YOU’RE NOT JUST A NUMBER AT GARDEN CITY DANCE
Garden City Dance is a smaller, friendlier, and more professional dance school by design. At Garden City Dance, your child will be inspired, nurtured as an individual, and warmly welcomed into our closely knit community of young dancers.
And, under the guidance of one of the industry’s most accomplished dance teachers, Garden City Dancers thrive on the many benefits of a quality dance education!
PLACES ARE VERY LIMITED – SECURE YOUR CHILD’S PLACE NOW!
Expert Tuition – Even For Beginners!
At Garden City Dance, we believe that all students – including beginners – deserve expert tuition. That’s why all students are taught by our highly qualified, experienced Principal. And all students just love being a part of our magical, family-friendly annual production on stage!
OUR PRINCIPAL – YOUR TEACHER
Jacqueline Hoole (ARAD., RAD. TC.) teaches all students at Garden City Dance. Jacqueline is a Royal Academy of Dance qualified classical ballet teacher with well over 30 years teaching experience. She has taught some of Australia’s leading dancers, including Olivia Bell (long-time Principal, Australian Ballet Company, 2007-2013), Renee Wright and Rachel Read (both former soloists, Australian Ballet Company), and Ella Havelka, former Bangarra dancer and now Australia’s first indigenous dancer to gain entry to the Australian Ballet Company…
CLASSES FROM 3 YRS TO ADVANCED
Petites (3-7yrs)
Our very popular Petites programme has a reputation for being a fun and engaging, well structured introduction to dance for those children who are ready to be in class by themselves…
RAD Classical Ballet (from 7yrs)
Children from 7 years of age progress to the more formal and traditional classical ballet class and cement the foundations laid in our formative programmes….
Jazz/ Contemporary Electives
These diverse and exciting classes focus on modern and popular, but more technically driven jazz and contemporary styles, which draw considerably upon the technique students have developed in their classical ballet classes…
Performance & Private Tuition
Performance work helps students to develop confidence, team spirit, commitment, leadership qualities…and is a particularly inspirational component of a dance education… Private coaching delivers tremendous benefits and greatly accelerates a student’s progress…
YOUR SAY
“Garden City Dance is the best dance studio in Toowoomba. It is so welcoming and has a friendly atmosphere. We have been at Garden City Dance for 3 years and my daughter loves going to Ballet every week. She can’t wait to see her friends and Miss Jacqui. I love how the principal owner takes every dance class and knows every child individualy. Miss Jacqui teaches the children outstanding technique but also a love for dance. I can not recommend a more wonderful dance studio.”
– Lee-Anne
“Both my daughter and I have always felt ‘important’ and ‘heard’ at Garden City Dance. Jacqui always has time for our queries or concerns, which is such a relief for a parent who knows very little about the technical side of dance! Jacqui is very friendly, professional and approachable at all times. She is supportive and encouraging, and has created a dancing environment where my daughter has been able to thrive. We love the ‘Boutique’ nature of Garden City Dance with it’s personal touches and attention to detail. We have loved watching our daughter grow and develop into a more confident dancer this year. We have also made many wonderful friends in this lovely dance community. Thank you Jacqui for such a positive and rewarding year, we look forward to many more years with you at Garden City Dance.”
– Michelle
“We looked for a small personalised dance school & are so happy with GCD. Jacqui is wonderful with her students…her dancers work hard, learn lots but above all…enjoy themselves.”
– Tamara
“I can’t say enough about how special my girls’ time at Garden City Dance has been so far. They have such fantastic memories and have gained a confidence that I hope they will carry forward into adult life. Thanks so much Jacqui for going above and beyond a normal teacher’s role and being an aspirational role model for my girls. They say it only takes one good teacher to change a child’s life and I now believe that to be true!!”
– Dina
“Garden City Dance is a nurturing community where our girls have grown and come out of their shells to become these happy, confident dancers who not only love ballet, but also the little family they have built among their peers/ co-dancers. Ms. Jacqui is a fantastic teacher, and what she has is more than just a dance studio; hers is a tribe of passionate ballerinas and supportive parents.”
– Keth
OUR BLOG
The Business of Dance Teaching – Professional vs Profiteer
by Ben Hoole (MBA., MPET., B.Comm) I long ago gave up trying to define myself by occupation – perhaps in part because I’ve seldom made a living out of one single field of endeavour. I know that I work very long hours doing work that I’m passionate about, that I’ve [...]