2008

In Jessica’s time at our school, she made a great impact on her peers and became a mentor to so many students. In her first few years at our school Jessica participated in one JFH class and one Musical Theatre class per week. In her final 2 years at our school she started Ballet, Contemporary and Performance Troupe and this is when she began to excel as a dancer.  In 2008 Jessica became a co-student teacher and her creativity was evident to many with her theatrical choreography performed by students in our 2008 concert.  Jessica has been accepted into Kelvin Groove University 2009 to study for a Bachelor of Arts in Drama Teaching  

Moira Straighting-Moen

Life at Dane Dynamics 2001-2003

Moira proved to the world that it is never too late to start learning and mastering the art of dance. At 13yrs old she came to our school untrained and unfamiliar with the formalised dance culture. Within the 2 years that she was training at our school her dedication of attending multiple classes per week and endless practice at home paid of! In 2004 she was accepted into full time training with the Gold Coast Performing Arts. Moira has just recently received a distinction for her Advanced 1 and 2 Royal Academy of Dance Ballet exams as well as a 95% ballet scholarship to finish her training in New York before auditioning for Norwegian Ballet Company!

Lucinda Slee

Life at DANCE DYNAMICS 2002-2009

Lucinda has recently been accepted into the Queensland University of Technology to study for a Bachelor of Arts Dance Education. This is very rewarding for Lucinda as she has worked tirelessly to achieve this fantastic result. Lucinda always gives 100% to her dance, in class and on stage and is an excellence role model for our younger students. She has always balanced her school studies, her dance and part time work well and is proof that ‘you always have time for the things you put first’. Lucinda is also an exceptional actress and singer - so watch out world; this is one amazing “triple threat!”

Patrick Aiken

Life at DANCE DYNAMICS 2008-2010

After joining our Dance Dynamics Musical Theatre troupe Patrick’s sordid love-affair with musical theatre began. Through our school he performed in several award-winning compilation productions allowing him to explore roles such as Mark Cohen from Jonathan Larson's RENT, M. Thénardier from LES MISÉRABLES, Linus van Pelt from YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN, Billy Flynn from CHICAGO and Edna Turnblad from HAIRSPRAY. More recently Patrick was selected as one of 14 acts to perform his original dramatic work THE TASK to sell-out crowds as a part of ONSTAGE, a showcase hosted by Sydney's Seymour Centre to present outstanding achievement and talent within the Higher School Certificate elective Drama course. In 2010 Patrick was accepted into Harvest Rain full time Musical Theatre School in Brisbane.

Camilla Leary

Life at DANCE DYNAMICS 2008-2010

Camilla thrived at Dance Dynamics where she expanded on her all round performance skills in musical Theatre. With lead roles from productions ENCHANTED (Giselle), WICKED (Galinda), and RENT (Mimi) Millie grabbed our Byron Bay audience as one of its most talented stars. Camilla played Taylor in Ballina Players production of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL and Star To Be in ANNIE. She also played Lust in Bright Lights production of THE DEVILS ADVOCATE and RED in Woodlawns production of CLOUDSTREET. In 2007 won the NSW "Big Joke" Comedy Competition advancing to the QLD finals to be placed fourth in the state. Camilla was recently accepted into Harvest Rain’s full time Musical Theatre School in Brisbane.