6 Reasons Why We Love Dance Competitions Dance competitions are highly rewarding for dancers and performers of all ages – and it’s not just about the trophies either! Dance competitions can help develop fundamental skills that will be useful to a dancer long after the competitions have ended. We’ve chosen six of our favourite points to share with you today: 1. Experience Performing on stage for judges and an audience […]

6 Tips To Ace Your Next Acting Audition The WA Performance Schools’ Top 6 Tips for Acting Auditions! Be a team player and be nice to everyone. Auditions are a really great way to meet other people and make new connections within the industry. If you are rude, come across as someone who is difficult to work with, or have a big ego, it is highly unlikely you will get […]

8 Tips to Help YOU Remember Choreography! Memory is a vital skill for a dancer, and just like anything else, it requires practice and hard work to get better! Here are some of our favourite tips to help learn and remember choreography… WATCH THE CHOREOGRAPHY. Watch the choreography first, before repeating or asking questions. After you have seen the sequence a few times and can then picture it in your […]

Welcome back to Term 2 at the WA Performance School! As most of you are aware, this term is shaping up to be an exciting one, with new students and dance classes, and lots of events happening both within and outside of the academy. Here’s a quick sneak peek of the preparations for our latest project – a top secret one! Last Sunday saw forty dedicated dancers rehearsing at our […]

To get into the spirit of Term Two here at WAPS, we asked Sarah, one of our teachers a few questions about what dance means to her.   How did you get started in dancing? I started as a teenager, and decided to join because all my friends did dance classes and they all seemed to enjoy it. I went along to my first ballet class and loved it, even […]

New Contemporary Class for Adults We are proud to announce the launch of a brand new adult dance classes starting this June! After the great success of our adult Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, and Cabaret dance lessons we will be launching the brand new adult Contemporary class on Wednesday June 27! A creative, interpretive and free-flowing style combining both ballet and jazz technique to produce beautiful and expressive routines. The […]

We are teaming up with our friends at Lady Velvet Cabaret to present a short course especially for adults in Musical Theatre! Students will take part in two three-hour Sunday sessions (on 28th September and 5th October) at The WA Performance School’s Subiaco studio where they’ll learn a song & dance number from Bob Fosse’s musical ‘Cabaret’ (film). Students will learn the song, dance routine, and characterisation & acting tips, […]

Blog: 2012 kicks off at WAPS Welcome parents, students, staff and visitors to 2012 at the WA Performance School! It has been a busy and exciting start to the year here at WAPS, with new staff, revamped courses and some exciting plans for the upcoming year. You may have noticed that some of our class names have changed; Moovers and Shakers is now Little Groovers, and Ballet Babes is now […]

Join us for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn from some of the industry’s most talented performers! Cirque du Soleil performers touring Australia with The Immortal Michael Jackson tour will be joining us at The WA Performance School for one day of dance workshops that you won’t want to miss! Join us for master workshops in Hip Hop and Contemporary! JUNIOR WORKSHOPS (for ages 7yrs – 14yrs) 10:30am – 11:30am: Hip […]

A reminder to WAPS adult students that classes run non-stop throughout school holidays, including on ANZAC Day at Subiaco and Malaga.