Esteem Dance Company

✨ MEET THE TEAM TUESDAY ✨

Say hello to Miss Hannah👋🏼💗

A little bit about our queen!

💃🏼 TEACHES: Intermediate Acrobatics
🫶🏼 LOVES: The constant positive energy in the class, and seeing a student absolutely nail a trick and light up with pride and excitement!
📖 DAY OFF: Walking her Sausage Dog Molly, sewing or trying out a new cafe
🤸🏼‍♀️ RANDOM FACT: She has 3 MIDDLE NAMES (we did not even know that 👀) ✨

Make sure you say hi to Miss Hannah next time you see her around the studio! 👋🏼

✨ MEET THE TEAM TUESDAY ✨

Say hello to Miss Briana👋🏼💗

A little bit about our girl!

💃🏼 TEACHES: Grade 10 Jazz & Lyrical/Contemporary & Senior Jazz & Lyrical/Contemporary
🫶🏼 LOVES: The electric vibe and community, love spending my nights in class with my talkative and bubbly students
📖 DAY OFF: Going to the Gym and getting a good workout in 💪
🤸🏼‍♀️ RANDOM FACT: First musical i ever saw was WICKED and am OBSESSED with anything wicked 💜💚
We love having Bri as part of our Esteem family! 💕✨

Make sure you say hi to Miss Bri next time you see her around the studio! 👋🏼

AND Somehow we’re already halfway through Term 3! 🤯

Busy classes, happy dancers and lots of fun happening at Esteem 🤍✨

THEN & NOW — 5th Series 🥹

From tiny dancers who barely crossed paths… to high school besties, dance partners and now teaching side by side. 🥹💛

Maya’s Esteem journey began at just three years old, dancing with her little Kindy friends, Rachel and Ruby. Her first concert saw her take to the stage as the cutest little Smurfette and from those early days, Maya absolutely loved to perform.

Two years later, Alivia arrived at Esteem with her bestie Tia.

Despite both growing up at Esteem, the girls lived in different suburbs, attended different primary schools and, for those first few years, their paths barely crossed!

Both quickly became little performers to watch, collecting plenty of concert accolades along the way.

There was even a time when we weren’t sure Alivia’s dance journey was going to continue! 😂 She REALLY did not like Tap, and her mum Mel still remembers getting her to the studio practically kicking and screaming! Thankfully, that little wobble didn’t last. 😂

Eventually, Maya and Alivia began taking all their classes together and something pretty special happened. 💛

The girls started high school together and, somewhere between school, social gatherings, performances, rehearsals and multiple days a week at the studio, they became completely inseparable.

Today, these two aren’t just beautiful dancers and best friends, they have grown into incredible young role models.

Their dedication, loyalty and team spirit have made them wonderful mentors to our younger students, who absolutely ADORE them.

So when we announced that Maya and Alivia would be teaching a Junior Acrobatics class together this year, the response said it all…

The class filled almost immediately! 😂🤸‍♀️

From meeting through dance, to growing up together, becoming best friends and now stepping into the studio as teachers themselves this is exactly what our Then & Now series is all about.

Sometimes children come to dance to learn the steps.

And somewhere along the way, they find their people, their confidence, their community and a place to grow up. 💛✨

And thankfully for Alivia… she survived Tap. 😂

Maya & Alivia.. our little dancers then, our beautiful mentors now. 🥹💛

✨ MEET THE TEAM TUESDAY ✨

Say hello to Miss Ciara👋🏼💗

A little bit about our queen!

💃🏼 TEACHES: Grade 11-12 Advanced Jazz
🫶🏼 LOVES: The family atmosphere, esteem is a family and this is evident in every class, staff meeting and event. The biggest privilege to be apart of the incredible community 🥹
📖 DAY OFF: Going to Pilates, a coast walk or out for a yummy dinner (usually a pasta 🍝)
🤸🏼‍♀️ RANDOM FACT: She’s NEVER broken a bone!

We love having Ciara as part of our Esteem family! 💕✨

Make sure you say hi to Miss Ciara next time you see her around the studio! 👋🏼

✨ GUYS… can we believe it’s WEEK 5 of Term 3?! ✨

We are officially well underway with our End of Year Concert prep and, as we say every single year… the standard of ALL the dances is looking absolutely incredible already! 😍🔥

Our dancers are working so hard and we honestly cannot wait for you to see what they’ve been creating! 🩰✨

🎤 IDOL 2026 🎤
Our annual 18th concert is going to be one you definitely won’t want to miss!

