VCE Dance

Utassy began its Year 12 academic association in 1985 with Suzanne Watts who completed HSC Classical Ballet. We continued with the introduction of the then new VCE Dance Styles, having a student (Arden Woodford) gain a Premier’s award in that year. Utassy changed to VCE Dance when the Dance ...

Utassy is proud to have had Marina Berezowsky AM – Artistic Director of Kolobok Dance Company, character teacher at The Australian Ballet School for 16 years teaching at Utassy from 1988 till 1992. Other influences and teachers have been Marguarita Villa and Ayano Kitaoji (Spanish and Flamenco), Sue Street ...

Utassy is proud to have had Arthur Turnbull (linage links back to Merce Cunningham) teaching at our school in 1989. Sue Hayes, Angela Magill, Marijke Lambregste, Kym Woodford, Yumi Sollier, Danielle Canavan, Suzanne Watts, Kate Horner and Nikki Hayes have continued that tradition, also creating classic full contemporary ballets ...

Royal Academy of Dance  (RAD) Vocational - Intermediate Foundation through to Advanced 2 Vocational Graded – Grade 1 through to Grade 8 Movement and Dance Education Centre (MDEC) Examinations in the work of the Laurel Martyn OBE Training System. This system is based on the Russian Method as adapted to students who are ...