Do you have yearly concerts?
Does your studio have Performance Troupes?
What costs are involved?
Are fees paid by the term or can we pay by the week?
Do you offer exams?
What is your uniform?
What is your lesson format?
What about concert costumes?
Can parents watch classes?
Can a potential students watch a class before enrolling?
Does every child receive a trophy?
Do you have Special Awards?

Do you have yearly concerts?
The Highlight of The Dance Gallery Year! At the end of each year we hold our annual concert showcase – “Rhythm in Tap”. Every dancer from the studio is invited to participate in this magic night. Our concert starts at the family friendly time of 6:00pm and generally runs for about 2-2 ½ hours. Our tickets are reasonably priced.

Does your studio have Performance Troupes?
Uniquely, our Performance Troupe is open to ALL dancers. It is NOT selective or by audition only. The Dance Gallery is able to do this because with our quality teaching we find all our students are able to perform to a high standard. This negates the need for auditions or ‘special selection’. Everyone is included in our Dance Studio and we work in an atmosphere of mutual support and friendship.

When dancers elect to be part of our Dance Gallery Performance Troupe, they give their commitment to be part of a team, must commit to attend all rehearsals and performances. Dedication is the most important part of being a member of Performance Troupe.

Our Performance Troupe has incredible opportunities. Some of our performances include dancing at Newcastle Knights Games and Mattara.

If you’re dancing with another studio, you’re more than welcome to come along and join us for our Performance Troupe. Just give us a call to find our more!

What costs are involved?
At The Dance Gallery we are very conscious of the different costs involved with kids participating in dance and other activities. We always aim always to keep our dancing fees and costs as affordable as possible. When special performance opportunities arise, parents are advised in advance of any additional costs involved so families can plan ahead.

We also offer a range of fee discounts including term discounts, family discounts and full course discounts. Please contact us to find out what discounts you’re eligible for.

Are fees paid by the term or can we pay by the week?
The Dance Gallery offers great discounts for term payments. When paying by the term we can offer discounted lesson fees, reduced prices for families with 2 or more children dancing, and special rates for dancers choosing to participate in our full course options.

However we understand that not all families are able to pay by the term.

The Dance Gallery is one of only a hand full of Dance Studios still offering the option of “Pay-By-The-Week” for lesson fee payments. The Dance Gallery has been able to maintain this option because of the excellent relationship we have with our families and the understanding we all share regarding paying by the week. Our studio is able to sustain this option because our families recognise once a student is enrolled in a class, that all lessons missed must be paid for. If your dancer misses a lesson they are more than welcome to make up that lesson in another parallel class that week.

Do you offer exams?
We have exams options for all our Tap Dancers. Dancers can choose to sit for L.G.T.D.A. Tap exams, which are usually held in the mid year. This is completely optional.

What is your uniform?
The Dance Gallery understands that with dance shoes, lessons and uniforms dancing can become pricey. That’s why we keep our uniform simple.

We ask our dancers to wear basic black dance attire. A plain sleeveless black leotard with either long or short black dance pants over the top is our basic class uniform. These can be purchased affordably at places like Target, Big W or Best and Less, as well as Dancewear shops.
To complete our uniform our dancers buy one of our easy wearing Studio T-Shirts. They look great!

Our dancers wear camel coloured Tap shoes and black jazz shoes.

For ballet our dancers wear a black leotard with a black chiffon ballet skirt, pink ballet stockings and pink ballet shoes.

For all classes dancers are expected to wear hair neatly pulled back off the face, preferably in a bun.

Our boys wear black pants or shorts and black studio t-shirt (studio t-shirt can be ordered through the studio upon enrolling)

What is your lesson format?

At The Dance Gallery our classes are structured and well formatted without being strict or over powering. All classes generally run on the same basic format: welcome and warm up, technique practice and teaching, choreography session for routines, warm down, rewards and farewell.

What about concert costumes?
At The Dance Gallery we have a dedicated Concert Costume Co-ordinator who personally looks after the costuming needs for your dancer. For our concert we utilise a mix of costume hiring, purchasing and making to help make things simple for our parents and to keep costs down. Usually our dressmakers and costume co-ordinator take measurements or have fittings at the studio. To help plan for costs parents know in advance how many dances their child will be performing in the concert to help plan for costs. Our concert costume costs are amongst the lowest in the region.

Can parents watch classes?
Parents are always welcome to come and watch the last five minutes of their child’s class. We have found through the years that children love being able to show their latest dance accomplishments to parents at the end of each class.

At our studio parents are asked not to stay and watch our full lessons in progress. We ask this as a parent or friend is unfamiliar to all but one dancer. As you can imagine this can be very distracting and maybe intimidating for other dancers, especially beginners and tiny tots.

Can a potential student watch a class before enrolling?
There’s nothing like getting up and dancing! At The Dance Gallery we invite our potential new dancers to come along and actually join in a class. Once a new child is moving and shaking with the others dancers, they get a much better idea of what the class feels like and what it’s like to be part of. Call us to see what classes your dancer can try out!

Does every child receive a trophy?
The Dance Gallery believes that all dancers who participate in our concert deserve to be recognised for their effort, dedication and enthusiasm. All concert dancers receive a trophy to celebrate their achievement at our end of year party.

Do you have Special Awards?
The Dance Gallery recognises and celebrates special and outstanding efforts by particular students. Awards are not reserved for the most talented dancers, but for dancers for who show outstanding attitude and application. These special awards are announced with pride at our yearly concert