LIVE, BREATHE, SLEEP DANCE
At ADC our philosophy is “to dance is to live,” as we believe that dance and music is an expression of freedom. This opens us up to the many students who choose education in dance for fun, fitness, social, excitement and most importantly, confidence! At ADC we provide a line up of professional teachers that will help you achieve your personal goals and nurture you towards a memorable and exciting journey.
BOUT US
Meet The Team
Lauren Anderson
Director
At 18 Lauren was chosen to represent Australia, to compete in the World Dance Championships in Orlando Florida, USA for Jazz and contemporary dance.
Lauren has since then had many highlights from performing with Hugh Jackman to cruising the Pacific Ocean with Princess Cruises, playing the role of Young Valda on Neighbours, Sandy/Rizzo in the touring ‘Grease is the Word’ and apart of Wicked the musical in Japan.
Lauren has also studied dance in London at Pineapple Dance studios.
brianna Anderson
Brianna's career started with Princess cruises where she travelled abroad on board the Tahitian Princess.
She then accepted a contract at the world famous Moulin Rouge in Paris, where she performed almost every night for 4 years and continued touring with them for 4 more years including dancing in Times Square, New York & headlining in Moscow.
She was one of few girls to perform every role in the show including the principal role, soloist, danseuse Nude, the historical can can and also swimming with snakes.
Brianna has a Diploma in Dance Teaching & Management, Cert IV in Performing Arts & is an SFD Examiner.
sheridan
Anderson
Sheridan studied at Isolation Performing Arts Studio before working as a dancer and aerialist for Royal Caribbean International. She then continued her training at Broadway Dance Center, studying under some of Broadway's finest choreographers and directors.
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Sheridan appeared in GFO's 9 to 5, The Wizard of Oz, We Will Rock You and was Dance Captain for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She performed in The Wedding Singer (DVE) The Production Company's Dusty, as Graziella in West Side Story, as Stephanie in StageArt's Saturday Night Fever, was Assistant Choreographer for their production of Nine and performed in Michael Ralph's Now and Then and SELF.
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GEORGIA DUPUY
Georgia has always had a passion for dance, and has found herself in classes from the age of 4. At 8 years old, Georgia trained for 6 years as an all star competitive cheerleader, holding national Australian titles and travelling overseas (Palm Springs, America) to compete. This allowed her to develop skills in acrobatics and tumbling, which she carried across to her full time dance course in 2020 at Kelly Aykers FullTime Dance. Georgia is trained in all dance styles, including jazz, tap, lyrical, contemporary and Bollywood, but has a special talent and passion for acro, hip-hop and commercial.
She has thus far in her career graduated with a Cert 4 in Dance Teach & Management from Kelly Aykers FullTime Dance in 2022, has been a Melbourne Vixens Dancer for the 2022 season, and performed in gigs for Masters of Choreography.
Director
Director
Hip Hop/ Acrobatics Teacher
THE SCHOOLS HISTORY
THE ORIGIN OF
ANDERSON DANCE COMPANY
Billie Stapleton founded Stapleton Dance Academy in 1995. It was a well-known dance and musical theatre school in Melbourne, due to its specialized technical training. SD Academy has had an enormous success rate over the years with nurturing fine young talents into a world of professional dance and theater. During the many years of being opened, we have had many students accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts. This achievement has launched them into the likes of the Western Academy of Performing Arts, The Australian Ballet School, The Queensland Ballet Company and The German Ballet Company. They have also had wonderful success in numerous musicals, musicals such as Oliver, Mary Poppins, Wicked, Strictly Ballroom and Aladdin.
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In 2018, the Stapleton's handed the school over to another Performance Family, The Anderson Sisters, who have loved watching the school grow. As we move on to an exciting chapter, the Stapleton Dance Academy legacy will live on and will always be cherished.