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After many years away from the studio, Elancé’s founding principal, Dianne Harrison, rekindled her love for ballet at the age of 30, describing it as “like falling in love all over again.” It was this moment that marked the beginning of Dianne curating an incredible experience for adults in ballet.

Comprising two beautifully-appointed studios in Melbourne’s Mitcham and Flemington, Elancé has been renowned for excellence in adult ballet since 2002.

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Dianne began her ballet training at the age of five with Gay Wightman School of Ballet and studied the Borovansky method to Advanced level. She later trained at the National Ballet Theatre under the guidance of Gailene Stock and Gary Norman. After returning to ballet in later years, Dianne recognised the need for adult opportunities in ballet and established Elancé Adult Ballet School Pty Ltd in 2002.

Belle completed her Bachelor of Dance at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1999, and was the recipient of the De Gruchy Award for Excellence in Classical Ballet in 1998. Whilst at VCA Belle had the opportunity to work with Dance Theatre of Harlem for their Firebird season which formed part of the 1999 Melbourne Festival. Post studying Belle undertook freelance performance work and travelled widely. Following her return to Melbourne, Belle completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Arts Management has been a member of the Elancé staff since February 2005.

Kate trained in the Southern Federation syllabus at Christine Hogg School of Dancing. She went on to forge a career as a speech pathologist, ultimately training speech pathology students at La Trobe University. Kate joined the Elancé staff in 2012, where her valued administrative and communicative skills see her manage a dual role of teacher and business support.

Born in Wellington, Karen began dancing at age four at the Lynne Harrison Academy of Dance. At 16, Karen left New Zealand to train full-time at the National Theatre Ballet School in Melbourne, Australia, where she was awarded the Royal Academy of Dance Solo Seal. Karen travelled to London to compete in the prestigious Adeline Digital Genee Awards, where she was chosen as one of the 12 finalists. Karen joined the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 1994 where she danced for eight years. Highlights of her career included dancing the lead role of Tinkerbell in the 1999 production of Peter Pan, Clara in The Nutcracker and Alice in Alice in Wonderland. In 2001 Karen moved into arts administration as the Dance & Development Coordinator at the New Zealand School of Dance. After being promoted to Marketin

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