En Pointe School of Ballet
School in Whitehorse

Director: Renee Grinsted. Please phone the office to organise your free trial lesson today!. Classes are also offered in: Ballet, VCE Dance, Pilaties, Contemporary, Jazz, Baby Ballet & Adult Classes. With an emphasis on strong Classical Ballet technique students are trained in the russian Vaganova Method. Renee has been awarded and won numerous dance competitions and bursaries. Renee has performed in roles with the Queensland Ballet Company, Helena Yuk, Christine Walsh, Leigh Rowles, in tertiary dance projects (PHD Research) and in the works of many prestigious independent choreographers such as Marilyn Rowe, and Beverly Fry. Renee was the reciprocate of a Victorian State Premiers award for her choreography in "top Class" for VCE Dance. Renee had a vast array of performing experience whilst she undertook full-time dance training. "Renee's is a qualified teacher of the ACB Training Program, a qualified VCE Dance teacher, and is the owner and director of the "En Pointe School of Ballet" that she founded and has successfully run for over four years. Following her dream to become a ballet teacher Renee then furthered her education by completing a post graduate degree through Melbourne University and the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in 'Classical Ballet Teaching. Renee completed her academic studies at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCASS) before she continued into tertiary education and completed a Bachelor of Contemporary Arts with a major in Dance at Deakin University. At the age of fifteen Renee was accepted into the Australian Ballet School where she undertook full-time dance training. Renee began her training at the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet where she studied for over ten years. BA. Dance Deakin, Grad Dip. Teaching VCA, Cert 5 ABS. (more).