Ballet off the Beaten Track

These clever teachers have met the challenges of ballet in the bush, writes Michelle Dursun .

The families share the 2.5 hour drive to and from Brisbane every week.” WHEN Josephine Woodberry was a young girl growing up in the country, she was fortunate to have a ballet teacher visit her town, otherwise she would never have discovered her passion for dance. Now the principal of Brunswick School of Dance (BSOD) in Melbourne, she is still very aware of the challenges facing country people in gaining access to quality dance classes. While dancers living in capital cities face multiple choices in terms of studios and progression of their studies from part-time to full-time, this is certainly not the case for rural students. So three years ago Woodberry set up the Online Ballet Studio, an extension of her established Melbourne ballet school, Brunswick School of Dance. This web-based program provides beginner…

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Dance Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, April/May 2017

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