Grace Petersen
Grace Petersen
Emma
Wong
Grace found her love for tapping at the age of 8 and worked hard at the genre to achieve her Tap Gold Star for CSTD in 2015. Grace discovered she also enjoyed the acting and musical theatre aspects of performing arts in 2012 when she started private and groups lessons under the guidance of Rebecca Hutchins, achieving her ATCL Teaching and Performing Diplomas of Musical Theatre. She went on to perform in numerous plays and musicals at the local Bundaberg Playhouse Theatre in Queensland. Her credits include, but are not limited to, Evita the Musical (The Mistress), Wicked (Nessarose) and The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet Van De Graff). During her time at the theatre she was also the Youth Theatre Director for a year and choreographed Pirates of Penzance Jr and High School Musical the Stage Production.
Grace took her training a step further in 2019, moving states to train with the likes of William A Forsythe, Leslie Bell, Neale Whittaker, Danielle and Scott Irwin, Nigel Turner and Phillip Filo at Ed5International where she graduated in 2020 with an Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts. Grace continues to train herself whilst sharing her passion for the arts with her students.
Grace found her love for tapping at the age of 8 and worked hard at the genre to achieve her Tap Gold Star for CSTD in 2015. Grace discovered she also enjoyed the acting and musical theatre aspects of performing arts in 2012 when she started private and groups lessons under the guidance of Rebecca Hutchins, achieving her ATCL Teaching and Performing Diplomas of Musical Theatre. She went on to perform in numerous plays and musicals at the local Bundaberg Playhouse Theatre in Queensland. Her credits include, but are not limited to, Evita the Musical (The Mistress), Wicked (Nessarose) and The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet Van De Graff). During her time at the theatre she was also the Youth Theatre Director for a year and choreographed Pirates of Penzance Jr and High School Musical the Stage Production.
Grace took her training a step further in 2019, moving states to train with the likes of William A Forsythe, Leslie Bell, Neale Whittaker, Danielle and Scott Irwin, Nigel Turner and Phillip Filo at Ed5International where she graduated in 2020 with an Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts. Grace continues to train herself whilst sharing her passion for the arts with her students.
Emma Wong is a professional commercial dancer and teacher based in Sydney with skills spanning across jazz, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop, musical theatre, ballet and technical training. She is from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland and grew up training from the age of 3 at her home studio now known as, Dance 3D.
Post graduation of high school she moved to Brisbane where she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Education (Graduate of 2015) at the Queensland University of Technology. This is where she truely fell in love with the world of teaching in dance. Following this she pursued pushing her personal training even further and moved to the Gold Coast for full time at Dance Force to complete a Cert IV in Dance Performance. Almost immediately after graduation she was offered representation by Jeep Management and moved to Sydney early 2017.
Since then she has worked for Eurovision, Eurovision Asia, The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, The Masked Singer, Ricki Lee, Dami Im, Guy Sebastian, Delta Goodrem, Todd Mckenney, Sloan Peterson, has worked with some of Australia's top choreographers and appeared in various TV commercials and shows. Emma was also part of The Dream Dance Company SHOW | BUSINESS 2018 cast, working closely with Marko Panzic and Katie Sanchez. She is currently also a company member of One Dance Collective and works closely with Lucy Doherty and Rob McLean on a regular basis to bring intention, connection and community to the Australian dance industry.
Emma is now beginning to put more focus into creating and choreographing on top of her usual teaching and performing. She is passionate about personal development and growth both in and outside of dance and can't wait to continue sharing, progressing and inspiring with the future generations.
5 Grattan Cres, Frenchs Forest 2086
BALLET
Ballet is the basis of all dance. It plays a major role in developing correct technique and building a solid foundation for further training in multiple styles. Classes consist of traditional barre and centre work following the RAD (Royal Academy of Dance) syllabus.
Students when ready and approved by professionals may like to explore going on pointe. FORM offer all RAD grades from Primary to Advanced 1.
Ballet students at FORM may work towards RAD Class Awards or Exams. These are not compulsory for students to take, however are highly recommended for dancers looking to extend their training.
The Class Awards are less formal than an examination with the students completing these awards in a class setting with their own teacher leading the class and an Examiner observing. Students are not graded but are assessed on a broad indication of standard rather than a detailed breakdown. Students receive a medal, certificate, and report completed by the Examiner. Class Award participants go into the Class Award in groups of up to 8 dancers.
The Examination is the formal option; students are graded and receive a medal, certificate and report completed by the Examiner. The Teacher does not enter the room with the Exam students and the Examiner conducts the class. Students go into the Exam in groups of 4 or less. Students doing the exam are required to participate in 2 Ballet Classes per week to ensure their standard is at the level required for examinations
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