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Weekly advanced training · Pop-up workshops · Sunshine Coast

Train smarter.
Dance stronger.
Elevate your potential.

Two ways to train, one standard. An advanced weekly program before school, plus pop-up events through the year. Both are built on the Elevé fundamentals: strength and conditioning, genre technique, choreography and training education.

Apply here How a morning session works How a pop-up works
Term 4 Fridays from 9 Oct Next workshop Date TBC Ages 12+

The Elevé fundamentals

More than learning choreography.

Elevé gives dancers the areas of training that rarely fit a traditional studio timetable. These four run through both the weekly morning program and the pop-up workshops — only the length and the setting change.

I

Strength & Conditioning

The physical qualities dancers need to perform at their best: strength, control, stability, mobility, coordination and endurance.

II

Technique

Genre-specific technical training that teaches the foundations and movement qualities behind each style.

III

Choreography

A genre-based combination each week, developing musicality, dynamics, performance quality, memory and adaptability.

IV

Education

Why we train the way we do: safe training principles, body awareness, recovery, flexibility and sustainable habits.

Option one · Weekly program

How a morning session works.

Friday mornings, 7:00–9:00am, before school. Eight sessions per term, and Term 4 begins Friday 9 October. Entry is by application, and numbers are capped at 15 so every dancer is seen and corrected.

45minutes
Strength + Conditioning

Progressive exercises designed around the physical demands of dance.

45minutes
Genre-based Technique

The technical foundations and movement qualities of that session's genre.

30minutes
Choreography

A challenging combination that applies the technique, musicality and performance concepts from the session.

Education is woven through all three blocks: practical coaching and discussion integrated into the physical, technical and choreography work.

Dancers working at the barre in an Elevé strength and conditioning block Floor-based conditioning with stability balls Dancers in a plank series during conditioning

Option two · Pop-up workshop

How a pop-up workshop works.

A half day, run on school holidays, pupil-free days or weekends. The next date is to be confirmed — keep an eye on our socials. Open registration, no application required.

The extra hours buy depth: two genres instead of one, a full technique lesson in each, several guest teachers across the day, and proper time for the education that a two-hour morning can only touch on.

01block
Strength + Conditioning

The same conditioning principles as the weekly program, with room to teach each exercise properly rather than move through it.

02block
Technique · Genre one

A full technique lesson in the first style of the day, building from foundations to full phrases.

03block
Technique · Genre two

A second style, a second teacher, a different movement language. Adapting between the two is the point.

04block
Industry Choreography

Extended time to learn, clean and perform a full combination, then take notes and run it again.

05block
Dance Athlete Education

The block that gets the most from a longer day: training principles, recovery, injury prevention and how to look after a body that dances, with real time for questions.

Genres, guest teachers and exact timings are announced with each workshop. Pop-up events are also where invitations to the advanced weekly program are handed out.

A full room of dancers working through a conditioning block at an Elevé pop-up workshop A dancer performing a combination

The genre rotation

A different style. A different challenge. Every week.

Elevé rotates through genres so students become adaptable dancers rather than comfortable in one movement language.

ContemporaryMovement quality · Floorwork · Control · Dynamics
JazzLines · Kicks · Turns · Musicality · Performance
Musical TheatreCharacter · Storytelling · Performance · Style
CommercialMusicality · Texture · Performance · Adaptability
LyricalControl · Expression · Musical interpretation

"The purpose of the rotation is to develop dancers who can walk into different rooms, understand different movement languages and confidently take on new choreography."

Elevé poster: We always start with strength. Every Elevé event begins with strength and conditioning.

Why strength & conditioning

Strong dancers are better prepared dancers.

Dance places significant demands on the body. Strength and conditioning builds the control and efficiency to meet them, without making dancers bulky or costing them flexibility.

  • Core and trunk control
  • Lower-body strength
  • Single-leg stability
  • Landing and deceleration
  • Balance and proprioception
  • Mobility
  • Coordination
  • Muscular endurance
  • Explosive power
  • Movement control

Complements, not replaces

Designed to work alongside your home studio.

Elevé isn't a replacement for existing studio training. It's an additional environment where dancers develop the physical, technical, creative and educational skills that make everything else they do work better.

Home studio

  • Technique
  • Rehearsal
  • Performance
  • Competition

Elevé

  • Strength & conditioning
  • Training education
  • Genre exposure
  • Genre-based choreography
  • Different teaching styles
Together: a more complete training environment.
A wide view of an Elevé session in progress

Why mornings

More training, without sacrificing more school.

A 7am start lets committed dancers access additional training before the school day, instead of adding another afternoon or weekend commitment. Regular classes, rehearsals and competitions carry on as normal.

Two ways to train

The advanced weekly program, and the pop-up events.

Both run on the same principles. One compounds week after week; the other goes deep in a single stretch.

A coach working with dancers through a floor conditioning series
Advanced weekly program

The weekly training environment.

Friday mornings, 7:00–9:00am, before school. The same room, the same small group, week after week. Strength, technique and choreography compound across the term, and dancers are held to the standard every session. Class sizes are kept deliberately low, so teaching stays hands-on and every dancer leaves with feedback of their own.

Term 4 from 9 Oct7–9am Fridays8 per termLimited placesBy application
A full room of dancers working through a conditioning series at a pop-up workshop
Pop-up workshops

A half-day intensive, run through the year.

Held on school holidays, pupil-free days or weekends. A half day covers two genres in depth with a technique lesson in each, industry-relevant choreography and several guest teachers, plus the extended dance-athlete education a shorter session can't fit. They're also where invitations to the advanced weekly program are handed out.

Next date TBCHalf day2 genresGuest teachers30 places

Who it's for

Motivated dancers, ready to own their training.