More concert info coming your way over the next few weeks… 👀✨

Let the countdown begin! 💫

THEN & NOW — 4th Series 🥹

Almost 14 years ago, two bubbly two-year-old twins walked into our Toddler Dance program… and they’ve been part of the Esteem family ever since.

Meet Tayla and Sienna. 💗

Back then, their absolute favourites were Rock-A-Bye Your Bear and any song that involved LOTS of jumping. 😂 They just loved to jump… and jump and jump! Almost 14 years later, Hip Hop is the genre they’ve stayed with consistently, so perhaps all that toddler jumping was an early clue after all.

Their mum was and still is a wonderful full-time school teacher, so their wonderful Grandmothers would bring them to dancing each week. Sometimes one Nana, sometimes the other, sometimes both, but rain, hail or shine, Tayla and Sienna were there, smiling, dancing and jumping away.

Over the years there have been so many memories school fetes, community performances, countless moments on stage and even birthday celebrations at Esteem. I still remember making VIP lanyards for all their little friends and literally rolling out a RED CARPET for one of their parties so they could arrive like superstars. ⭐️

And somehow those tiny toddlers are now teenagers and about to turn Sweet 16 . 💕 Looking at these photos side by side, though, one thing hasn’t changed...

Those smiles. 🥹

They’re older, taller and a whole lot more grown up, but those gorgeous smiles are exactly the same.

14 years of dancing and endless dancing memories. 💕
From Rock-A-Bye Your Bear and jump, jump, jumping, to the beautiful teenage dancers they are today, loving Hip Hop, Jazz, Lyrical and Contemporary.

And with their 16th birthday coming up, perhaps it’s time for another Esteem Dance Party...

Although I’m not entirely sure I’m cool enough to host their Sweet 16. 😂
I can still make a killer VIP lanyard and party play list, girls! 😉💗

Some things change. Some things don’t. And thankfully, those beautiful smiles haven’t changed one bit.

Just kinda chic things 🪩💅🏼

Dancing. Besties. Stage lights. Making memories.
You know the vibe. ✨🤍

✨ MEET THE TEAM TUESDAY ✨

Say hello to Miss Monica! 👋🏼💗

A little bit about our girl…

💃🏼 TEACHES: Grade 7–8 Hip Hop + Senior Acro
🫶🏼 LOVES: The fun, welcoming vibe at Esteem & our amazing community
📖 DAY OFF: Studying, working, choreographing or reading
🤸🏼‍♀️ RANDOM FACT: She’s NEVER broken a bone!

We love having Monica as part of our Esteem family! 💕✨

Make sure you say hi to Miss Monica next time you see her around the studio! 👋🏼

THEN & NOW- 3rd Series 🥹🫶

Some friendships begin before they can even tie their own dance shoes. 💛

Meet Lucy and Naiagh

Lucy and Naiagh joined the Esteem family in 2014, when they were just three years old. Although they’re not related, they’ve grown up side by side, becoming the very best of friends.

I still remember them as my two little Spice Girls, full of personality, cheeky smiles and endless energy. These days, twelve years later, there isn’t a genre they don’t embrace or excel in. From tap, jazz, acrobats lyrical, contemporary and hip hop, they throw themselves into everything with enthusiasm and heart.

They’re now both Teaching Assistants, giving back to the younger dancers who are just beginning the same journey they started all those years ago.

What makes me most proud, though, isn’t just their dancing. It’s the beautiful young women they’ve become kind, respectful, hardworking and humble. They lead by example every single week and truly represent the values of the Esteem family.

Back when they were tiny, I’d call them “Lucy-Bear” and “Naiagh-Bear.” They’d dissolve into fits of giggles every time. To be fair... they still laugh at my terrible jokes today. Whether it’s because I’m funny or simply out of respect, I’m still choosing to believe it’s the first one! 😂

Watching these two grow over the past twelve years has been an absolute privilege. Lucy and Naiagh are a wonderful reminder that dance isn’t just about learning steps, it’s about growing in confidence, building lifelong friendships, and becoming incredible human beings.

We’re so proud of you both. ❤️

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