Kellie Hansen

Principal of Danzart Studio

Director of Dance Intensive

ADA- Dance, QUT

CSTD, ATOD Affiliate Member

RAD Affiliate Member

Kellie  is a dedicated and passionate Dance Facilitator with 30 years experience in the industry.

Coupled with full time Dance Training and professional dance experience, Kellie has become a creative and motivated Dance Teacher with a great desire and passion to training young Dancers.  Kellie strives to continue to direct Danzart in the latest styles and trends of the Dance Industry and has highly skilled professionals teaching alongside her.  

Tayla Lordan

Tiny Movers, Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Contemporary/Lyrical 

 Advanced Teachers Dip. RAD Classical Ballet

RAD Advanced 2 Classical Ballet

CSTD Teachers Certificate – Jazz

CSTD Teachers Certificate – Tap

Currently Studying Cert IV in Dance Teaching and Management – ADI

 

Tayla commenced her dance training at  Danzart Studio aged 4 and has been trained and mentored in teaching by Miss Kellie. She has been coached in Classical Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, Musical Theatre; Tayla has been a significant member of the Danzart Performance Team.

Tayla's advanced teaching training in classical ballet is a great asset to the Danzart Classical Ballet Program and she attends many professional development programs in dance to keep her skills current and relevant.  Tayla is extremely invested and dedicated to her students.

Katrina George

Ballet, Private Coaching, Pilates, Mentoring.

Guest Teacher

Registered Member and Teacher of Royal Academy of Dance

Certified Trainer of Progressing Ballet Technique

Cert IV Training and Assessment

Cert IV in Dance Teaching and Management

Adv Dip of Dance Australian Ballet School

 

Katrina comes to Danzart with a wealth of classical training and dance education and qualifications.  Her many years as a professional dancer and 22 years as a highly trained and experienced dance teacher is a welcome asset to the Danzart faculty.  The student's benefit from Katrina's advanced knowledge of the body and how it is used in all dance forms and in particular, classical ballet. 

Kym Stokes

Private Classical Ballet, Coach/Classical Ballet, Teacher & Mentor

Masters in Fine Arts, Dance

Advanced Dip Dance, ABS

Cert 3 & IV Fitness Instructor

Qualified Pilates Instructor

Master of Fine Arts - Aerial QUT

Cert IV Dance Teaching and Management

 Advanced Teachers Dip. RAD Classical Ballet 

Kym has had a many and varied successful professional dance career. Kym with her partner Les Livesey developed their own Adagio and Aerial Act "Majestic". 

Kym is currently coaching Classical Ballet,  repertoire, aerial dance, pilates. Kym is a mentor to many young artists of today securing contracts for them and assisting their career paths

Matt Browning

Cert IV Training and Assessment

Dance Intensive Instructor/Consultant

Audition Technique/Jazz Styles

Matt is a professional dancer, choreographer and creative director who has worked extensively in Australia and overseas.

Credits include performing and choreographing for top Australian and International recording artists and high-profile corporate brand events, including the Commonwealth Games Festival.

Recently returning from Macau, China, Matt choreographed BOR Productions’ International stage show ‘Viva La Broadway’ at The Galaxy Hotel & Casino.

Other choreographic credits include The World Festival of Magic National Tour, ‘Bon Voyage’, M2 Productions - Star Casino Australia, Rhonda Burchmores’ ‘Vinyl Viagra’ - National Tour, ‘Up Up & Away’ - HOTA, ‘Mystique’ – M2 Productions, Seaworld Resort and ‘Spellbound’ - Cairns Casino, Qld.

Recently, Matt was in production as choreographer for Rhonda Burchmore’s Brisbane Festival show - Bang Bang! World premiere live at the Courier Mail Spiegel tent.

Theatre credits include Cabaret de Paris and The Ultimate Vegas Show, M2 Productions - Australian and New Zealand National Tours, Mystique, Illusions and Rhythm of the Night - Star Casino, Gold Coast and Joe Laberos’ ‘Illusions’ - Sweden. ‘Play the Game’, Aerial Angels - Cairns Casino, Inaugural cast and Dance Captain for Royal Caribbean International Cruise Lines and dancer in Tokyo Disneyland’s ‘Mystic Rhythms’ stage show.

Overseas, Matt secured positions at the ‘Lido de Paris’ and ‘Moulin Rouge’.

A career highlight was performing in The Paris Opera Ballet’s ‘La Bayadère’ and Gala performance of ‘Bolero’ at QPAC, along with creative directing and performing the headline act at the Andy Warhol Exhibition at GOMA. Matt was selected to perform at Priscilla The Musical opening at QPAC.

A great passion for Matt is being the creative director of Velvet Motion Entertainment, a sort after adjudicator and dance educator and mentor at Performing Arts Institutions, Australia wide.