  • Want to become stronger and more physically capable
  • Enjoy learning challenging choreography
  • Want exposure to different genres and teaching styles
  • Want to improve musicality, performance and technique
  • Want to understand their bodies and how to train them
  • Are preparing for higher-level performance pathways
Entry requirements

Elevé is for competition-level dancers aged 12 and over. There are two ways in:

  • An invitation received at an Elevé pop-up workshop, or
  • Outstanding exam results in your syllabus, together with a letter of recommendation from your studio teacher

Both documents are uploaded with the application — nothing to send separately.

A dancer mid-leap on the beach, arms extended

What students develop

Stronger. More adaptable. More informed. More confident.

Physical

Strength · Control · Mobility · Stability · Endurance · Power

Technical

Lines · Turns · Extensions · Floorwork · Movement quality · Genre-specific skills

Performance

Musicality · Dynamics · Expression · Confidence · Adaptability · Performance quality

Educational

Body awareness · Training principles · Recovery · Safe progression · Understanding their own training

"We don't just want dancers who can do more. We want dancers who understand more."

From the floor

What dancers say after a session.

Filmed at the September pop-up workshop.

In this film

  1. Havana G.
  2. Marli C.
  3. Keeley M.
  4. Emma S.

We asked them one question at the end of the day and filmed the answer.

Teachers

Learn from qualified dance professionals.

Every Elevé session is taught by working professionals — qualified, still in the industry, and chosen for the genre they lead.

Carlie McKenzie

Carlie McKenzie

Teacher · Strength & conditioning

Carlie holds a Bachelor of Physiotherapy with First Class Honours, a QPI Pilates certification, Comdance teaching certificates and a Diploma of Theatrical Dance, alongside twenty years of studio teaching. Elevé’s strength and conditioning is built on that combination: training designed around what a growing dancer’s body can actually handle, and taught so she understands why.

Chloe Paix

Chloe Paix

Teacher · Technique & choreography

Chloe holds Comdance certification and a diploma in teaching, and is qualified in Acrobatic Arts Modules 1 and 2. She has choreographed for awards nights, ceremonies and performance events across the industry. She is also completing a Bachelor of Primary Education, and brings that grounding in teaching and child development into every dance environment she works in.

Past guest teachers

Carissa Brant

Carissa Brant

Guest teacher · Lyrical technique & combination

Performer, choreographer and educator. Carissa holds a Bachelor of Performing Arts, a Diploma of Musical Theatre and a Diploma of Professional Dance (Elite Performance) from Dynamite Studios, with extensive training across dance and musical theatre. Her focus with our dancers: musicality and expression, technique and control, confidence on stage.

Ebony Hart

Ebony Hart

Guest teacher · Jazz technique & combination

Educator, choreographer and competition adjudicator with more than ten years in the industry, trained across jazz, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop and musical theatre. Her choreography has won at regional and national competitions, and she teaches for strong technique, musicality and the confidence to perform it.

Program details

The practical information.

When
Weekly sessions
Term 4 begins Friday 9 OctoberFriday mornings 7:00–9:00am, before school. Eight sessions per term (weeks 1–4 and 6–9)
When
Workshops
Next date to be confirmedDates are announced on our socials ahead of each school holiday period, pupil-free day or weekend
Where
28 Rigby St, NambourWeekly sessions and workshops are both held here
Age
12 and over
Level
Competition-level dancersEntry by pop-up workshop invitation, or outstanding exam results together with a teacher recommendation
Term
8 sessions per termWeeks 1–4 and 6–9; week 5 is a catch-up and reset week for school
Next intake
Term 4, from Friday 9 OctoberClasses are capped at 15 dancers to protect teaching quality and individual feedback. A few places remain
Fees
Confirmed on applicationCharged per term, payable in two instalments. Cancellations and refunds
Prospectus
Download the program prospectus (PDF)Everything on this page in two pages, ready to print or forward
Questions
hello@elevedance.com.au
28 Rigby St, NambourSunshine Coast, Queensland
Home to both the weekly program and the pop-up events
Map added once the venue is set

Fees, cancellations and refunds

What you’re paying for.

When a dancer books, a place is held and a teacher is paid. Because numbers are capped, that place can’t go to anyone else — so our policy is built around the place, not the individual session.

Advanced Weekly Program

Fees are per term, not per session. The term fee secures a place in a group capped at 15 dancers for the whole term.

  • Missed sessions are not refunded or credited. The place is held and staffed either way.
  • Once the term has begun, fees are non-refundable.
  • Withdrawing before the term starts — fees are refunded in full, less any costs already incurred.
  • Illness or injury — with a medical certificate, every session missed beyond the first is credited toward the following block. The first missed session isn’t credited; each one after it is.

Pop-up workshops

Guest teachers are confirmed and paid well before the day, so our costs are committed in advance.

  • More than 14 days before — full refund, or transfer to a future workshop.
  • Within 14 days — no refund, but the place can be transferred to another dancer. Just tell us who before the day.
  • Non-attendance on the day — no refund or transfer.

If Elevé cancels

If we cancel a session or a workshop, you are offered a replacement session or a full refund of that session’s value — your choice. That applies whatever the reason.

Nothing in this policy affects your rights under Australian Consumer Law.

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Ready to take your training to the next level?

Two programs, two ways in. The weekly program is by application — we read every one personally and reply by email. Pop-up workshops are booked directly online when the next date is announced.

  1. Submit the applicationFive minutes. A parent or guardian completes it for dancers under 18.
  2. We review itWe check the dancer's level and confirm one of the term's limited places is still open.
  3. Confirm and startYou receive fees, payment details and everything you need before the first session.
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