Melisa is a Royal Academy of Dance Registered Teacher, choreographer and former professional dancer and has taught extensively over 20 years across dance schools, tertiary institutions and professional companies.

Melisa graduated with a Bachelor of Dance Honours from The Victorian College of the Arts and earlier studied full-time classical ballet at Ecole Classique in Sydney under the guidance of Prudence Bowen and Kit Lethby, achieving her RAD Advanced Certificate and RAD Teachers Certificate with Distinction.

Melisa has taught classical ballet and contemporary dance for The Victorian College of the Arts, Ausdance NSW, Chunky Move, The Ballet Class, L’Académie, Conlan College, Academy Ballet and Brent Street. In 2019, she was engaged as a classical ballet coach on Billy Elliot The Musical, Australia, coaching the four boys in the lead role of ‘Billy’ during the rehearsal and performance season in Sydney.

Melisa was an inaugural recipient of The Keys-Arenas Dance Trust Choreographic Scholarship 2011 and choreographed Pandora Jewellery’s Rose Gold Live Activation in Sydney and Melbourne.
Her choreography has been acknowledged at Sydney Eisteddfod, winning several awards and being selected over the years for The Dance of The Champions and the programming of The Ballet Scholarship Finals at The Sydney Opera House. Melisa coaches students for international ballet competitions, mentors HSC Dance students and has adjudicated at Sydney Eisteddfod.

Melisa has performed works by independent choreographers Annalouise Paul, Anton, Michael Whaites, Carol Dilley and Kay Armstrong and was a founding member of DirtyFeet (Sydney), a not-for-profit contemporary dance organisation supporting and promoting independent dance artists and community engagement with the arts.

Melisa is a dedicated dance educator, passionate about nurturing and inspiring the next generation of dancers.

Hannah trained in Classical Ballet and various styles under the direction of Linda Shaw Wilson, gaining Distinctions with the Royal Academy of Dance from Pre Primary to Advanced 2. Once she completed her examinations Hannah went on to train full time at Brent Street Performing Arts in a Diploma of Elite Dance – Classical and Contemporary Course under the direction of Jason Winters and Rani Luther.

At the age of 18, she began auditioning and successfully gained a contract with Universal Studios Japan, Osaka as a professional dancer and face character. Hannah was a part of the inaugural cast for  The Wizarding World of Harry Potter as a Beauxbaton Ballet Dancer and remained with USJ for two years before heading to Europe to perform on a 6 month contract with Palazzo Germany as a Showgirl in Saarbrucken and Mannheim.

Soon after she continued her career with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines as a Dancer and Aerialist for the following 7 years working with leading choreographers from the USA, performing on Freedom, Quantum and Allure of the Seas multiple times. This opportunity allowed her to perform in a range of shows from Neo classical and Broadway style theatre to Aqua shows, in which she trained in Lyra as a featured Aerialist with the company for two years. In between her professional career Hannah obtained her Certificate 3 and 4 in Fitness through the Fitness Institute of Australia and frequently taught Classical Ballet and Contemporary at schools around Sydney and the South Coast, before returning permanently to teach and perform as a Showgirl for Sydney Showboats.

Hannah will begin her Certificate in Dance Teaching Studies (Ballet) with the Royal Academy of Dance in 2025 and looks forward to sharing her passion and inspiring the students of L’Academie.

Yulia graduated with distinction as a National Character dancer from the State Choreography Academy in Voronezh, Russia where she studied Classical Ballet (Vaganova system) Character and Folk Dance. Upon her graduation, Yulia joined the Russian Seasons Moscow State Dance Company whilst also being admitted to the Balletmaster Department of Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) where she graduated with a Distinction, receiving an MA as Director-Choreographer from the hands of great Vladimir Vasiliev himself.

Yulia was Principal dancer with the Russian Seasons for 12 years travelling the world extensively performing the dances of more than 20 different nationalities from technical Russian to the passionate flamenco of Spain and the tangoes of Argentina. A video record of her performing is held by the Library of Congress USA. During those years, on a numerous occasions Yulia had a privilege to share a stage with ballet legends like Maya Plisetskaya, Uliana Lopatkina, Gedeminas Taranda.

During her successful full time career in dance, Yulia began teaching Ballet and Dance classes at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. She continued to travel performing and giving master classes around the world, before turning to teaching Ballet and National Character Dance full time at Ballet academies in NY and Manila. Yulia and her family settled in Sydney in 2016, where she continues to teach extensively sharing her passion to National Character with her students – children and adults.

Miss JA joined L’Academie in 2013. She trained through the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus till Advanced 2 and during her training participated and placed in Eisteddfods across Sydney and NSW. At 15 years old, she travelled to Europe and continued her training in different ballet schools across countries such as England, France and Spain. Upon returning to Australia, Miss JA began teaching with L’Academie. Completing her HSC, Miss JA ended as a High Achiever in HSC Dance and was ranked in the top 3 of her high school for the subject.

JA completed her Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies with the Royal Academy of Dance in 2022. She has also completed a teaching qualification in Acrobatic dance. As a teacher, she is passionate about teaching ballet and encouraging her students with their creativity and dedication for their dance training.

Additionally, Miss JA is studying to complete her Bachelor of Nursing and a Certificate III in Fitness.