Ela Cartmell

Jazz, Hip Hop, Contemporary/Lyrical

CSTD Teachers Certificate Jazz

Ela has been a  longtime student and teacher of Danzart Studio, she is trained in Jazz, Contemporary, Classical Ballet, Musical Theatre, Hip Hop and Tap.  Ela completed full time dance at Urban Dance Centre Sydney and is a part time student of  Raw Dance, Brisbane.Ela has had the opportunity to work with leading indusry professionals both as a student and in the professional performance arena.

Kimberley Tai

Tiny Movers - Specialist

Jazz , Musical Theatre, Acrobatics

CSTD Teachers Certificate-  Jazz 

Accredited Acrobatic Arts

Qualified Zumba instructor

Kimberley has been a much-loved teacher at Danzart since 2004. Trained in most aspects of dance, including Jazz, Modern, Funk, Hip Hop, Contemporary and Ballet.  She has performed in many and varied professional dance performances.

Kimberley specializes in the Tiny Movers Program and our Junior Dancers; she is constantly attending professional development workshops to deliver the best possible practices to her students.

Letisha Fittell

 

Tiny Movers Curriculum Consultant

 

    Bachelor of Education (Primary)
·     5 ½ years of early Primary classroom teaching   experience
·     RAD Intermediate Level

Tiny Movers Curriculum Consultant

Tish is a qualified Primary school teacher and mother of three sons and commenced as a student at Danzart in 1999.  Tish has been trained in RAD Classical Ballet, Jazz and Contemporary.  

Miss Tish aims to teach much more than basic dance movements she encourages her students to discover how their bodies move and learn skills they can use in many different areas of their lives.  Skills such as listening, taking turns, concentration, coordination, as well as social and emotional skills; all of which improve students’ preparation for life at school and beyond.

Meghan Hansen

Classical Ballet - Contemporary/Lyrical - Solo Choreography

RAD Classical Ballet ADV 2 - Qld Ballet Pre-Professional Program

Katyia Wills

Musical Theatre

Katyia has been trained in many forms of dance and Musical Theatre at Theatre and Dance and sings under the direction of Jacqui Devereaux. She is currently studying Creative Industries at QUT. Katyia's performance experiences include; Oliver (Savoyards), Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat (Harvest Rain), Seussical (Theatre and Dance), How to Make Snow (The Little Red Company), Wicked (Redcliffe Musical Theatre) as well as countless school music performances and eisteddfods. She has also completed exams in Jazz, Tap, and Ballet

Hayley Bushell

Acrobatics

Certified "Acrobatic Arts"

Started training in gymnastics and dance at age five and continued training in the areas of gymnastics, jazz, tap, and classical ballet for many years. Hayley has completed exams/levels in gymnastics, CSTD jazz and tap, and RAD classical ballet

Casey Bushell

Acrobatics

Certified "Acrobatic Arts"

Started training in gymnastics and dance at age five and continued training in the areas of gymnastics, jazz, tap, and classical ballet for many years. Casey has completed exams/levels in gymnastics, CSTD jazz and tap, and RAD classical ballet

Bianca Egart

Teacher - Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical and Contemporary

Teachers Certificate CSTD

Four years and counting of professional industry experience.

Bianca trained at Danzart Studio for 15 years from the age of 3 & continued her training at Dynamite Studios on the Gold Coast full-time. Bianca has secured two international dance contracts from her incredible training on Royal Caribbean’s ‘Spectrum of the Seas. She travelled across Asia visiting countries such as Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, the Philippines & Vietnam. 

Tony Shiyue

Ballet and Contemporary

Dip. Dance, New Zealand School of Dance.

Tony commenced full-time dance training at a young age when he was selected to attend the Beijing Dance Academy in 2007. 

 2013,  full scholarship - New Zealand School of Dance graduated with a Diploma in Dance. 

Tony danced with Royal New Zealand Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre and Queensland Ballet. 

Performances;

 Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Coppelia, Edwaard Liang’s Opus 25 and 13th Heaven and Nils Christe’s Organ Concerto. Some of his favourite roles include George Balanchine's Theme and Variations & Rubies, Choo-San Goh's Schubert Symphony, Carmen and Firebird by Liam Scarlett, Kinsun Chan’s Sticks and Stones, Lunar by Rani Luther and A Folk Tale Pas de Sept (Bournonville’s Bournonville Divertissements).

Zoe Brady

Classical Ballet - Contemporary - Lyrical

 

Level 6 Diploma in Professional Dance 
* RAD Advanced 2 Classical Ballet
* ENBS graduate

Zoe started her dance journey with Danzart Studio at age 9. Pursuing a passion for ballet, she continued her training in London at the English National Ballet School, graduating in 2021. Zoe has worked professionally for the Royal Birmingham Ballet and has experience working with various well-respected dance mentors and choreographers

Mackenzie Carfrae

Assistant Teacher:  Ballet Jazz contemporary lyrical and tap