​

Kristine Ditchfield (Teacher )

Kristine Ditchfield trained in dance in Brisbane with her mother Jill Cadden.
For five years Kristine flew to south western areas of Queensland as the “Flying Ballet Teacher” on a government grant through P.C.A.P with the Catholic Education teaching dance to over 600 pupils in schools and privately.    
Kristine also trained in Recreational Therapy enabling handicapped and injured people to further themselves through craft and movement she especially liked working with the deaf.   Kristine purchased her own school in Warwick Queensland and taught past pupils in boarding schools in Toowoomba and Brisbane, living in Warwick and commuting to Brisbane and Sunshine Coast.
Settling in Pomona in 1990 with husband Tim and having a family, Kristine opted to open a small dance school specialising in personalised tuition in classical ballet RAD, which she aimed to continue this style of teaching after eventually opening a successful small studio in Cooroy.

Past pupils careers include:

•  Various companies in Europe & Asia.

• Graduated from Australian Ballet school.

• Danced with Opera Australian and various Folkloric companies 

•  Queensland Ballet Company.  

• Victoria Ballet Company 

•  Become independent artists.      

• Victoria College of Arts and Queensland University of Technology Dance            

• Children’s youth companies-BCYC and BTQ

Kristine is looking forward to continuing on teaching in her craft for years to come and expanding her vision of what is possible within the world of dance.

​

​

 

Lyvia Troie (Teacher/ Administration) 

Lyvia is a young inspired teacher, who thrives off her seeing her students succeed and accomplish their goals. Lyvia is qualified in Acrobatic Arts (Module 2) and Progressing Ballet Technique (Level 2). After years of training in Royal Academy of Dance (R.A.D) and British Ballet Organisation (BBO), Lyvia completed her Advanced 1 R.A.D exam at a distinction level. Previous to becoming a teacher, Lyvia was trained by many well known and established teachers including private coaching with Claudia Dean, and classes with Prudence Bowen. In her younger years she was apart of several BCYB (Brisbane City Youth Ballet) and QCYB (now Innate Dance Company) productions, also successfully winning competitions for solos in ballet, lyrical, demi character and contemporary. Lyvia has gained knowledge and appreciation for quality technique and safe training. Lyvia now teaches at numerous dance schools on the Sunshine Coast while studying a double degree in Law and Business.

​

 

 

 

 

 

Megan West (Teacher)

Megan began dancing at the age of 5, training in ballet (R.A.D Advanced), jazz, tap, lyrical and contemporary at Donna Halloran School of dance in Sydney, The Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne and as a scholarship student at Dance World 301. 

 

Megan's professional dance career spanned more than 15 years, working in Australia and overseas from the age of 17 in such shows as 42nd St, My Fair Lady, West Side Story,Sweet Charity, Crazy for You, The Boy from Oz, The Producers( Dance Captain) as well as numerous other shows and events in Musical Theatre, Commercial Dance, Television and Opera.

 

Megan has taught and mentored students and professional dancers of varying ages over the years. After retiring from performing to start her own family, she is loving being able to share her passion, knowledge and experience through teaching and looks forward to meeting and  working with all the families at Noosa House of Dance.

​

​

​

Lily Taylor (Teacher)

Lily began her dancing at the young age of 4 at the leading dance academy in Noosa. Having been classically trained in Russian Vaganova ballet method in all levels, she also competed and trained in all dance genres until the age of 16, when she moved to the Gold Coast. There, she trained Full-Time and was taught by Australian and International dance icons and mentors which enabled her to further her dance career and 2 years later she graduated with a Diploma in Dance Teaching and Performance.

 

Lily has represented Australia for Hip Hop competing at the largest hip hop competition in the world ‘Hip Hop International’. She travelled to the USA in 2016 and 2017 with Dance Force, in an all girls crew called ‘FEMINIST’ placing top 15 of the world in the Varsity Division.

Since then, Lily has worked hard on her art, recently finishing a professional dance contract on a Cruise Ship working with Celebrity Cruises. Lily cannot wait to share the knowledge she has learnt with aspiring young dancers who enjoy and love dance as much as she does

​