Est. 2002 · Melbourne’s West
25 years of
turning up.
Dance Effects opened its doors in Melbourne’s West in 2002. Two decades and a bit later, students who started with us at three are teaching here, and parents who once sat in our waiting room are dropping off their own kids.
That is the part we are proudest of. Not the trophies — although there are trophies — but the fact that this became a place families come back to. Somewhere along the way our students started calling themselves the DFX family, and it stuck, because it was already true.
We teach from three years old to adult, from a first ballet class to a competition solo. Our teachers are experienced, and they are committed to considerably more than technical excellence.
The DFX promise
What we are strict about
Three things, non-negotiable
Respect
For the teacher, for the room, and for the dancer beside you who is finding it harder than you are. It is the first thing we teach and the thing we are strictest about.
Kindness
Dance can be a brutal culture. It is not here. A student who is struggling gets help, not humiliation, and a student who is excelling learns to bring others with them.
Confidence
Most of our students will not dance professionally. All of them will stand up in front of a room one day. That is what a stage teaches, and it lasts longer than any step.
The teachers
The people
in the room
Our teaching team is experienced, qualified and — this matters more than it sounds — consistent. Students see the same faces year after year, which is how a teacher gets to know that a particular ten-year-old goes quiet when they are frustrated rather than when they are bored.
Several of them came up through DFX themselves.
25
Years teaching
10
Styles on the timetable
4
Dance studios
3+
From three years to adult
Come and meet us
The fastest way to know whether a studio is right for your kid is to stand in it. Your first class is free.