The Ballet Academy Auckland

Our comp schedule has been published via the APP 🤗 you can now head in and select your own choice genres and upload music if you haven’t done so already.
We are maxed out at our capacity so are unable to let any more off the waitlist sorry
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We have just over a month till we see you all 🤗 here are a couple of updates

Thanks so much to everyone who has already returned trophies too ☺️

Wahoo!!! Within 5 mins! 🤗

If we can get you off the waitlist we will 🥰

Competition entries will open this Thursday 18th June at 8.30pm 📆
Be sure to get in quick, spaces are limited for our 1 day-er 🩰

https://perfhub.wedevelopments.co.nz/comp/tba-2026-08/ent

Adjudicator Announcement! 📣 🥰
Sarah Fitzsimons
Sarah will be adjudicating our ballet comp in August! Bio below…
(Entries will open Thursday, link to come)

Sarah Fitzsimons (née Roe) began her professional dance training in Sydney before being accepted into the prestigious Royal Ballet School in London. She went on to join The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, performing works by celebrated choreographers including Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Sir David Bintley, and Sir Frederick Ashton, and touring extensively throughout the United Kingdom and the United States.
Following her classical ballet career, Sarah expanded her performance experience into contemporary dance with Darc Swan Dance Company and musical theatre, appearing in the Australian production of The Phantom of the Opera. She later served as Assistant Choreographer for the South African production of the show.
Sarah holds the Australian Ballet School’s Advanced Diploma of Ballet Teaching and is a registered teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), Rambert Grades, and NZAMD. Her teaching career has included positions at The McDonald College and Brent Street in Sydney, followed by 20 years as a Classical Tutor at the New Zealand School of Dance. During this time, she also trained as a Pilates and GYROTONIC® instructor.
In addition to her teaching roles, Sarah has coached students for competitions, conducted teacher training seminars throughout New Zealand, tutored at Chilton Ballet Academy and International Summer Schools, and provided rehabilitation support for dancers with the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
Today, Sarah is the Director of Thames Hauraki Dance Theatre in her hometown of Thames, where she continues to inspire, mentor, and train the next generation of dancers.

🤗🤗 Save the Date! 🤗🤗
Can’t wait to see you there! Entry information coming soon ☺️

TUTOR ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 👏

We’re excited to have Carl Myers teach at our May Workshop for 2026! 🤗

Born in Sheepshead Leicestershire, England, Carl studied ballet as an RAD scholar with Sissie Smith in Nottingham before gaining the Rosella Hightower Scholarship to study at her school in Cannes for two years. Again a scholarship was awarded, this being the Leverhulme Scholarship for Boys. This enabled Carl to study for a further year in Cannes and the Royal Ballet School. After a year with the Royal Ballet School Carl was invited to join the company.

Carl worked with both The Royal Ballet and Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet for 18 years.

Since retiring from dancing in 1987 Carl has worked as a teacher, coach répétiteur and choreographer in England, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Indonesia.

TUTOR ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 👏

We’re excited to have Meaghan Rowe teach at our first workshop for 2026! 🤗

Meaghan is a teacher, choreographer, and producer in Tāmaki Makaurau. She grew up training under Paula Hunt in Wellington and as an Associate at the New Zealand School of Dance. In 2009 she gained her RAD teacher's qualification before travelling to Germany to work with teacher and choreographer Claudine Merkel (John Cranko, Royal Ballet of Flanders).

Meaghan returned to Aotearoa in 2014 and has spent the last decade working as an advanced ballet tutor at the Wellesley Studios, teaching for her former school Rowe Dance, tutoring ballet at Unitec, and working as a dance director for Fever Global. She is also co-director of The Classical Collab, a local youth contemporary ballet workshop company.

Our Workshop registrations are open for Sunday 24th of May
Your next two awesome tutor announcements coming over the next couple days 🤩

https://www.theballetacademy.co.nz/workshopregistration

TUTOR ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 👏🏻

We are thrilled to have Mr. Rob teach at our first workshop for 2026! 🤗

Mr. Rob is an Australian-born dancer and educator with over 15 years of international performance experience and more than seven years of teaching ballet, contemporary dance, and movement-based training to both young dancers and adults.
His professional training began in Australia under the late Tanya Pearson before he moved to Germany to complete his studies at the Heinz-Bosl Stiftung in Munich. He went on to perform internationally as a soloist with the Croatian National Ballet in Zagreb, danced with Leipzig Ballet in Germany, and later with West Australian Ballet upon returning to Australia.
After retiring from the stage, Mr. Rob transitioned fully into teaching, where he has found deep fulfilment in mentoring dancers at all stages of their development. He holds a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and is a qualified Royal Academy of Dance and Rambert Grades teacher. He is also a Master Trainer for the internationally recognised Train Like a Ballerina programme.
Mr. Rob is known for teaching not just what to do, but why each movement exists. He encourages students to question their work, understand the reasoning behind each technical choice, and build from that understanding into their full potential. His corrections are specific, constructive, and delivered in a way that empowers rather than discourages, and he has a particular gift for making the complex mechanics of ballet feel logical and accessible in the body. He places strong emphasis on discipline, respect, and a genuine enjoyment of the art form, believing these values serve dancers well beyond the studio.
Mr. Rob looks forward to working with students during his time as a guest teacher in New Zealand, bringing clear guidance, strong technical focus, and a supportive studio presence to enhance their training experience.