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Welcome to Dance 2025

A big welcome to all our Dance families for 2025. We have a huge year ahead of us with 130 Dance classes a week and around 1,800 registrations, which includes over 150 brand new students to co-curricular Dance. The College has certainly been buzzing this week with dancers!

Welcome to our fabulous Dance staff team. We are so fortunate to have this team leading our program. 

Meet the Permanent Dance Staff Team

Miss Katrina Cluff – Head of Dance

Mrs Samantha Hibburt – Deputy Head of Dance

Mrs Alysha Marsden – Dance Administrator

Ms Melissa Cooper-Findlay – Academic Dance Teacher

Miss Lucy Eaton -Dance Program Co-ordinator – Secondary School

Miss Laura Fishwick – Dance Program Co-ordinator – Ballet and Technique and External Programs

Miss Genevieve Gardiner – Dance Program Co-ordinator – Junior School

Miss Sarah McGeoch – Dance Program Coordinator – Performance Stream Development – Troupes (Junior School Teacher)

Mrs Keya Pettigrew – Dance Program Coordinator – Performance Stream Development – Eisteddfod Groups (Academic Dance Teacher)

Mr Jackson Reedman – Dance Program Coordinator – Productions and Performances

Royal Academy of Dance Ballet Examinations 2024

Pymble Ballet had a fantastic year in 2024, and I’d like to extend my heartfelt thanks to all our dedicated ballet staff. Your hard work, support, and commitment to helping each student reach their personal best truly made a difference – and we certainly saw the results of that! Ballet exams can be a stressful time for students, especially right after Showcase, but once again, they rose to the challenge with remarkable results. The positive energy after the exams was undeniable, and that enthusiasm was clearly reflected in their scores. We were especially pleased to see a noticeable increase in High Merit results, which is an above average score – a fantastic achievement, especially considering the high standards set by the Royal Academy of Dance.

Special congratulations to Isabelle La (Year 6 2025), who received a High Distinction in Grade 4, the highest score among all our 2024 exam students. What a remarkable accomplishment!

A big congratulations to the following students who earned a Distinction – truly an outstanding achievement!

  • Grade 2 (Year 4 2025) – Georgia Farthing, Isabelle Hu, Kaymi Madugalle Wijerante, Sarayah Wijesuriya, Sophie Woo
  • Grade 3 (Year 5 2025) – Davina Excell, Avril Huang
  • Grade 4 (Year 6 2025) – Emma Feng, Aurora Lin
  • Grade 5 (Year 7 2025)- Amy Peng, Adeline Wu
  • Intermediate Foundation – Stella Pieterse (Year 8 2025)
  • Intermediate – Emma Scott (Year 9 2025)

Looking ahead, our class numbers have grown, and I’m excited for all the opportunities the coming year holds. Here’s to another year of growth, learning and success!

Katrina Cluff

Head of Dance