Staff

	Dianne Harrison - Principal Dianne began her ballet training at the age of five with Gay Wightman School of Ballet and studied the Borovansky method to Advanced level. She later trained at the National Ballet Theatre under the guidance of Gailene Stock and Gary Norman. After returning to ballet in later years, Dianne recognised the need for adult opportunities in ballet and established Elancé Adult Ballet School Pty Ltd in 2002.
	Rosemary Robenn - Senior Teacher Rosemary holds the Royal Academy of Dancing Teaching Diploma and comes to Elancé with over 30 years teaching experience. A former member of the Queensland Ballet Company, Rosemary taught for several years at Ecole Classique (NSW) under Prudence Bowen, RAD examiner, prior to managing her own ballet studios in Taree, NSW and Hobart, Tasmania. In 2003, Rosemary accepted a six month contract to teach at Kondo Ballet, Japan. Rosemary joined the Elancé staff in June 2004.
	Belle McDonagh - Teacher Belle completed her Bachelor of Dance at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1999, and was the recipient of the De Gruchy Award for Excellence in Classical Ballet in 1998. Whilst at VCA Belle had the opportunity to work with Dance Theatre of Harlem for their Firebird season which formed part of the 1999 Melbourne Festival. Post studying Belle undertook freelance performance work and travelled widely. Following her return to Melbourne, Belle completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Arts Management has been a member of the Elancé staff since February 2005.
	Helen Penna - Teacher Helen began her classical training at the age of four, and attained her Cecchetti Advanced exam at the Shirlene School of Classical Ballet. She attended the Victorian College of the Arts, after which she was accepted into the Australian Ballet School. Following her graduation from the Australian Ballet School, Helen pursued her ballet career in Austria where she remained for 6 years, dancing with the Volksopera and Bühnen Graz companies.
	Tamsin Magnay - Teacher Tamsin undertook her early years of dance training at the Parkwood Dance Academy and the Lynn McNabb Academy of Ballet. In 2001 Tamsin joined the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary College, achieving her Intermediate level in ballet and was granted the Martin Rubinstein Award (CSTD). Tamsin was an active member of the performing group, "Glow", from 2004 to 2008, touring extensively throughout Australia's rural communities. Having taught ballet, contemporary and jazz for several years in Melbourne, Tamsin joined the Elancé staff in 2009.
	Jacinta Christos - Teacher Jacinta began classical training at age 6 and was a Junior Associate with the ABS from the age of 7. Through Christa Cameron's School of Ballet, Jacinta completed RAD to Advanced and received her Solo Seal at the age of 14. In 2003 Jacinta was accepted into the Australian Ballet School where she received the Geoffrey Rothwell Junior Scholarship, the Elizabeth McDonald Memorial Scholarship and the Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship. In 2006 Jacinta accepted a full-time contract with The Australian Ballet. Performance highlights include Sir Peter Wright's “The Nutcracker”, Stanton Welch's “The Sleeping Beauty”, Graham Murphy's “Swan Lake” (Japan tour), Don Quixote, Jerome Robbins “The Cage” (principal role of ‘The Queen'), “Mao's Last Dancer” (feature film), Les Sylphides” and “Petrouchka” (broadcast live by ABC2). Jacinta retired from the Australian Ballet Company in 2010 and joined the Elancé staff in September 2011.