AARON NOBLE

• TAP DEPARTMENT

Having been heavily involved in award-winning productions from a young age, Aaron decided to focus his efforts on tap dance in 2015. He has received training from The Forge Tap Project, Tap Dogs and other leading figures in Australian tap dance. After receiving an Emerging Artist award from the Australian Tap Dance Festival in 2017, he featured in The Forge Tap Company’s inaugural performance, Alpha, and co-created the tap duo Two Soles.

Since then, Aaron has taught students of all ages and all ability levels at dance studios all around Sydney. He spent two months in Auckland dance schools teaching classes, choreographing competition pieces and conducting workshops.

During the 2020 lockdowns, Aaron organised and produced a long-distance video collaboration between 20+ tap dancers from across the length and breadth of Australia and overseas, which released in 2021.

Aaron frequents tap festivals around Australia, continuing to learn from the best tap talent from around the country and the world to pass this knowledge on to his students. This includes the Australian Tap Dance Festival, for which he has been invited to teach. He especially enjoys teaching improvisation and thrives on watching his students’ confidence and personal style grow.

LEYTON HOMBURG

• LYRICAL, JAZZ + ACROBATICS

Originally from Queensland Leyton graduated from Village Nation Performing Arts and has his Certificate 4 in Dance. From the age of 11, Leyton loved the expression dance conveys. He has trained in all areas of dance including, jazz, ballet, contemporary, musical theatre and acrobatics.

Leyton has danced in TV shows such as “Pieces of her” and he has been lucky enough to be apart of the creating processes in “Phantom Of The Opera on the harbour” and “I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here”.

Leyton is a teacher who runs all his classes with fun being first priority, along with a strong technical background to make every class a memorable experience.

EKATERINI ALFRED

• ballet DEPARTMENT

Trained at the Western Australian Academy of the Performing Arts (WAAPA) in their ballet course, Ekaterini recently returned to Sydney from living in London, where she furthered her training under a range of esteemed teachers and participated in workshops with London City Ballet, New Creations Collective and BalletMAR. Highlights of her time at WAAPA include choreographing and performing in Historically Informed Performance Company's (HIP Co.) Let Us Dance and Let Us Dance 2.0, narrating and performing in The Lost Little Llama for Awesome Arts Festival and performing Pina Bausch's Tannhauser. Although Ekaterini was originally trained in the RAD syllabus, she feels very fortunate to have since learnt from artists all over the world. She now takes pride in constantly developing her dancing to be a melting pot of different techniques and philosophies.

During her time in London, Ekaterini began teaching and fell in love with sharing her knowledge with fellow artists. In every class, she strives to create a safe and joyful atmosphere and will always commit to encouraging artistry, musicality and storytelling.

MADDIE HUNT

• PRIVATE SINGING DEPARTMENT

Maddie is a Sydney based Performer and Performing Arts Coach, completing a Bachelor Of Music Performance (Music Theatre) from the Sydney Conservatorium Of Music.

Maddie has performed at a University, Community and Professional level with companies such as ATYP, University Of Sydney Musical Society, SYMT, Claire’s Kitchen Cabaret, The Hayes and Opera Australia. Her training includes Brent Street, The Actors Division, NIDA and AMTA. Her Vocal tuition includes; The Sydney Conservatorium Of Music and has been trained by a wide range of industry professionals.

Maddie is a dedicated vocal coach with an authentic passion for inspiring young singers to discover the joy and power of their own voices. Her philosophy being that singing is more than just music or lyrics it’s a tool for building self/ artistic expression, confidence and emotional wellbeing. Her lessons focus on establishing strong sustainable technique while also nurturing creativity and connection to music.

sara vencalkova

• administrator